Rael San Fratello - Planter Bricks - 2009

Brick-Stainable Competition Entry
http://www.brick-stainable.com/
Architect's Website: www.rael-sandfratello.com

I don't know if these planter bricks would actually work (bricks don't do very well with moisture over long periods of time - they deteriorate - especially in a winter climate), but I sure find 'em purdy!

Glazed Brick* Artwork - The Lairage, Ponteland, England, 2006

* I realize these are tiles, but for all intensive purposes this process could be done on glazed brick.

Artist's Website: www.cumbrianblues.com

Description of the commission:

"The site was the old lairage the place where sheep and cattle were rested after travelling to market and before their sale.

The new building site was separated from the (still functioning) abattoir by a high brick wall. I thought it appropriate that the new residents of the site were reminded of the older ones. I was also very interested to explore how viewers would respond to life size cows and sheep in printed blue on porcelain – we are used to them being miniaturized and domestic in scale featuring on our printed tableware…."

Small Brick Structure Four

Corner Shoe Repair Shop, College & Crawford Street, Toronto Canada.

As an exercise I studied several small brick structures while I was living in Toronto. Various aspects were observed (measured, documented, researched, drawn) for each structure, then formatted into a 9"x17" editioned silkscreen.

Small Brick Structure One
Small Brick Structure Two
Small Brick Structure Three





The full set of silkscreen prints:

Harrison and Abramovitz - Waltham Massachusetts Art Studios

Source: Architectural Forum, March 1963.