The cluster bomblets I use in the Beacon lamp are unused rounds designed for target practice in the Vietnam War. They’ve been crated for 40 years, and the spring-loaded fins are usually still waiting to be triggered. The first step for making a new set of Beacons is “popping” all the un-triggered bomblets. It’s really fun, but it’s MORE fun [...]

This made my day, if not my entire week. The retail collaboration with 3rd Ward at the Dekalb Market has only just begun, but Stockpile is already featured in NYMag’s “Best Bets” featurette. Here’s the page (70, for those keeping track at home): Spotted it yet? Look a little closer: OK, so it’s a small photo and a brief summary, [...]

I share a shop (3rd Ward) with a lot of very talented artists and designers. One of my metal-shop buddies, Abigail Lloyd, just put her first online store together. When I met her, she was welding elaborate sets for an off-broadway play, but the goods in her store are smaller scale: rough-hewn steel jewelry and housewares. The pieces have a [...]