March 2010 Blog Posts (7)

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Working Hard on Nest Modules

These last few weeks we've been hard at work trying to get our first round of designs for the next modules up and running. We've made plaster moulds and are getting ready to fire our first set. I think it's safe to say that we've all learned A LOT about clay and how to build structures with a material many of us are unfamiliar with.


Recently I have been pursuing my initial design for the nest modules which takes a fairly different approach from the other modules we've been…
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Added by Anita Sarrett on March 30, 2010 at 8:10pm — No Comments

1st trip to Ano Neuvo Island...

... Well, sort of: we only made it halfway to the island before the boat and the tides starting working against us.


It was a gorgeous day and the entire class was really excited to finally witness this unique piece of land. We were all suited up in our fashionable antique wetsuits, and ready to get wet and dirty. Unfortunately the surf and the rising tides were fighting against us, allowing for only one and a half boat trips to the island before we decided it simply just…
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Added by Michael Verlinden on March 24, 2010 at 11:40pm — No Comments

first blog post of life...ever!

Well what a milestone of a blog post I hope I honor this herculean moment with the respect and distinction such events demand. Wow!

Translation: I love being a part of this project! Art and Science go together like hamsters and wheels or like marischino cherry stems and tongues or bread and butter or............

Added by Kolle Kahle-Riggs on March 23, 2010 at 10:10pm — No Comments

trip to ano nuevo state reserve

It was very strange being in an area where humans do not have control. We were not able to make it to the actual island due to the waves, but we spent most of the time in the area of the park which is inhabited by elephant sea lions. I think that part was closed off to humans; you could only enter with a tour guide. It was so strange; the sea lions controlled this portion of the park. Humans had to move out of the way for them, and when there was a sea lion in the way, there wasn't much we… Continue

Added by Danielle O'Malley on March 12, 2010 at 4:10pm — No Comments

Progress to date... Moulds poured and now the work begins!



Well here we find ourselves with just under two months to go before the conclusion of our semester and between now and that moment there will undoubtedly be a beehive of activity going on as there is still much to be done. Our class divvied up in three groups of three has been working on our respective nesting module designs and have brought them each to the point where moulds have now been poured.


I think I can safely say we were all taken a…
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Added by Vladimir Vlad on March 12, 2010 at 1:22am — No Comments

First Post!

Hey all,

I am participating in the California College of the Arts Ano Nuevo class in charge of creating and deploying ceramic nest modules for the Rhinoceros Auklet population on the island. So far this class has been very rewarding, as well as extremely challenging and thought provoking. Its been hard to design potential homes for a species that is integrated into such a complicated and fragile ecosystem.

Last week we finished pouring the moulds for our ceramic modules, which means… Continue

Added by Sonja Murphy on March 10, 2010 at 8:36pm — No Comments

A Ceramic Solution



Joining the network this week will be students from the California College of the Arts, here to share their story and process as collaborators in a unique design challenge: to design, build and deploy nest modules for breeding Rhinoceros Auklets on Año Nuevo…

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Added by Rebar on March 3, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

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