Jeremy Mayer is a San Francisco sculptor who creates incredibly intricate creatures from torn-apart typewriters. One of Jeremy's preying mantises has lived in my home for many years and I still marvel at its construction. Wired visited Jeremy's studio for the short documentary above. — Read the rest
Jeremy Mayer is an artist who makes amazing sculptures out of old typewriters — "the more broken the better", as he notes. He's appeared in Boing Boing many many times before, with posts about his sculptures of a chihuahua skeleton, a life-sized nude, a deer and a human head, among others. — Read the rest
Typewriter assemblage scluptor Jeremy Mayer writes, "I just finished my latest big sculpture. Titled Nude VI (Theia), it stands over 7 feet, 4 inches (224cm) tall, and will be suspended on thin cables high above the offices of Oculusvr in Los Angeles. — Read the rest
Assemblage sculptor Jeremy Mayer (who makes pieces out of deconstructed typewriters) teases us with a single shot of his latest piece: a chihuahua skeleton made from a disassembled, ancient writing-machine.
Assemblage sculptor Jeremy Meyer's tumblr has been full of fascinating glimpses of a new piece in progress, a swallow made from typewriter pieces. Today, he posted a shot of the finished (or near-finished?) item. Lovely.
Sculptor Jeremy Mayer writes, "This is my latest project- a portrait commission.
The client, Mark Pelzner, came to me with 3 typewriters bequeathed to him by his late father, Marvyn Pelzner. Mark wanted me to take those typewriters and make a likeness of his dad that would be mounted on a box which holds Marvyn's ashes. — Read the rest
Jeremy Mayer, the titan of typewriter-part sculptures, has sacrificed some more old beasts for a good cause, producing this wonderful 9"x12"x15" skull.
(Thanks, Jeremy)
Love this typewriter-part fraidy cat from Jeremy Mayer, a real favorite around here. It's an older piece, dated 2000.
(via Super Punch)
Jeremy Mayer sez,
— Read the restHere are a couple of photos of my latest typewriter component assemblage, Bust V (Grandfather).
The initial inspiration for the piece was that I wanted to create a self-portrait in my old age. I wanted to say something about aging, transition (particularly transition into new technology), and the place of the personal mechanical machine in modern society, all without making the piece look too "robotic".
Jeremy Mayer, one of my favorite found object sculptors (along with Roger Wood), is selling off his "studio mascot," this giant assemblage octopus.
Artist Jeremy Mayer created this sweet, delicate little deer out of typewriter parts.
(via Super Punch)
This is the exquisite work of artists Jeremy Mayer, Benjamin Cowden, and Nemo Gould. The three are part of an incredibly-creative collective called Applied Kinetic Arts, formed several years ago to cultivate collaboration and awareness of artists who make work "incorporating motion, light, sound, and interactivity." — Read the rest
Brilliant assemblage sculptor Jeremy Mayer has put up a new gallery of his work, which transforms parts from old typewriters into exotic, fanciful and expressive humans and animals.
Jeremy Mayer makes large sculptures of humans and fanciful creatures out of dismantled typewriters. These are just gorgeous.
