Aaron Ristau

February

baronaaron — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:41:44 +0000

I am having a busy and fun February.
I’m Showing in Fort Collins and Loveland Colorado, as well as Marietta, Georgia, and Lowell, Massachusetts this month.
Here are a few images of new, smaller works. And a couple of shots from recent Opiate Gallery shows in Fort Collins.

A Neon sculpture “For the Love of Light”

Some bubbling night lights

An American Beauty Desk Lamp

Winter Projects

baronaaron — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:12:50 +0000

I had some fun in the studio over the holiday break.
Come see my latest sculptures and several more incredible artists this Friday night at the new Opiate galley in Old Town Fort Collins Colorado.
But for those of you who can not…

Fall Commissioned Works

baronaaron — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:57:53 +0000

I’ve been a busy bee lately! One commission was for a pair of Bedside Reading lamps. I made a third to work through my concept. The client requested dimmable LED bulbs on this and a previous project. They work great! The Base of the lamps are from vintage film projectors and include the utility of the original drawer compartment. The brass, ball shaped shade pivots on two axis. The arms are made of Carbon Fiber and Phenolic with glass marbles. The arm is adjustable by the knob on the base. See more, including video here.

I had a group show opening at a new space Opiate Gallery in old town Fort Collins, Co. Dec. 2nd

I also completed a clock commission last week. I used glass stopcocks to mark the hours and a hemispherical mirror for the body. The clock is 10″ diameter.

Aaron Ristau Studio Set up on google+

baronaaron — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:49:43 +0000

Circle me! Sure enough… just as I got my personal profile on Google+ they introduced new page templates?! So I just built one for the studio. My apologies to those of you whom I connected to my personal profile… here is the one for the studio too

Aaron Ristau’s -MetalMaus- sculptural wireless mouse

baronaaron — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 04:11:57 +0000

Two shows curated by Bruce Rosenbaum of SteamPuffin.com: “Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation,” opening October 31, Waltham, MA, and “Mobilis in Mobili: An Exhibition of Steampunk Art & Appliance” opening November 12, Wooster Street Social Club, NYC. include—MetalMaus—recent additions to my series of augmented wireless mice.

New Body of Wearable Art by Aaron Ristau

baronaaron — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:25:44 +0000

I finished a commission for a set of goggles, and went a little over board making 4 pairs. And I did another commission for a bracelet. The goggles are titled the Technician, Inventor, the Welder, and the Pilot. The two hand piece sculptures are a project I have been working on for some time addressing border violence issues at the Tx./ Mex. border. They are evil, with cock fighting knives, and Vietnam era flechette grenades. The thumb pieces are corn shucking tools. They include relics from Shafter, Tx. I intend to make a right hand glove in a very similar fashion. But not before Halloween this year. I hope to do a photo shoot with these wearable sculptures later this fall.

Marfa, Tx. Lights by Aaron Ristau studio

baronaaron — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:26:30 +0000

During my recent trip to the Big Bend region of Tx. I installed a commissioned sculpture I made for a child’s bedroom. Some of the parts used in it’s construction came from the area. I lived there from 1998- 2003. Funny to have them roll around in my studio for a decade only to have them go back to the same area I found them in. It is a great sculpture complete with custom switch plate.

During my trip I got to visit my favorite spot in Marfa, Tx.

Lineaus Lorrette’s Marfa Lights and Lamps.

He has a couple of my lights in the front window. And some more in his collection.
Learn more about the Marfa lights here

Marfa is a very special gem of an art town. I go as often as I can. See you again soon my friends.

I was featured in Russian Popular Mechanics Magazine July 2011

baronaaron — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:01:50 +0000

What a beautiful 4 page article!

I am looking for help translating. Google translator is nice, but as expected it does not catch everything.

See the current translation/ hack on my page here

Busy Summer for Aaron Ristau Studio

baronaaron — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:13:40 +0000

So Busy!… Parenting during the summer schedule, A new commission project, and mouse orders! The commission is for an Orrery/ Chandelier/ Mobile and installs in August… more soon.
Here are a few images from the workbench…
The latest mouse is for sale at the moment….

Wireless Computer Mice 4 Sale

baronaaron — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:39:29 +0000

I have listed 4 Wireless Computer Mice for sale! Get em while you can!

http://www.aaronristau.com/art/sale/rotobotmouse-sales/

Wireless Computer Mouse by Aaron Ristau