Recent Work: Jason Bauer | "Still Time"
Recently, Wolfco Design had the chance to collaborate with Jason Robert Bauer (b. 1986), an American born artist. Bauer works in pursuit of equanimity through the expansion of consciousness creating portals that evoke energetic transformation.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
When Wolfco Design was in the early stages of launch, we connected with Jason, a beautifully elegant and strong glassblower, about his upcoming project, “Still Time.”
Our company facilitated the preliminary 3-D Model for the project, bringing to life what was a sketch into a functional project for manufacturing. This work resulted in a CNC milling of the final piece.
”The Still Time clock is an atomic time piece that uses a moiré of light to generate concentration and altered states of reality. The LED light, designed by James Corporan, uses warm and cool tones to mimic the rising and setting of the sun. A clock movement and movement controller translates atomic time into patterns of light through three layers of reeded glass. The largest striation of light rotates in accordance to the hour hand of the clock, while the smallest represents the second hand of the clock, the middle — the minute. This device translates time through pattern and can be learned like a language.” -Jason Robert Baur.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Still Time was made possible by The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, NSG Pilkington, the Toledo Arts Museum, and the University of Toledo for Momentum | Intersection 2020. Communication with the Arts Commission was facilitated by Momentum Festival Manager, Crystal Phelps and Hope Hooper. Renderings and drawing for the conception of this project were made by Adam Holtzinger and Sue Spiranovich of Keep in Brooklyn, NY as well as Sarah Moran from Columbus, OH. Glass was provided by NSG Pilkington of Toledo, OH through communication with the Business Development Manager, Kyle Sword. The glass from NSG Pilkington for Still Time was water jet cut by Meer Precision in Brooklyn, NY, a connection facilitated by Anders Rydstedt also of Brooklyn, NY. The clock’s movement and controller was originally designed by Electric Time Company, alterations for Still Time were conceived in collaboration with John Cocce of Electric Time Company and carried out by Electric Time Company in Midfield, MA. Communication with Electric Time Company was facilitated by the Customer Service Representative, Martina Galvin. The LEDs purchased from Yuji LED, used in Still Time were designed, assembled, and programed by James Corporan of Brooklyn, NY. The enclosure for the Still Time clock was fabricated in collaboration with Jacob Wolf of Wolfco Design and Ricardo Fuentes of Fabhaus Beacon Inc of New York. The enclosure for Still time’s platform was fabricated by Matthew Lusk of New York. The “Instruction for Use” was conceived and created through a collaboration between Jason Bauer and Jason Kane. Special thanks to Romina Gonzales, Terry & Linda Bauer, The Murad family, Mike Stevens, Gathered Glass and Allie Hoag.