Saturday, September 27, 2014

Work Created for the Smith Andersen North gallery exhibition. Juror: William Wegman

New Cliche Verre, gelatin-silver prints

These contact prints are made from glass negatives which have been drawn and painted on, and stacked with internegatives and built-up imagery. After the completion of the glass plates, Diane Kreiter takes over and makes the gelatin-silver contact prints in her darkroom. We proof the prints and Diane makes exposure adjustments to bring them to the finished state.

Below: One of the glass plates


Glass plate for "Egyptian Bow Wow", image size 10 x 8 inches

Below: The finished work


Title: Egyptian Bow Wow, 2014, Dims: 10 x 8 inches, gelatin-silver print


Title: Moonlight Pterodactylus, 2014, Dims: 10 x 8 inches, gelatin-silver print

Link to Terry Kreiter website


Sunday, September 7, 2014

Institute of Contemporary Art, 2014 ICA Auction, San Jose, CA

Terry Kreiter  sculpture

I’ve been contributing sculpture to the ICA annual auction - Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, for over 30 years. I create a new sculpture each year specifically for the auction.

Artist note: The tragedies in this Trilogy are: Water, Oil, and Gold.

Below are images to show the progression of the sculpture


Title: Trilogy, 2014, 10 x 17 x 5 inches, Unique cast and fabricated bronze with stone. Artist signature includes -- ICA


Early sketch for Trilogy, original drawings shows vertical tower. Artist sketchbook #26-2014

Later sketches show the final decision to make the tower horizontal. Artist sketchbook #26-2014



Wax pattern altered with Photoshop in order to explore the composition.



Wax patterns with their appropriate flasks, ready to invest with refractory plaster. Artist note: The parts are cast in individual pieces, for this sculpture there were 15 pieces cast.


The 5 1/2 pounds of bronze used to cast the sculpture

Artist Terry Kreiter pouring the molten bronze into one of the three flasks required to cast the parts for this sculpture



Cast bronze unfinished parts for the sculpture, roughly arranged to show the composition.



Finished sculpture for the ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Title: Trilogy, 2014, 10 x 17 x 5 inches, Unique cast and fabricated bronze with stone. Artist signature includes -- ICA