{"id":4395,"date":"2011-09-19T08:13:33","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T12:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2015-12-26T23:56:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T04:56:20","slug":"brick-by-brick-by-brick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2011\/09\/brick-by-brick-by-brick\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick by Brick by Brick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who said, &#8220;Things come to those who are patient,&#8221;\u00a0 and I&#8217;ll add persistent? Just like these 3-d brick murals, brick by brick by brick and the amount of patience involved in the production and details for it all to add up to create a large mural, some positive press mentions are coming our way. I&#8217;ll get to that in a moment but for now, here are some three-dimensional brick murals and a few followups to note, where time and patience is evident and pays off.<\/p>\n<p>1) <a title=\"Courier-Journal.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/article\/20110502\/SCENE05\/305020018\/Murals-brick-Washington-state-artist-s-designs-bank-branch-walls-say-Derby?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Home|p\" target=\"_blank\">3-D Brick Muralist, Mara Smith<\/a> and some of her public murals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4397\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Meade-Bank-Mural-by-Mara-Smith1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4397 \" title=\"Meade Bank Mural by Mara Smith1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Meade-Bank-Mural-by-Mara-Smith1.png\" alt=\"Meade Bank Mural by Mara Smith, as seen on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"491\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Meade-Bank-Mural-by-Mara-Smith1.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Meade-Bank-Mural-by-Mara-Smith1-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meade Bank Oak Tree Mural by Mara Smith, in Brandenburg, KY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4398\" style=\"width: 503px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Meade-Bank-Brick-Mural_Mara-Smith2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4398 \" title=\"River City Bank Brick Mural_Mara Smith2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Meade-Bank-Brick-Mural_Mara-Smith2.png\" alt=\"River City Bank Brick Mural_Mara Smith, as seen on Art is Everywhere\" width=\"503\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Meade-Bank-Brick-Mural_Mara-Smith2.png 559w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Meade-Bank-Brick-Mural_Mara-Smith2-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">River City Bank Derby Theme Brick Mural by Mara Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4400\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Meade-Bank-Mural_Mara-Smith3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4400 \" title=\"Detail of River City Bank Mural_Mara Smith3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Meade-Bank-Mural_Mara-Smith3.png\" alt=\"Detail of River City Bank Mural_Mara Smith, as seen on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"491\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Meade-Bank-Mural_Mara-Smith3.png 546w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Meade-Bank-Mural_Mara-Smith3-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of River City Bank Mural by Mara Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4396\" style=\"width: 492px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Mara-Smith-works-on-brick-mural.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4396 \" title=\"Mara Smith works on brick mural\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Mara-Smith-works-on-brick-mural.jpg\" alt=\"Mara Smith works on brick mural, as seen on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"492\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Mara-Smith-works-on-brick-mural.jpg 547w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Mara-Smith-works-on-brick-mural-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mara Smith works on brick mural<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4401\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Artist-Mara-Smith1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4401 \" title=\"Artist Mara Smith working on preparatory designs for brick mural\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Artist-Mara-Smith1.png\" alt=\"Artist Mara Smith working on preparatory designs for brick mural, as seen on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"500\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Artist-Mara-Smith1.png 555w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Artist-Mara-Smith1-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist Mara Smith working on preparatory designs for brick mural<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>2) Detroit has <a title=\"The South End\" href=\"http:\/\/thesouthend.wayne.edu\/index.php\/article\/2011\/08\/artcorpsdetroit_completes_039brixel039_on_exterior_of_hostel_detroit\" target=\"_blank\">Brixels<\/a>. <a title=\"ArtCorpsDetroit\" href=\"http:\/\/artscorpsdetroit.wayne.edu\/projects\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">ArtCorpsDetroit<\/a> is a public art foundation via Wayne State University that addresses abandoned spaces and how they can be refurbished using art in public education programs. In this case, existing bricks were painted using paint donated by Sherwin Williams and the geometric design was painted by volunteers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4402\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/brixels.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4402\" title=\"brixels by ArtCorpsDetroit at Hostel Detroit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/brixels.jpg\" alt=\"brixels by ArtCorpsDetroit at Hostel Detroit, as seen on Art Is Everyhwere\" width=\"300\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/brixels.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/brixels-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">brixels = combination of bricks and pixels mural by ArtCorpsDetroit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>3) <a title=\"Shepard Fairey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?s=shepard+fairey\" target=\"_blank\">Shepard Fairey<\/a> may need to move over because <a title=\"Previous post on Alexandre Farto\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2010\/11\/celebrity-murals-portraits\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alexandre Farto<\/a>, the Portuguese street artist (Vhills) about whom I had previously blogged has been tapped by Cincinnati to produce some public art murals as well as by <a title=\"Freshness\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freshnessmag.com\/2011\/07\/14\/levis-go-forth-murals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Levi&#8217;s to be a part of their ad campaign<\/a> &#8220;Go Forth&#8221;, in Berlin to carve portraits of four Berliners who exhibit the pioneering spirit. Maybe it was <a title=\"YouTube - Alexandre Farto\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t6FU1Fvn9Nk&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\">this video<\/a> that caught their attention. This shows a little bit of his creative production in <a title=\"Neatorama\" href=\"http:\/\/www.neatorama.com\/2011\/03\/01\/making-murals-through-small-explosions\/\" target=\"_blank\">using mini explosions to create his murals<\/a>&#8230;.Just remember to stand back.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"450\" height=\"259\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/t6FU1Fvn9Nk?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Lucky for us we have<a title=\"Chris Stegner - bluegrassphotography.net\" href=\"http:\/\/chrisstegner.zenfolio.com\/p547594310\" target=\"_blank\"> Chris Stegner&#8217;s <\/a>account and visual pictorial reference of Vihlls revealed and in action creating his Cincinnati portrait. Usually he takes pictures of signs on buildings after they are created but he had just happened to run into Vihlls creating his. How fortunate.<\/p>\n<p>Getting back to some good news mentioned at the onset. Check out this post over at <a title=\"Slipcovers for your walls, casartblog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slipcovers for your Walls<\/a> and just like Farto&#8217;s portrait creations, just when you&#8217;re unsure of all the hard work,\u00a0 all is revealed once there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brick Murals add interest and longevity to public murals, as discussed on Art Is Everywhere, along with Alexandre Farto and other artistic 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