Laying where dinosaurs once roamed!
Footprints in the stone from 150 million years ago in UT.
Moab is a great source of inspiration! We’ve visited Castle Valley, Canyonlands and Arches National Park - Tanya Aguiñiga joined us today and we’re already off to gather inspiration from these beautiful places.
We’re in Moab, UT and we’ve already done so many amazing hikes and there’s so much more to do. We’re staying at a campsite just outside of town and the South Mountain is just across the road.
DDL’s Artist Assistant Hannah Vaughan is Interviewed by Vivian Beer about starting the project in Beatty, Nevada and how desert landscape has influenced her work.
Hannah Vaughan is an artist and furniture maker based in Chicago, IL. Hannah was born in Altadena, CA she studied Fine Art and Religion at Oberlin College in Ohio and has also studied at Penland School of Craft. She has lived and exhibited in New York, North Carolina and Chicago.
It was all about texture, stratum and curves at Zion National Park! - We visited Zion on our way up to Moab, and saw the most beautiful and breathtaking landscapes. A completely different desert environment!
Big Hole Drillers
We all want a small trinket that reflects, or allows us to reflect, upon a trip like this. During my day ‘off’ in Beatty, I took some time to check out a few of the antique stores in town. As soon as we walked onto this block of fresh jerky, old tools and mangled trucker’s hats I knew I had struck trinket gold! In Richfield, after perusing around ceramic cacti salt shakers, high heel handled pocket knives and old VHS movies, I came across a case of belt buckles… one with a banjo… one with a 49er and his trusty burro… and an old simple brass one that caught my attention. . “Big Hole Drillers”
Both Hannah and Mariana said, ”You have to!” and thankfully I did get it. By the end of the day Mariana had sleuthed the buckle’s origin and I now feel like I have a special piece of Nevada history.
NTS refers to Nevada Test Site (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_National_Security_Site) and REECO is actually Reynolds Electrical and Engineering, the main contractor at the time. There’s an oral history of Nevada’s nuclear waste program and a transcript of an interview with a former employee, Lewis G Miller, you can check it out at http://digital.library.unlv.edu/objects/nts/1084
Desert Design Lab hosted Adrien Segal and Noah Sakamoto for a weekend of canyons, hiking trails and furniture design workshops.
Vivian Beer's Panoramics with Gigapan's Epic Pro
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DDL moves onto Death Valley!
After a few days exploring the Salton Sea and the surrounding desert, we have moved onto to Beatty, NV the gateway to Death Valley! We will stay in Beatty for 11 days to take in as many trails, mines, salt flats, craters and peaks as we can! - We will shortly be joined by Hanna Vaughan and two new additions to the project Adrien Segal and Noah Sakamoto.
Adrien Segal attended California College of the Arts in San Francisco, CA for her undergraduate degree, receiving a BFA in Furniture Design in 2007. In addition to teaching, she pursues a creative practice out of her studio on the former Naval Base in Alameda, CA. Adrien recently held Artist Residencies at Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland and will be spending the month of May in Homer, Alaska at the Bunnell Art Center.
Noah Sakamoto was born and raised in Oakland, California. He attended the California College of Arts and Crafts, earning his BFA in 2007. Noah has exhibited in group, juried, and solo shows within California and New York. Noah currently teaches art at Town School for Boys, works as an arborist, and continues to live in the beautiful Bay Area
