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Going from a powerhouse D2 baseball program to an MiLB Coach. Micah Evans shares his journey from being recruited, to competing for a National Championship, and ultimately joining the New York Mets minor league system.
A message delivered by Micah Evans on the topic of "How To Be An Unsaved Church", given at Samford University. Follow us on Instagram…@co_birmingham Shout out to Vishmak for the sick tune! Track: I Am OK — Vishmak [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/KZVS1ag3itA Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/i-am-ok
A message delivered by Micah Evans on the topic of "Can I be a Christian...and love my sin?", given at Samford University. Follow us on Instagram…@co_birmingham Shout out to Vishmak for the sick tune! Track: I Am OK — Vishmak [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/KZVS1ag3itA Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/i-am-ok
A message delivered by Micah Evans on the topic of "Can I be a Christian...just because I say I am?", given at Samford University. Follow us on Instagram…@co_birmingham Shout out to Vishmak for the sick tune! Track: I Am OK — Vishmak [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/KZVS1ag3itA Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/i-am-ok
A message delivered by Micah Evans on the topic of The Church from our 2023 Summer Beach Project. Follow us on Instagram…@co_birmingham Shout out to Vishmak for the sick tune! Track: I Am OK — Vishmak [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/KZVS1ag3itA Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/i-am-ok
Micah Evans’ Paradigm Shift Micah Evans blew people’s minds with his fuctional flameworked glass sewing machines that balanced clean traditional craft form and personal sculptural work. Referring to his glass obsession as “a disorder,” Evans was the first flameworker to receive the glass residency at Penland School of Craft, which he served from 2012 to 2015. He says: “Lately I seem to be describing my work falling into two categories, things I love to make and things I have to make. The first category is easy; I am in love with the material. Like many glass artists I am a slave to the substance, the way it behaves and looks, the way it demands and gets my full attention whenever I work with it. I love to work with the material, therefore whatever I am making brings with it a genuine feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction. The second category is harder to define but equally important. The work I can’t help but make are the ideas that won’t let me sleep, the ideas that have me drifting off in conversations to my own world of redesigning and problem solving. It’s the repeated execution of the simple shape that seems to inhabit every page of my sketchbook at the time. It’s exploring ideas over technique and the struggles that come with that process. These two worlds often interact, and I bounce back and forth constantly.” Born in Cashmere, Washington, in the eastern foothills of the Cascade mountains, Evans moved to Seattle in 1996. He attended The Art Institute of Seattle, focusing on computer animation and illustration before he started flameworking at Stone Way Glass in 1999. After relocating to Jacksonville Beach, Florida, in 2000, the artist opened his first glassblowing studio two blocks from the beach. Five years of workshops and hustle in addition to the struggles of coping with the federal crackdown on pipe making inspired a transition to making more traditional craft objects and personal work. Upon resettling in Miami, Evans became a studio assistant to William Carlson, chair of the Art Department at the University of Miami. Shortly thereafter he began working with ceramic artist, Bonnie Seeman, combining glass and ceramics. Through working with both of these artists he was introduced to SOFA and Art Basel. In 2008, Evans relocated to Austin, Texas, where his personal artwork and pipe designs began to mature and develop a symbiotic relationship. His friendship with pipe maker and sculptor SALT pushed both artists in new directions. A 2011 class at Penland with Carmen Lozar inspired a big shift in Evans’ career. He describes his subsequent Penland Residency as “the most wonderfully brutal four years” of his life, where he learned to balance the dynamic of pipes and fine art in more than one way. In 2016, Evans began designing full time for GRAV Labs, a product design company based in Austin, Texas. Working with glassblower, designer and engineer, Stephan Peirce, Evans has learned the language of industrial and product design. This opportunity presented him with a window into glass manufacturing that changed the way he thought about the material and how it can be used. He regularly visits glass studios and factories in China to research new ways of working and designing in borosilicate glass, with a current focus on engineering and adapting small-scale manufacturing processes observed in Asia to his studio practice. These events inspired a “paradigm shift” in Evans’ understanding about borosilicate glass and what can be done with the material. Currently building out an expanded studio space at GRAV Labs focused on both R&D and his own work, Evans travels, teaches and lectures at schools and universities around the world about flameworking, design and glass subculture in the United States.
