Kansas City Star Makerfaire 2017 Spotlight
“Garret Tufte, 32, works as a civil engineer and land surveyor in Lawrence, Kan. But he is also a writer and — as the limestone carving taking shape with his hands showed — a sculptor.”
“Unbound, yet Rooted” – In Progress
18″ x 18″ x 50″, 350 lbs., Italian marble. Work in progress.
A Letter Concerning Minimum Wage (with calculations)
This is an increase in the minimum wage. If we’d like to keep our governmental functions and stimulate the economy, simultaneously, it’s a winner. When you pay your workers enough to buy their own work, you make equity, as Henry Ford paid his employees enough to buy their own vehicles.
“A Titan Emerges”
The long awaited final installment of a four-part political cartoon series. 24″ x 36″ pencil drawing on paper, digitally colorized. Click on the picture for highest...
A Simple Sonata
Around five minutes of solo piano. Three years of playing, and this is something new, composed, and particular. According to my mentor, this is “the first thing you have played that I understand”. Success! Playing with the 1-3-5-7 in C-major, with a little bit of B. Enjoy!
Onward’s Sphinx
It is a long road… Part 3 of a 4 part series. 36″ x 24″ pencil drawing on paper, digitally colorized.
Stand Strong
The 2nd of a 4-part series. Individual focus, and the forces at work upon (and within) one’s mind. 18″ x 24″, digitally colorized.
Piano @ the Studio, May 25th, 2016
Twas a dark and stormy night in May. ~4 variations on a theme.
Recent Variations
3-Dimensional Television Schematic #2
This is the much more accessible, stripped-down version of this project. Again, the device (both the capture apparatus and the product) is merely an arrangement of presently-available technology.
Read More3-Dimensional Television Schematic #1
This is the first conceptual design for a 3-dimensional television: a curved, cylindrical box that would allow you to watch a subject from many angles, depending on where you looked at it. If, for example, there was a guy playing guitar, you could see him from the front at one angle, then walk to the other side of the device and see him play from the back.
Read MorePiano @ The Studio: September 9th, 2017
This encapsulates my thoughts on the present climate, bringing ruin to a world of people who have consistently ignored dire warnings of calamity for so many years. A reckoning is due, and these storms are mere skirmishes to the great battles to come.
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