Asher Kelman
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my new portfolio if of “Bioforms”, sculptures representing ideas that clash or complement one another and are wrapped on feminine form.
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Pictures at an Exhibition! Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California September 2026 to March 2027
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Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Doug Kerr
Well-known member
Hi, Asher,
Congratulations on this!
Wondrous works as to both insight and execution.
Best regards,
Doug
Congratulations on this!
Wondrous works as to both insight and execution.
Best regards,
Doug
Ted Cousins
Member
Good 'seeing' and nicely captured ...
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Dear Doug and Ted,
Thank you so much for visiting. I am still rather stunned by the whole undertaking, as I had never before taken on the challenge of producing pieces small enough to be available to ordinary households. Until now, my work had been directed almost entirely toward public art and large public places.
Helen Varola of Milan first asked me to exhibit at the Pacific Design Center last March, but at that point my pieces were far too expensive for designers working with homes and institutions. I postponed the show until September and essentially had to start from scratch. Everything about this scale and method was new for me.
Instead of steel, welding, and lathe work, the pieces are now 3D printed. The surfaces are either jet-black carbon-fiber ASA polymer, pure white glass-fiber polymer, raw printed surfaces, ultrathin glass-like Cerakote coatings, or resin filled 66% by volume with marble, sandstone, copper, bronze, or steel powder, with streaks of black, red, yellow, or sienna oxides of copper or iron.
It required a room for 3D printers with its own filtered air supply and exhaust to the outside, a separate coating studio, extensive sanding and polishing with new jeweler’s equipment, multiple air-cleaning systems, and N-100 masks to deal with dangerous particulates and organic vapors.
It is hard for me to believe what I committed myself to.
Even now, I face the daunting task of fulfilling orders for pieces at this same scale, and an even greater challenge in producing 3-foot or 10-foot versions for architectural or garden placement. Scaling involves major new expense, but it is surprisingly doable. I know it will be fun, all-consuming, satisfying, and exhausting.
With appreciation,
Asher
Thank you so much for visiting. I am still rather stunned by the whole undertaking, as I had never before taken on the challenge of producing pieces small enough to be available to ordinary households. Until now, my work had been directed almost entirely toward public art and large public places.
Helen Varola of Milan first asked me to exhibit at the Pacific Design Center last March, but at that point my pieces were far too expensive for designers working with homes and institutions. I postponed the show until September and essentially had to start from scratch. Everything about this scale and method was new for me.
Instead of steel, welding, and lathe work, the pieces are now 3D printed. The surfaces are either jet-black carbon-fiber ASA polymer, pure white glass-fiber polymer, raw printed surfaces, ultrathin glass-like Cerakote coatings, or resin filled 66% by volume with marble, sandstone, copper, bronze, or steel powder, with streaks of black, red, yellow, or sienna oxides of copper or iron.
It required a room for 3D printers with its own filtered air supply and exhaust to the outside, a separate coating studio, extensive sanding and polishing with new jeweler’s equipment, multiple air-cleaning systems, and N-100 masks to deal with dangerous particulates and organic vapors.
It is hard for me to believe what I committed myself to.
Even now, I face the daunting task of fulfilling orders for pieces at this same scale, and an even greater challenge in producing 3-foot or 10-foot versions for architectural or garden placement. Scaling involves major new expense, but it is surprisingly doable. I know it will be fun, all-consuming, satisfying, and exhausting.
With appreciation,
Asher
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Ted & Doug,
When I sent Helen Varola pictures of my newly installed exhibition at The Pacific Design Center, she had generously commissioned, she wrote back;
“Thank you Asher. The works are pure poetry!”
That reply was so satisfying, as this effort was new to me as I have never devoted myself to preparing creatively for actual individuals in my intended Public audience.
I do hope that my work is received in the sensibilities Helen reports and then I will have met the challenge.
Asher
When I sent Helen Varola pictures of my newly installed exhibition at The Pacific Design Center, she had generously commissioned, she wrote back;
“Thank you Asher. The works are pure poetry!”
That reply was so satisfying, as this effort was new to me as I have never devoted myself to preparing creatively for actual individuals in my intended Public audience.
I do hope that my work is received in the sensibilities Helen reports and then I will have met the challenge.
Asher