On this week’s POD we invite Micah Evans, Campus Director at Samford University, to discuss the Christian Worldview. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram…@co_birmingham Shout out to Vishmak for the sick tune! Track: I Am OK — Vishmak [Audio Library Release]Music provided by Audio Library PlusWatch: https://youtu.be/KZVS1ag3itAFree Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/i-am-ok
Early exploration of flameworking and its applications play out in Elliott Todd’s diverse body of work that ranges from functional glass pipes to glass drawings to breakthrough video presentations on Instagram, such as the 2019 demonstration of musical instruments made at his torch. For his BFA show at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Todd aka et_glass, drew Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion Map using glass rods and his torch. Todd says: “I make work based off of repeated geometric patterns. These patterns are often made up of many little parts. Eventually I can assemble it all to make a much larger piece than the individual components could ever be. When you put the earth on a 2D scale, it distorts the sizes and the relationship of the continents. What I like so much about the Dymaxion Map is it uses geometry to make a more fair map of the world. And it creates this really interesting perspective where we’re all connected instead of all being separated by our different continents.” A native of Boone, North Carolina, Todd visited Penland School of Crafts as a boy with his father and attended community open house events. As a teenager, he started making flameworked beads at home with a simple gas torch and rods of glass. Upon graduation from high school and unsure of his direction, the young artist attended Penland classes beginning with a hot glass intensive taught by Ed Schmid and followed by further glass studies taught by Dave Naito and Scott Benefield. More recently, he attended a workshop with one of his favorite torch artists, Micah Evans, and served as teaching assistant for Carmen Lozar. After earning his BFA from Tyler in 2016, Todd returned to his hometown and established a studio where he designs and creates a line of functional glass combining reticello in contemporary forms, networked and framed pieces that are sold through Gallery 42 and direct to galleries. In 2020, he was looking forward to serving as teaching assistant at Penland and having his first solo exhibition in four years in Asheville, both events cancelled because of Covid. However, thanks to his presence on Instagram, et_glass is coordinating on a project with a glassblower from Kuwait who is the lead artist at the first school for glass in the Gulf region, Yadawi. He’s also recently donated proceeds from the sale of some beautiful Sherlocks and bubble sculptures to Crafting the Future. Through constant experimentation, et_glass blends non- functional forms with the objects he loves to use and turns mistakes into great pieces just by being open to the idea.
Episode 174-(Best of) Micah Evans..Making Waves in an Ocean of Glass...... This was a great conversation with Micah. His portfolio spans across the medium of glass pushing every possible element that he has worked with or run into. From his humble beginnings in Washington to becoming the first glass artist to receive a residency at Penland College to Teaching pipe techs at Corning Micah has revolutionized concepts in glass and contiunes to push the medium. Currently he resides with a group of talented artists at St. Elmos Fire Studio in Austin, Texas where the likes of SALT and others work. his pipes can be fund online at www.ballersectionglass.com or his personal aork can be found at www.micahevans.com hope you all enjoy this episode. Comments "My work is a combination of things I want to make and things I cannot help but make. I started working with glass almost exclusively as a medium in the late 90's. I spent the better part of a decade trying to gain the skill set to speak the material fluently. My goal for this residency is to refine the content of my work. To expose myself to new materials and processes that will expand my vocabulary as a maker. My current work revolves around the hidden craft traditions within my family. From the constant quilting of my mother in the evenings to the story telling of my father around the campfire, my most cherished memories of my family involve making and creativity. These new bodies of work honors those past traditions and explore how they still drive me today." -Micah Evans Bio- Born 1975- 1996-97- art institute of Seattle, 3D animation major 1999- flame working apprenticeship, stone way glass Seattle, Lance Sanford Move to Florida 2000, Jacksonville Beach-. Start Lucid visions glass studio with Lance and Josh 2006 move to Miami- work at university of Miami, studio assistant for established artist, pivotal point in career 2008 move to Austin- meet Luken aka Salt 2012 Penland- assist Carmen Lozar, teach and apply for residency 2013- begin Penland Residency
In this episode, we get an update on the situation in Baton Rouge from Jeff Maynor. Historian Mike Troy joins us to discuss the most infamous Masonic traitor of all time- Benedict Arnold. Illustrious Brother David Glattly talks to us about the importance of DeMolay, and how a meatball sandwich led to him being elected to be the next Sovereign Grand Commander for the NMJ. Finally, we have a special guest for Tyler's trivia, Micah Evans, who also shares with us a few details of the re-dedication of Mt. Rushmore.
