Office Art

Decorating an office IS a big deal. So many ideas, which colors, which chair, which desk? Now once you have decided that, you might want to go to the next step. Office art. I am presenting these idea of hanging a mobile or a table top stabile to offices of many kinds, from cubicles to home offices, to private business offices, home workstations, to meeting rooms, lunch rooms, to receptionist spaces.
See below ideas that will bring a new light to the area you spend most of your day.










Many styles, and many kinds of offices. Some offices are separtate and large, some are cubicles in a huge room of hundreds of other cubicles. How to make your space individually different from the rest is like painting your house purple in a row of all white houses. It is fun to stand out and be different. Or maybe you need to spuce it up a bit... so add some art! A hanging mobile in a very sterile inviroment is perfect. They are quiet, clean and best of all entertaining to calm you from all your stress at work. Just like babies, adults get tense from new situations they are not used to... a mobile calms a baby, a mobile will calm you, your workers, your boss, your office area, lunch room, meeting room and even at the reception desk. Art in the workplace is a great idea, pass it around see what other employees have to say. I bet they'll say... great idea!

For lots of mobiles and stabile ideas see my Mobile website: http://www.humboldt1.com/~mobiles/

Large Art for Large Spaces



Large mobiles fill empty spaces with movement and art. This type of art is light in weight and easy to hang, no assembly needed. Mobiles are relaxing to watch move, so if you are designing; say a skylight in a waiting room, this would be the perfect thing to add. Neater than magazines and cleaner than an aquarium! Hang a mobile above a stairwell, as you walk down the stairs the petals float above you... just don't trip with as you are messmerized by the mobile!!! They capture your attention and will cause you to relax and smile. So think of adding a mobile to your next room design. http://www.humboldt1.com/~mobiles/

Steel Meets Plastic



Steel and Petals mobile by Julie Frith is a beatiful example of a Calder "styled" mobile. It definitely is NOT a Calder, but has the artistic look and flavor of a Calder. The plastic petals remind me of organic shapes, like tree branches in the wind. This mobile turns moving separately the arms one after the other. For more information on the sizes, and custom colors go to: Mobiles by Julie Frith

Art Mobiles - Connections


Everything you need to know about mobile art. Where the word even came from! Links to mobile artists and websites galore! Ever want to know how to exactly say the word "mobile"? How to make a mobile? How about where the term "mobile" came from. Check out this site, it has a lot of mobile links and information.
http://www.humboldt1.com/~mobiles/artmobiles.html

As Seen In Dwell.com


Mobiles by Julie Frith

http://www.dwell.com/products/day

If mobiles are meant to stimulate baby brain function, this simple, modern design from Julie Frith should make for some inspired little ones. Totless? Try hanging it in the living room, where it will just as easily delight the adults.

Facebook has New Art Gifts!


Are you on Facebook? I am! I love to receive new items as gifts. Here is a new application called Mobiles and Stabiles. Send these art pieces to everyone you know, they will just love it! Keep one for yourself as a reminder what someone can buy for you as a REAL gift, or for your baby, a birthday or for your new home. Add this new application to your list of Facebook Apps! Be a fan.. Join Mobiles and Stabiles group today!

Out of this World, cool!

A new mobile for 2009, called "8 Planets". I wanted a modern planet mobile design different than any out available today. The planets are various in sizes from 3/4" to 1.5" and they glow great in the dark all night long. They are full colored 3D plastic, and OUT of This World... cool. It is 40" wide by 18" high stianless steel bars. Very kinetic in nature, one planet arm moves, the next moves and so on. There is a great video on YouTube (below). Write me and let me know if you like it! I can custom design this to be longer, shorter, wider... you tell me, and I will make it just for you. Perfect for the newborn, kids room, classroom, school library... a waiting room, doctors office... I could go on and on. only $120!
contact me: frithmobiles@gmail.com

Metal vs Plastic Mobiles



Hi I am trying metal petals and actually liking the easiness of cutting the shapes. For years, I thought cutting metal would mean you need a blow torch, goggles and heavy shears. But I got thin aluminum, which holds its firmness quite well, I was surprised! So here are a few new pieces I did with aluminum sheet metal. A new stabile I just love called "Alloyd" how it is a combination (or mixture of alloyed and Frank Lloyd!) of plastic and metals. The sturdy solid plastic colored base can be colorized and is fun to look at the color possibilities. I wanted to keep the petals a brushed metal to reflect light and flutter in the wind. Let me know what you think. For more info: Mobiles by Julie Frith

Donald E. Frith - Modern Ceramic Art


Teapot Exhibition
November 1 - December 31, 2008


Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts
in the Beato Gallery
8560 Ojai-Santa Paula Road,
Ojai, CA

Watch Video - Interview with Donald E. Frith
Watch Video - Interview with Donald E. Frith

Intverview with
Donald E. Frith

Watch Video - On Making a Teapot - Part I
Watch Video - On Making a Teapot - Part I

On Making a Teapot
Part I
Watch Video - On Making a Teapot - Part II
Watch Video - On Making a Teapot - Part II

On Making a Teapot
Part II

Click on images below for a larger view.
Teapots by Donald E. Frith
Teapot 719

Teapot # 719 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
7.5" x 3.5"
$375.00
Teapot 691

Teapot # 691
Glazed porcelain & acrylic
8" x 4" triangle
$325.00
Teapot 711 Teapot # 711 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
8" x 4" cube
$375.00
Teapot 714 Teapot # 714 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
8" x 3.75" square
$325.00
Teapot 715 Teapot # 715 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
9" x 3.5"
$495.00
Teapot 720 Teapot # 720 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
8" x 4"
$495.00
Teapot 700 Teapot # 700 Glazed porcelain, acrylic, redwood burl
8" x 4" triangle
$350.00
Teapot 716 Teapot # 716 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
8" x 3.5"
$425.00
Teapot 707 Teapot # 707 Glazed porcelain, acrylic, cherry
10" x 3" d
$575.00
Teapot 574 Teapot # 574 Glazed porcelain, acrylic, cherry
10" x 2.5"
$575.00
Teapot 638 Teapot # 638 Glazed porcelain, acrylic, cherry
8" x 2.5"
$275.00
Teapot 706 Teapot # 706 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
10" x 2"
$575.00
Teapot 606 Teapot # 606 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
12" x 3.5"
$385.00
Teapot 545 Teapot # 545 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
12" x 3.5"
$275.00
Teapot 675 Teapot # 675 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
10" x 2.5"
$525.00
Teapot 722 Teapot # 722 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
10" x 3.5"
$495.00
Teapot 723 Teapot # 723 Glazed porcelain, acrylic, cherry
11" x 3" square
$595.00
Teapot 627 Teapot # 627 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
12" x 2.5"
$475.00
Teapot 708 Teapot # 708 Glazed porcelain, acrylic, ebony
9" x 2"
$585.00
Teapot 725 Teapot # 725 Glazed porcelain & acrylic
10" x 2" square
$585.00




In the Beato Gallery we will be presenting teapots by Donald E. Frith, a retired professor of ceramics who has been working in ceramics for more than sixty years. Look at each of Donald Frith’s works with a carefEntrance to the Beatrice Wood Center for the Artsul eye, and enjoy the combination of technical expertise he uses in porcelain, precious wood, and acrylic, to create a small teapot. Then, go back and look again. And remember, they’re not only incredible works of art, they pour very well!

Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts 8560 Ojai-Santa Paula Road
Ojai, CA

Tel: 805.646.3381 email: janat@beatricewood.com

Donald E. Frith : email: Wclark1109@aol.com

 

Modern Art Mobiles