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Mobo-Circo Stabile has been added to a very highend hotel Le Méridien St. Louis Clayton. Many interior designer are now exploring ideas of modern art beyond paintings. Mobiles in hotels, stabiles added as a touch of Calder. Small, yet elegant in a simple way. For more info on the Mobo-Circo stabile see here: https://www.frithmobiles.com/bootstrap/pages/mobocirco.html
https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/stlmy-le-meridien-st-louis-clayton/photos/
Slideshow of Client Photos
Megamo Mobile, can be custom colored, into any combination. These are of colored plastics but I also can make the petals out of copper, brass, or aluminum. I have done a few in all wood as well.
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Frith Mobile in Elle Magazine Oct. 2013
Ever wonder where magazines get their art?
Well, there are people that work with clients, and photographers like set designers and film directors.
They set the stage for the fashion models working with clients selling fashion.
Elle photographers asked me for my XL Lustron mobile and I sent it to them. Simple as that. Then, after they were done shooting the photos, they shipped the mobile back to me.
They said, it made it in the October issue.... so here are the photos!!
You can see by the style of the clothing, the hair and accessories, even the furniture was all about art.
Modern art, that is, different yet very tasteful in a bizarre way.
My Lustron mobile fit perfect in the background.
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Interior Design Magazine - June 2012
Peeking through the glass is Julie Frith's Megamo mobile, 14' x 10'.
Above are photos of the June issue of Interior Design Magazine.
An article on Kids II new interiors by the Design Atelier and Joel Laseter Architect.
Breaking Bad TV 5th season... WATCH for mobile!!
This 5th season of the show Breaking Bad will feature a modern architecturally designed home, with one of my custom mobiles. It is 66"wide by 72 "high, red and black called Mobius II. Here is a photo of the mobile. So watch for it coming soon to a TV near you!!!!
"Mobiles & Stabiles" book by Julie Frith
This is a brand new book by Julie Frith. A collection of photos of her mobiles and stabiles she has made from 1998-2011. It is a small 7x7 colorful collection, 120 pages filled with over 200 original designs all wonderfully titled. A must for the the art collector, interior designer, architect, or just a great gift. A softback book with pro paper, and fantastic photography. Here are a sample of a few pages.
To buy go to www.blurb.com and look up "frithmobiles" after Feb. 20th, or go to www.frithmobiles.com to purchase today. Takes a few weeks to get. $45.99
Stable Stabile Sits On The Table
Stable stabile sits on the table,
turning it's petals all day.
Quietly it rests, at peace with the world,
until someone walks by it's way.
The petals go round and round,
as huff and a puff blows them turning again.
Finally the stabile sits, heavy holds the bass,
solid and firm the petals soon come to place.
Am I a mobile, am I a stabile?
The wonder of it's being or not.
The stable little stabile sits quietly
on the table pondering all it's thought.
- poem by Julie Frith
©2011
Here are a few one of a kind stabiles I have made, some are sold, some not yet. I really feel modern art as a stabile stands alone, strong with 3 diminutional power. HA! No..... really I just like them.
They may be small in size, but I imagine them large like Calder's big stabiles in Europe.
If you'd like to buy any... let me know. Here is my website: www.frithmobiles.com
Raise the Ceiling! Hang a Mobile!
You know with all this talk about raising the (debt) ceiling, why not! While we are at it, with this new venture (paying bills) ... let's consider the possibilities of what we would do with this new available space (NASA). I suggest... hang a mobile. Lot's of hot air (government talk) makes good movement (peace talks) of air currents (clean air act), which would turn the mobile naturally (gullible warming).
Here are a few photos of inspiration.
Happy Birthday July 22 to Alexander Calder!
Google doodle goes mobile for Alexander Calder's 113th birthday.
A piece of kinetic art took the place of the usual Google logo to celebrate the 113th birthday of American artist and sculptor Alexander Calder.
Friday's Google doodle shows a mobile, a type of kinetic sculpture that was invented by Alexander Calder. Mobiles take advantage of the principle of equilibrium and have objects hanging from rods. Kinetic art uses motion for an artistic effect.
Mobiles are usually brightly coloured free-moving creations in abstract shapes made from sheet metal.
The mobile Google doodle sways on its own and can also be controlled by mouse gestures.
