Blog of Caleb

1% Production Poster / Mike Watt and the...

2009-04-29T14:23:00.001-07:00

Here's a recent poster I made for 1% Productions.
Thanks to Gavin and Avery for coloring within the lines.

Opening at PULP

2009-04-15T06:47:00.000-07:00

I'll be showing a 3-panel encaustic at PULP's new old market location this Friday. If you're in Omaha, come by and say hi!

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A Third Friday Gallery Opening at PULP
"Sprout! A Fresh New Crop of Emerging Artists"
April 17th through May 11th, 2009
Opening Reception | Friday, April 17th from 7pm to 10pm

"Sprout!" is a group exhibition featuring works by national and local emerging artists, including submissions by cortney andrews (kansas city, missouri), dan crane (omaha, nebraska), leslie diuguid (kansas city, missouri), keiko ishii eckhardt (minneapolis, minnesota), cody hoyt (sarasota, florida), caleb coppock (omaha, nebraska), christine stormberg (omaha, nebraska), jonas criscoe (providence, rhode island), hannah stouffer (los angeles, california), caitlin wheeler (seattle, washingtion), lena wolff (berkeley, california), kiersten essenpreis (brooklyn, new york), bill zindel (berkeley, california), erika navarrete (lincoln, nebraska), will anderson (omaha, nebraska), tonja torgerson (minneapolis, minnesota) and christopher bostwick (kansas city, missouri)

Please join us for an Opening Reception in the gallery on Friday, April 17th from 7pm to 10pm. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public. The event will also mark the grand opening of Pulp in it's new location in the Old Market. This exhibit will run through May 11th, 2009.

Pulp is now located at 1026 Howard Street in The Old Market Passageway. We're on the lower level and you can get to the space via the main Passageway entrance on Howard Street --- or by using the staircase located under Omaha Prime on South 11th Street.

Personal Project / Omega Code / Poster

2009-04-03T07:29:00.001-07:00

I stumbled upon an amazing set of posters and got inspired to try my hand at.

Hundreds of artists participated in creating their own versions of the band Omega Code's logo/mark.

Some of my favorite by You Work For Them artists, Mike Cina and Michael Paul Young. I also love the posters by Motomichi Nakamura and

1% Production Posters

2009-04-03T07:23:00.000-07:00

Here are two posters I made for 1% Productions here in Omaha. Nomo and Satchel Grande

Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture

2009-03-18T08:43:00.000-07:00

Some paintings I did a while back are the new addition to Alley Poyner Macchietto's atrium. The originals were painted (and scratched) on glass and then photographed and enlarged by Renze Display here in Omaha.

Thanks to Michael Alley for making this happen!

FACETS / An Exhibition of Encaustic Paintings

2009-03-09T14:33:00.000-07:00

I'm currently showing work at Jackson Artworks in Omaha, Nebraska until April 5.

Bigfoot for Moxie Paper Press

2008-12-17T11:55:00.000-08:00

Annie Dilocker from Moxie Paper Press asked me to make some illustrations for their Monster Holiday chapbook.

2008-11-25T06:54:00.000-08:00

Here are some new paintings I did for an art sale in Minneapolis.

lines, circles, fragments

2008-10-31T03:15:00.000-07:00

encaustic, wood, found objects, paint

2008-09-27T06:29:00.000-07:00

2008-08-12T12:31:00.001-07:00

2008-08-12T08:00:00.000-07:00

2008-08-12T07:53:00.000-07:00

2008-08-09T17:23:00.000-07:00

2008-08-09T10:08:00.001-07:00

i like markers!

Crazy Eight's: Crushed Protein (2008)

2008-08-09T10:01:00.000-07:00

This is my painting for the Crazy Eight's exhibition on display at the 1301 Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska.

pencil, marker, collage, and acrylic on wood
18" x 24"

Odd Cuddle for YWFT

2008-08-04T08:55:00.000-07:00

I finished this cuddly illustration set for You Work For Them.

L E O N Reel

2008-07-31T06:44:00.000-07:00

L E O N has been busy making moving visuals by computer and hand for personal projects, art performances, and clients including Target, Macy's, and Payless.

L E O N Reel Dark

2008-07-31T06:42:00.000-07:00

Here are some snippets of black and white video and animations from the workbench of L E O N set to a custom scary soundtrack!

Modern Music Video

2008-07-31T06:41:00.000-07:00

I made this video as part of an identity redesign for the music company Modern Music (http://www.modern-music.com).