In this episode, we get an update on the situation in Baton Rouge from Jeff Maynor. Historian Mike Troy joins us to discuss the most infamous Masonic traitor of all time- Benedict Arnold. Illustrious Brother David Glattly talks to us about the importance of DeMolay, and how a meatball sandwich led to him being elected to be the next Sovereign Grand Commander for the NMJ. Finally, we have a special guest for Tyler's trivia, Micah Evans, who also shares with us a few details of the re-dedication of Mt. Rushmore.
In this episode, we get an update on the situation in Baton Rouge from Jeff Maynor. Historian Mike Troy joins us to discuss the most infamous Masonic traitor of all time- Benedict Arnold. Illustrious Brother David Glattly talks to us about the importance of DeMolay, and how a meatball sandwich led to him being elected to be the next Sovereign Grand Commander for the NMJ. Finally, we have a special guest for Tyler's trivia, Micah Evans, who also shares with us a few details of the re-dedication of Mt. Rushmore.
In this episode, we get an update on the situation in Baton Rouge from Jeff Maynor. Historian Mike Troy joins us to discuss the most infamous Masonic traitor of all time- Benedict Arnold. Illustrious Brother David Glattly talks to us about the importance of DeMolay, and how a meatball sandwich led to him being elected to be the next Sovereign Grand Commander for the NMJ. Finally, we have a special guest for Tyler's trivia, Micah Evans, who also shares with us a few details of the re-dedication of Mt. Rushmore.
Snic, Salt, and Micah talk about building businesses, Operation Pipe Dreams, glass as art, and much more. Go look at Snic's work by looking up his handle, @snicbarnes Torch time is produced by Salt, Micah Evans, Sean Van Slycke, and Dave Daily. Please subscribe to the podcast by searching torch time on iTunes, Soundcloud, or Google Play. You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Periscope, Reddit, Vine and our website at Torchtimemedia. Thanks!
A quick apology and factual correction to statements in Episode 3, Dave Daily... Followed by information on the upcoming episode 4. Torch time is produced by Salt, Micah Evans, Sean Van Slycke, and Dave Daily. Please subscribe to the podcast by searching torch time on iTunes, Soundcloud, or Google Play. You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Periscope, Reddit, Vine and our website at Torchtimemedia. Thanks!
In this episode, host Maynard Edwards talks Scottish Rite Day with Past Grand Master David Bedwell, 33rd Degree, from the NMJ. Also, Admiral Bill Sizemore discusses the upcoming workshops, and Micah Evans talks about the Knights of Saint Andrew. Brent Morris discusses Scottish Rite cooking and or course, Art De Hoyos plays Tyler's Trivia!
In this episode, host Maynard Edwards talks Scottish Rite Day with Past Grand Master David Bedwell, 33rd Degree, from the NMJ. Also, Admiral Bill Sizemore discusses the upcoming workshops, and Micah Evans talks about the Knights of Saint Andrew. Brent Morris discusses Scottish Rite cooking and or course, Art De Hoyos plays Tyler's Trivia!
What's involved in finding your own true voice as an artist? Explore this concept with Micah Evans, a notoriously talented flameworker, as he shares his own path, and inspires you to develop yours! This incredible discussion delves into the inner workings of the artistic spirit, as well as the cultural influences that evoke certain expressive styles. What is it like to be working hot glass in America today? What does it mean to establish an "American Style" of flamework? Listen, and find out....