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  • Joshua DeMonte, Curtains and Balcony Bracelet, 2008, 33% glass-filled polyamide, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Irene and Bob Sinclair, 2013.9, © 2008, Joshua DeMonte

Title
Curtains and Balcony Bracelet
Artist
Joshua DeMonte
Date
2008
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
6 x 7 x 5 in. (15.2 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Copyright
© 2008, Joshua DeMonte
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of Irene and Bob Sinclair

Mediums Description
33% glass-filled polyamide
Classifications
Decorative Arts
Highlights
Contemporary Craft and Decorative Arts
Keywords
  • Architecture – detail – balcony
  • Architecture – detail – window
Object Number
2013.9
Palette
Linked Open Data URI
Videos
Date

    • In anticipation of the exhibition 40 under 40: Craft Futures, on view at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum from July 20, 2012 -- February 3, 2013, the museum asked the 40 artists featured to share personal videos of themselves with our audience. Here's what Joshua DeMonte submitted—enjoy! Joshua DeMonte Social Media Video, 2012 Digital video, color, sound, 1:27 Courtesy of the artist

    JOSHUA DEMONTE: Hey everyone, Josh DeMonte here. I’m one of the artists exhibiting in the upcoming “40 Under 40” Exhibition. I’m really excited for the show. All of the work speaks to craft’s existence in the 21st century.

    My work represents artists utilizing a family of techniques called “digital fabrication” or rapid prototyping. These technologies build three-dimensional form from 3D computer data. I’m here at the object lounge at Towson University, and I figure I’d give you a quick tour and show you what these machines look like and some of the work that comes off of them.

    Here are plaster molds we CNC’d and we’re slip-casting porcelain into them. Here’s some work that we printed on our Z Corp 3D printer. And here are some rings that we’ll be casting later today. This is our Z Corp machine. It prints in a medium that’s a combination of plaster and resin. It can also print in full color. This is our object 3D printer. It prints in a variety of different resins, ranging from transparent to opaque, rigid to flexible.

    Well I hope you liked the quick tour, and I hope to see you at “40 Under 40.”
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      40 Under 40: Craft Futures

      40 Under 40: Craft Futures examines the expanding role of the handmade in contemporary culture through the work of the next generation of artists. Organized in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Renwick Gallery, the Smithsonian's branch museum for American craft and decorative arts, this project gathers forty makers born since 1972, the year the Renwick opened to the public. Apparent are rapidly evolving notions of craft, ranging from traditional media, such as ceramics and jewelry, to fields as varied as sculpture, industrial design, performance and installation art, fashion design, sustainable manufacturing, and mathematics.

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