Music: Modern Music
Assistant Animator: Adam Cleveland

2008-07-07T13:05:00.000-07:00

coloring assistance by gavin macavaddy

FOUND

2008-06-19T14:04:00.000-07:00

I'm always picking up things off the ground and so I've started documenting them. Keep checking here to see new additions.

Dustpan 01

2008-06-19T11:38:00.001-07:00

I'll upload a good scan of this, but for now a quick digital shot.
something I'm working on in the moleskin with watercolor paper that I got from the Grindstaffs.

Kaneko in Omaha

2008-05-04T20:04:00.000-07:00

I am really excited about the Kaneko project initiated by the internationally-known artist, Jun Kaneko. He has kept his studio in downtown Omaha despite many opportunities to move elsewhere, namely Japan. His works are huge! Recently, I've taken a few tours of the in-progress facilities that are The Kaneko . Here are some photos I took.

digital journal 042908

2008-04-29T07:27:00.001-07:00

Meander Exhibition: May 24, 2008

2008-04-29T06:40:00.000-07:00

I will be participating in a collaborative exhibition in Minneapolis this May. Fifteen artists have been chosen to work together in the amazingly rustic gallery space of the Soap Factory. Our theme is 'meander'. I'll be up in Minneapolis working on this show from May 19 to the 24th, so look me up!

digital journal 042808

2008-04-28T11:06:00.000-07:00

my studio

2008-04-23T10:23:00.000-07:00

here's a shot of where i work images and objects. i share the space with a painter named kim.

desktop: goldfish

2008-03-31T05:13:00.001-07:00

digital journal 031808

2008-03-18T10:20:00.000-07:00

- getting visual ideas out quickly
- digital journal

listener

2008-02-27T20:20:00.000-08:00

T-shirt Idea

2008-02-18T19:38:00.000-08:00

I'm working on some designs for shirts and came up with this one.

Black and White Vid

2008-02-06T10:37:00.000-08:00

Here's something I made in attempt to combine multiple video projects. It's cut to an audio track I made a while back.

Hecadecimal release on Future:Komp

2008-02-01T10:31:00.000-08:00

My friend Josh (aka:Heckadecimal) just released some tracks, free to download, at www.futurekomp.net. He asked me to create his album artwork and I gleefully agreed. I love his music, the sounds, the approach, the meandering tempos. Check it out!

Goldfish

2008-01-30T08:11:00.000-08:00

I painted these recently. There was a time when my obsession with ornamental carp was out of hand. I'm better now.

My Flickr page

2008-01-28T08:58:00.000-08:00

I posted some images on my new Flickr page.

Mother Earth Gardens Shirt

2008-01-28T08:18:00.000-08:00

I'm excited to show off these shirts. I made the illustration for my friends' neighborhood garden center in Minneapolis, Mother Earth Gardens.

Engaged

2008-01-02T14:48:00.000-08:00

I recently got engaged to Daphne Eck, the most wonderful girl I've ever met!
Here are some pics of the rings (yeah, I sweetened the deal with two rings instead of one). The rockish looking one is a small piece of meteorite.

Collaboration: Table

2007-12-06T14:41:00.000-08:00

size: 40"x20"x16"

Recently, my friend Sam Setterlund and I made this table out of scraps of wood left over from various projects. The table has two threaded steel rods running the length of the table top. Holes were drilled in the slats to undulate their positions. It was sold just recently at a art sale in Minneapolis.

Check out his portfolio here.

Illustrations: Lolly Pop

2007-12-06T08:17:00.000-08:00

I had some time at the coffee shop to sit down and draw. I scanned it and worked with it in Photoshop.

Sweet House

2007-12-05T16:31:00.000-08:00

Illustrations: Faces for YWFT

2007-11-19T20:51:00.000-08:00

My second set of stock illustrations for the amazing visual crafters at You Work For Them have been posted here.

Check out YWFT's site, store and blog for inspiration.

Illustrations: recent scans

2007-11-13T23:18:00.000-08:00

I found these in my box of random drawings and scanned them in today.

Illustrations: Faces and Poster

2007-11-12T11:04:00.000-08:00

Here are some recent illustrations and a poster I made for my friend Paul.

collaboration

2007-10-17T08:46:00.000-07:00

My friends' kids and I rocked out some collaborative works on paper the other evening.

