Mike's Wild Ride 2010-03-11T18:01:30Z http://blog.thevisualconcretegroup.com/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast New Leaf Market, The Westside Store, Santa Cruz, CA tag:blog.thevisualconcretegroup.com,2009-03-18:1e882c7c-db3d-4ef7-972e-ae01dded33fd Michael Miller the concretist 2009-03-18T12:51:00Z 2009-03-18T12:51:00Z Our most recent market project, New Leaf, The Westside Store, in Santa Cruz, CA, opened last week.&nbsp; All is not done, but most is.&nbsp; I was able to take a few pix last night.&nbsp; Here you are...<br><br><img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/8/7/0/7/181345-170789/New_Leaf_N_Entry.jpg"><br>Jelly Bean Glass, exposed through washing, at right entry.<br>Field is Sumatra Colormaker Patina Stain over sweat finish.<br><br><img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/8/7/0/7/181345-170789/NL_Ingalls_Glass.jpg"><br>Jelly Bean Glass detail.&nbsp; Circles represent pilings in a pier,<br>as at The Wharf, near The Boardwalk (Santa Cruz, CA).<br><br><img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/8/7/0/7/181345-170789/NL_Ingalls_Seafood_Meat.jpg"><br>"The Pier" continues from the front entry to the back of the store.&nbsp; Here, the pilings are<br>stylized through the placement of circular steel templates and by sand-blasting the field.<br><br><img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/8/7/0/7/181345-170789/NL_Ingalls_Bloom.jpg"><br>This is in the "BLOOM" department, in the center of the store.&nbsp; It is another<br>"tweaked" version of "The Pier", produced with more complicated<br>"visually eroded" plasma-cut steel templates, by artist, Brian Giambastiani.<br><br><img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/8/7/0/7/181345-170789/NL_Clipper.jpg"><br>This is the left hand side, back of the store.&nbsp; We've shifted to a "Sail Theme". <br>These are based on a clipper ship and are an applied finish<br>with Colormaker Deso Dyes.<br><br><img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/8/7/0/7/181345-170789/NL_Demo.jpg"><br>The "Sail Theme" continues, in the demonstration kitchen.&nbsp; This is a composition<br>which includes combinations of applied an impressed finishes.&nbsp; The sail with<br>battens was a "stamp" constructed of burlap and redwood by my partner,<br>Kelley Burnham, along with artist/seamstress, Emily McClintick.<br>This was rolled out and troweled into the fresh green concrete.<br><br><img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/8/7/0/7/181345-170789/NL_R_Entry.jpg"><br>Another sculptural sail, at the left front entry of the store.<br><br><img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/8/7/0/7/181345-170789/NL_Reflection.jpg"><br>Finally, notice subtle template-blasted "reflection" of impressed sail, in this <br>composition at the left front entry.<br><br>We were fortunate to have been art-directed by Steve Crocker, of CDM Construction Management,<br>and by Sarah Myles, Creative Director, New Leaf Market...&nbsp; Thanx, guys!!!<br><br>See ya!<br><br>Mike<br><br><img src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/9/8/7/0/7/181345-170789/Mike_Snow.jpg"><br>SIGN-OFF ACTION SHOT...<br>Mike has a "quick pop" while building a fire on The Pacific Crest Trail.<br>She didn't know it yet, but daughter, Kirsten, was just about to be<br>proposed to by her boyfriend, Dustin...&nbsp; She said, "YES!"<br><div> </div><br><div> </div><br><div> </div><br><div> </div><br><div> </div><br><div> </div><br><div> </div><br><div> </div><br><br><br><div> </div><br><br><br> Welcome tag:blog.thevisualconcretegroup.com,2009-03-16:c8cd80f4-ef98-41d9-82b0-6d94ec83645f Michael Miller the concretist 2009-03-17T06:04:18Z 2009-03-17T06:04:18Z Welcome to my blog. Please check back soon for new entries.