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I just finished a very busy and exciting weekend. I was asked to show "Corporate Pillars", even though incomplete, at the Ravenswood Art Walk in Chicago this past weekend. The first public showing. Needless to say I was excited about the opportunity. I am very grateful to Moss Design who extended the invitation and opened their space to me. I also exhibited 5 other of my larger pieces.



Because of the size of the sculpture and the paintings I was exhibiting, I rented a cargo van to… Continue

I haven't posted an update on the "Corporate Pillars" project in a while. Since Day 78 to be exact. Fortunately, I am exhibiting in 4 different places in October so the last few weeks have been getting ready for those show while continuing to collect business cards and construct the sculpture.



I am very proud to announce that this afternoon, I installed the incomplete sculpture of 2704 business cards at Moss Design in Chicago as part of the… Continue

Today is Day 75 of the Corporate Pillars business card sculpture project. Two weeks ago, I ran into my friends Young and Clement at a street fair. It had been a few months since we last saw each other. While catching up with each other, I mentioned the business card sculpture and both said they had business cards they could donate to the cause. Schedules being what they are these days, we finally met up this morning for brunch.



The timing was perfect. I had enough time to drop of the… Continue

# of Business Cards Received this Week: 596

Total # of Business Cards Received: 1234

# of Cards in the sculpture: 1007

# of People Represented: 540

# of Cities: 75

# of Completed Levels: 6 (7 & 8 partial)

# of Hours: 23



During Week 4, I became aware of the magnitude of the project I started. I crossed the 1000 card milestone and I realized that I truly only began constructing. With a need of 4000-5000…

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# of Business Cards Received for Week 1: 20



Total # of Business Cards Received: 41



# of Cards in the sculpture: 26



# of People Represented: 26



# of Cities: 7



# of Construction Hours: 3





This week, most of my effort has been in getting the word out to begin collecting business cards from donors. I NEED THOUSANDS OF CARDS. My focus so far has been on the Internet (Blog,…

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