Syncros Road Bike Stem
Design:
Client: Syncros
Date: 1995
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Metalwork
Flatspace Installation
Design: Sara Graham
Client: City of Toronto
Date: 2010
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Synchros Revolution Bicycle Crankset
Design:
Client: Syncros
Date: 1996
This is one of the few cranksets that combines different metals. The arm section is made of Cro-Moly steel, has an elliptical shape and a hollow interior. The arm tapers from a 34.5mm width at the B/B spindle down to 22mm at the pedal spindle. The hollow, elliptical, tubular arms are drawn in their tapered shape by True Temper and then sent to Syncros. Syncros makes the Cro-moly pedal and spindle lug that is TIG welded to the bottom of the arm. The Cro-moly steel arms are powder painted in a matt black finish. The actual piece that seats the B/B spindle is made of aluminum. This aluminum piece is machined from 7075-T6 aluminum rod drilled and tapped with 22mm by 1mm threads for the cranks arm dust cap. The piece is also drilled through then broached to make the square sides two degree tapered spindle fitting. This aluminum piece has tapered sides to just squeeze into the outer B/B spindle lug under machine pressing. Both arms have this aluminum core within the steel outer B/B lug. The aluminum piece is considerably larger on the right crank because the machining process leaves an 88mm diameter disc for the inner chainring and the adapter spider to bolt to. So, again for the right arm the aluminum insert is made of one large piece of aluminum that is machined down to create the core insert with the adapter plate turned of the same billet piece.
-Bike Pro
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Central Library Mural
Design: Robert Oldrich
Client: Calgary Public Library, City of Calgary
Date: 1974
Starting around 1960, craft artists responded to new opportunities to create art for commercial and institutional buildings being erected across the country. Many of these buildings were in the International Style with large open foyers and outdoor plazas that called for touches of warmth to counterbalance the often sterile qualities of exposed concrete and metal. Involvement in these architectural projects was seen by craft artists as a more effective—and often more lucrative—way of making their work better known to the public and of advancing their status as professionals, in a manner similar to that of painters and sculptors…
…Robert Oldrich was one artist who promoted this approach. (See his article “The Craftsman in Canada” in Canadian Art, March/April 1961, p 129)… Oldrich created two of his most visible works in downtown Calgary, an enamel sculpture for the Calgary Public Library and a concrete façade for the Glenbow Museum.
-Allan Collier, The Modern Eye: Craft and Design in Canada 1940-1980
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, July 22, 2011 – November 27, 2011
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Square Pattern Enamel Plate
Design: Patricia Fisher
Production: self produced
Date: 1959
Photo: Evelyn Ward de Roo
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Canoe Pendant
Design: Pamela Coulston
Client: Disegno
Date: 2010
Based on the traditional Prospector style canoe, this charm is all about Canadiana.
1 comment May 3rd, 2011
Setry Pendant System
Design: Christopher and Paul Massie, MassieOffice
Client: Christiaan+Planck, LightForm
Production: Metalarte
Date: 2009
The Sentry System is comprised of nine spun aluminum forms that can be mixed to create more than 80 different shapes. Designed to lock together without adhesives, the lights are easily assembled and just as importantly, disassembled and recycled.
Originally created for the Massie’s Christiaan+Planck lighting brand, the design was launched at IDS 2009, where it was spotted and immediately picked up by Spanish lighting company Metalarte.
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OMA Award
Design: Todd Falkowsky
Client: OMA
Date: 2008
Designed as the award for Dutch businesses that were most sustainable, the trophy embodied green thinking. The trophy was water-jet cut from recycled aluminum sheet (no machining or molds), it created no waste in construction (scraps or off gassing), graphics were etched onto the face of the design (no secondary construction/finishing/material) which aids in recycling, it could be mailed flat by fitting into an regular envelope and constructed at home with a simple pop and fold (saving demands of travel) and could be easily recycled when no longer needed.
1 comment April 10th, 2011
Checker Pattern Enamel Plate
Design: Patricia Fisher, Toronto
Production: self produced
Date: 1960’s
Allan Collier Collection
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Striped Enamel Plate
Design: Patricia Fisher, Toronto
Production: self produced
Date: 1960’s
Allan Collier Collection
1 comment March 24th, 2011
Custom Bicycle Chain Guard
Design: Poka Cycle Accessories
Client:
Date: 2011
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Robert Reid Medal
Design: Robert Chaplin
Client: Alcuin Society
Date: 2011
The medal was commissioned by the Alcuin Society and named after Robert Reid, a pioneer in Canadian book design. Presented nationally, the Robert Reid Medal celebrates lifetime achievement in book creation. The design was carved by my hand then cast in bronze at the studio of my colleague Jess Sarber. After the medals were cast, each one was hand finished by me. This work was completed in an edition of 25 with 5 artists proofs.
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