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MATERIALOGY: And now for something completely different...

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Saturday, April 28, 2012. And now for something completely different. The best laid schemes of mice and men. Go often awry,. And leave us nothing but grief and pain,. Sometimes things don't go the way you planned. Above is the scene I found having opened the kiln containing my furnace-glass chunks. But I have to say, this one still smarts. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). And now for something completely different. The waiting is the hardest part. Like sands through the hourglass.

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MATERIALOGY: August 2011

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Manual Arts Training: Splitting Hairs. Friday, August 19, 2011. One of my favorite scenes from the book Fight Club. By Chuck Palahniuk is when the main character is sitting on the curb outside his recently blown up apartment. Lamenting the loss of all of his stuff he says:. While I don’t think that I am ready to get rid of all my worldly possessions and start fighting underground, I am pleased to report that it appears that Ive finally gotten a handle on my wallet issue. I am fr...

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MATERIALOGY: July 2011

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Brooklyn, NY, United States. Niels Cosman is a maker of things who lives and works in the space between Brooklyn, NY and Boston, Ma www.nielscosman.com. View my complete profile.

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MATERIALOGY: Hitting my stride

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Saturday, April 21, 2012. If you're going through hell, keep going.". I second weekend in a row that I have been going full-tilt in the studio getting things ready for NYC design week. This is the last two days, i'll be in the making things in Brooklyn. I am making good progress, but I still have miles to go before I sleep. Here are a couple of teaser images of what I am working on. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). And now for something completely different. The waiting is the hardest part.

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1991 MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut. 1984 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. 1975 MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. 1973 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. 1994 MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. 1985 BFA, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 2002 MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. 1999 MFA, Ohio State University.

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MATERIALOGY: March 2012

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Saturday, March 17, 2012. Did you know that the most perfectly smooth and accurate spherical object ever created by human kind was a 1.5" diamter piece of fused quartz (glass)? I did, and so did Wikipedia. This round is a draw, Internet)! It's true, this little marvel of modern material engineering. Was made by NASA for use in " Gravity Probe B. Friday, March 2, 2012. Every wonder: what does my DNA looks like? Or think: Man, I wonder if I could be extracting DNA in my kitchen right now?

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MATERIALOGY: December 2011

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Monday, December 19, 2011. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke . Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Brooklyn, NY, United States. Niels Cosman is a maker of things who lives and works in the space between Brooklyn, NY and Boston, Ma www.nielscosman.com. View my complete profile.

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MATERIALOGY: November 2011

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Thursday, November 17, 2011. Many traditional craftsmen respond to modern times when handing down his craft. But the essence of the tradition suffers in doing so. A lovely video from ETSY. Featuring one of Japans last traditional sword makers. Video after the jump. Friday, November 4, 2011. 1    You can cut things in half. 2    You can make rough surfaces smooth and glassy again. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Brooklyn, NY, United States. View my complete profile.

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MATERIALOGY: Knock, knock...

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Saturday, April 7, 2012. Orange you glad you children jump on your crappy knock off designer chair? Here's by little video by Fritz Hanson USA of a little comparison testing for their Series 7 Chairs designed by Arne Jacobsen. This chair has probably been knocked off directly or indirectly more than any other chair I can think of. This video is proof that all plywood chairs are not created equal. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). And now for something completely different. Brooklyn, NY, United States.

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MATERIALOGY: May 2012

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Monday, May 21, 2012. Its been a long week. A couple of days ago, I was having my last dinner in the middle of a 15,000 acre tree farm having finished a wildly successful two weeks of production at Pilchuck Glass School. Now, I am sitting on the 4th floor or a SoHo loft in Manhattan the last day of the Model Citizens NYC. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Brooklyn, NY, United States. View my complete profile.