Rearrange the Fire: 2014

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Untitled hanging sculpture with glass and springs

I'm grateful for American Science & Surplus in Milwaukee, a source of vessels, lenses, gears, springs, and other interesting bits & parts (and tools).

Amy Bethel, Amy.Bethel.art@gmail.com, RearrangeTheFire.blogspot.com

Monday, December 1, 2014

This installation includes several previous pieces, including handhelds and a mobile; the case was found in a dumpster and painted to look like dark wood; there are 3 small vials on the top shelf inside that contain a bee, tiny ball bearings, and fingernail clippings. The corner shelving unit on top, when turned upside down, reminded me of a vertebra, so I added a bone (with a part made of metal) and painted the back sides to look boney.

Amy Bethel, Amy.Bethel.art@gmail.com, RearrangeTheFire.blogspot.com

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Untitled mini installation

This mini-installation was made for the Device show at the Overture Galleries; it began as a solution to including hanging work that was too fragile to be outside a case (if you walk by a dragon fly hanging by a clear thread, it's going to fly around), but it led to some interesting discoveries.

Amy Bethel, Amy.Bethel.art@gmail.com, RearrangeTheFire.blogspot.com

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

3 Musical devices

These pieces demonstrate the power of music to move.... They each have their own distinct way of moving, powered by music box mechanisms. I combine the barrel part of one music box with the comb-like part from another one to produce "found" music. To see a couple of them move and play, there are a couple of videos (thanks to Peter Kleppin):

Videos

Amy Bethel, Amy.Bethel.art@gmail.com, RearrangeTheFire.blogspot.com

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Untitled wall clock

This piece incorporates an earlier wall piece; the section on the bottom is a container full of wishbones with a large lens in front. The wooden clock case is from my mother's basement.

Amy Bethel, amy.bethel.art@gmail.com, RearrangeTheFire.blogspot.com

Friday, October 31, 2014

Park Avenue Fantasy

This mini-installation was created for the Device show at Overture Galleries as an alternative to putting pieces in standard gallery cases. it includes two previous pieces, Grinder and Scent, and adds a powder puff and a scent bottle of butterfly wings. A comment on beauty, sexiness, and voice. The object that looks like a face powder box is really the box for a typewriter ribbon, with angora inside.