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State of the Art Gallery
Public Flag Pole Santa Barbara’s famed State Street remains one of the grandest strolling boulevards on the west coast. My family and I walk it daily. We wanted to find more ways to interact with the street on top of the obvious commerce of shopping. The Public Flag Pole is intended to add another access […]
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Materialist
These things placed on the wall using the vocabulary of other things that you may recognize. Which is MFA speak for, I’m not telling you how to feel about this.
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Gun Control
Gallery 555 in Detroit reached out and asked for a piece to be included in their show Gun Control 2013. I created an aluminum sign fashioned after the traditional work place sign motivating workers to stay safe on the job by listing how many work days had elapsed since the last injury. My sign arrived […]
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Spectacular Subdivision
In collaboration with High Desert Test Sites and Monte Vista Project I installed an overloaded flag pole at a show in Wonder Valley. The show was curated by Jay Lizo.
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Patrick Melroy Online Portfolio
Online portfolio. 1) Build an Axe Workshop – participants assembled an axe and sheath, then learned to split wood. 2) How We Carry – Fabric and wood wall hangings installed at Elephant Project in Los Angeles. 3) Author’s Hammer – a new hammer half submerged in 126lbs of concrete that the artist then unsuccessfully attempted […]
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Author’s Hammer
I sunk a hammer into 120 pounds of concrete set in a one cubic foot mold. Then I attempted to get my hammer back out.