Welcome to the show
The Color of Sound is a student art show built around one idea: that sound, like color, exists on a spectrum. Audio people talk about color all the time, a tube amp colors the sound, a tweeter is bright and cold, a warm analog recording, a cold digital mix. The same language that describes what we see describes what we hear, and this show plays with that idea along with the color of the materials used to match. Every piece here is functional and handmade, built from titanium, mahogany, sterling silver, vacuum tubes, and many electronic components, and every piece sits somewhere on that spectrum between being more about function, form or both. The show runs May 5th through May 10th, at 12:30-5pm, with a closing reception on Sunday, May 10th from 11:30am to 1pm, all at First Presbyterian Church, 1 Symphony Circle, Buffalo NY 14201. (Come to the parking lot side door labeled with my poster to get to the show) Contact me here with any questions.
The Canvas
Handbuilt hifi speakers in thick mahogany with a ribbon tweeter and a full tube amplifier built inside the cabinet, so the source of the coloration is the same object as the source of the sound.
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A pair of push-pull EL84 monoblock tube amplifiers on a copper + bronze chassis, with a custom cut chromium YAG (garnet) power button that reads deep red in under ultraviolet light.
View Piece →Titan Chess Set
A fully playable chess set where each piece is a vacuum tube standing in a handmade titanium ring base, on a titanium and mahogany board. The rings have a threaded base to work with "The Element".
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A spiraling sterling silver pendant modeled after a vacuum tube heater element, on a titanium chain, with a threaded fitting that accepts the pieces from the chess to be used as a pendant.
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