Calder was born on July 22, 1898 in Lawnton, US to a family of artists. While his father and grandfather were both sculptors, his mother was a painter.
He graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1919. He then took art lessons. After a brief career in commercial art, Calder moved to Paris and put up an exhibition of a miniature circus with toy-like animals made of wood and wire. In Paris he formed associations with renowned artists and their influence helped him shape his art.
Calder was also a jewellery designer, an interest that developed when he was fashioning a wedding ring for his marriage with Louisa Cushing James. Besides his sculptures, Calder also illustrated a number of books. Besides mobiles, he also earned a name with stabiles, a type of stationary abstract sculptures.
With the years Calder also scaled up the size of his mobile and stabile installations. Calder died at the age of 78 on November 11, 1976. Two months after his death, Calder was honoured with United States' highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Interactive and animated Google doodles have now become a regular feature on the Google home page. The last such doodle was during the total lunar eclipse of June 15-16 when Google put up its first live doodle that refreshed itself every two minutes to reflect the stage of the moon.
For a dozen years, Google has been occasionally swapping its everyday logo for a doodle, a sketch celebrating holidays, inventions, artists and sporting events, and showcasing designs from contest-winning students.
For a look at contemporary mobile designs .... come see modern mobile artist Julie Frith: www.frithmobiles.com
Article from LA TIMES Blogs: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/07/alexander-calders-mobiles-reimagined-in-todays-google-doodle.html
Share this gif animation I made of the Google Calder doodle!!http://www.frithmobiles.com/gifs/calder_google.gif
Stabile Art for Conversation
A stabile is a form of art that has kinetic features like a mobile but is stationary for the base. The driftwood sculpture above is still called a stabile, but does not move, but can be repositions in different balance points.
This is a new design for me called "Wise Guy" I really like this one, he is fun just to look at! 20" wide by 11" high perfect for a bookshelf or coffee table art piece. 
I have many different kinds of stabiles for sale. All are custom colored to your liking. Some come in any size, and if you want smaller or even bigger... just ask, I probably can do it. To see more go to my website: www.frithmobiles.com
Uplift your Spirits
Mobiles add a truly uplifting spirit to a room.
This is a one of a kind mobile by me, Julie Frith... it was made with fun in mind! I really like colors, and the circular shapes are really relaxing and calming... (to me). This mobile has that kind of retro feeling, of dots and many dots, like Jean Miro puts in his paintings. A flow of color with 3D fullness. This fits perfectly in a open skylight with the sun coming down making the shapes turn around. For more mobiles go to: http://www.frithmobiles.com or email me at frithmobiles@gmail.com
Modern Art Baby Mobiles
Modern art for babies? What kind of baby would be interested in modern art, they are way too young. Mobiles you say? Oh, then that's something babies love! There are so many mobiles, musical, moving, wiggling, fuzzy, cute... but modern art? That's a whole noth'a level!! Alexander Calder in the 50's designed some pretty unique mobiles, then others took off the ideas of this new style medium of creating. I, Julie Frith was one of them!! Seeing Calder mobiles in art museums always fascinated me, I would look and blow at them (the guards say not to blow). And watch them slowly move, petal by petal, turning so gently. They made me smile.
Mobius mobile in a nursery. This is the reason why babies like them too, they move so slowly, and it is not crazy fast, but they do change with just the slightest of air movement. Children also get attached to their belongings as a youngster... and even to their baby mobile! They will not want to get rid of their mobile. So why not a modern art mobile! As the kid grows up... he/she will love the mobile and be reminded of the early beginnings of life and how it made them smile. Modern art mobiles for babies and their lives. For more on Julie Frith... see: http://www.frithmobiles.com and I would love to make a mobile just for your new baby.
Piccomo mobile below was named one of the
best new baby mobiles 2008-9. Reviewed by Parents, Cookie, and in Dwell.Baby mobiles are a dime a dozen, but some end up costing quite a penny. Don't bother buying something cheap, it will just be tossed in the recycling or garbage. A well made mobile should last almost forever. There is no reason it shouldn't, unless it is out of style, outgrown, or fallen apart. My art mobiles last forever, will always be in style, and I even have them hanging outside, very durable, but pricey some say. But I feel something well made is worth every penny. You and your baby will be smiling.
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