Week -  9 -

Cork me

A new window display, a new deadline, and a new challenging task. This time around, its all about the corks. We contacted neighboring wine bars, wineries, and grocery stores asking them to save the used wine corks for our " new and awesome window display". Astonishingly, the total amount collected was 48,000 corks. YES, 48,000. Bags upon bags of corks were piled in the studio, and just like the clothes pins; we had to paint them.. individually. 3 shades of green, a blue, two 5 hour days, 3 interns, and a sea of colorful corks was created. 

Did you know that theres artist that specialize in corks? cause i didnt. A "Cork Artist" came into the studio as we were working and introduced himself. Steve, (even though he really looked like a Charlie) is a cork artist from the San Francisco. He mainly builds sculptures out of "real corks". Nothing synthetic or monotonous, but rather the unique ones. He slices the corks and then builds sculpture forms out of them. On the side, he likes to peal corks and build iphone cases. thats what i call passion and dedication right there.