Graphite Sequencer documentation

2007-10-17T07:06:00.000-07:00

These disk drawings are part of my Graphite Sequencer project. They are drawings from participants from various venues where this project was installed. I spent some time scanning and recording the audio that comes from playing them on my custom turntable. It has two wires that brush along the inner and outer rings of the disks. The graphite conducts electricity and the various lines cause changes in the sound produced from a basic tone generator.

Here's a link to the project description.

Here's a link to the disks and audio.

2007 Works

2007-10-03T11:43:00.000-07:00

Here is a gallery with descriptions of my selected works of 2007:

http://calebcoppock.com/2007/

Music Links

2007-10-02T11:30:00.001-07:00

I am trying to get my links all organized and in doing so I got excited to share some links to free mp3's by rad artists.

Suteckh remixing Murcof: Memoria (Sutekh)

Cepia: Dowry

Starkey: Live at CMN, philly 11/5/05

SÉBASTIEN ROUX: the harp and contrabass song

MOSKITOO: Skie

Swimming with Labor Camp

2007-09-27T10:12:00.000-07:00

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO

This is a music video to the song "Swimming" by the artist/teacher/musician Piotr Szyhalski. Documentation of his work can be found here:
http://laborcamp.mcad.edu/

and his new cd here:
http://laborcamp.mcad.edu/00_LC_CD.html

This video was part of a performace at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis by Szyhalski's Labor Camp project.

I am honored to have been a part of the event.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO

My Illustrations

2007-09-25T11:50:00.001-07:00

I'll be showcasing my illustration work here.

Science Museum Workshop

2007-09-04T06:29:00.000-07:00

Today and tomorrow I will be helping with workshops with the Science Museums of Minnesota's Learning Technologies Center.

This is a week-long workshop where adult participants explore possibilities of overlap and interaction between science, art, and music through simple, programable controllers, basic electronics, and common materials. Here is a link to some projects they have done in past workshops.
http://www.smm.org/ltc/student/projects

I will be informally presenting my Graphite Sequencer project and participating in some workshops as a guest artist.

Pretty cool! I'm excited!

Drawings

2007-08-31T07:33:00.000-07:00

I recently got a scanner from a good friend and here are some drawings from last year that I scanned.

Desktop 006

2007-08-21T21:06:00.001-07:00

Photos

2007-08-21T20:54:00.001-07:00

Desktop 005

2007-08-21T20:38:00.000-07:00

Desktop 004

2007-08-15T11:26:00.000-07:00

This is a small work shaped with tools out of acrylic. It's approximately 2" x 2".

Desktop 003

2007-08-04T22:15:00.000-07:00

This is an object I made recently out of polymer clay. I crumpled piece of paper and covered it with clay. Then, I poked holes in it with a mechanical pencil. Not too difficult, but it becomes something more dynamic in the photo. Ps- it's for sale: $1,000 (nerp)

Fresh off the Prototyper

2007-07-30T22:20:00.000-07:00

Here are some quick pictures of my latest 3D prints. They are objects made in Form-Z by affecting the geometry through the light and dark points of an image. My sources were images with gradient patterns, google earth images, and a color wheel. The light areas of the images pushed the geometry up and the darker areas styed low. I can explain more if anyone wants to know.

I'm Moving to Nebraska

2007-07-30T22:18:00.000-07:00

Love draws me to the lumpy plains of my childhood state.

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2007-07-29T18:02:00.001-07:00

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2007-07-16T23:08:00.001-07:00

Photos

2007-07-16T22:48:00.000-07:00

I really enjoy pairing photos, maybe more than taking them. Here are the first few of the summer.

Artist Links 0002

2007-07-01T11:51:00.000-07:00

Minimal forms and lines by Mary Judge:

http://www.maryjudge.com/

Desktop 002

2007-06-26T16:24:00.000-07:00

2 of 999 Desktops

Artist Links 0001

2007-06-25T16:00:00.000-07:00

I am going to post some links as I stumble upon them:

www.lauriereid.com

Desktop 001

2007-06-22T09:58:00.000-07:00

1 of 999 Desktops

Flowers

2007-06-20T15:31:00.000-07:00

Recently, I had my laptop stolen from me and one of my reactions was to buy a new sketchbook and markers. Here are some drawings I made of a flower I found on the sidewalk--every petal ladened with sorrow and analogue pain.

SOME CHANGES ARE ABOUT

2007-06-20T12:52:00.000-07:00

As you can see, my blog has been affected a bit by a server change. I'm going to start new now that I'm done with school. I'll try and re-post older entries that I think would be of interest.

Here is a small drawing/painting that I just finished for an upcoming show in Omaha, Nebraska.

chow,

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