Brian Oakes

Brian Oakes

Ambry 2, 2022

Custom circuit boards, acrylic, hand made rubies, wire, electronic components, hardware, power supply

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C24-183894

Brian Oakes

Vessel 2, 2022

Printed circuit boards, electronic components, microphones, audio cables, custom 3d printed hardware, power supplies, chain, hardware

Blade Study

C24-183656

Brian Oakes

Vessel 3, 2022

Printed circuit boards, electronic components, microphones, audio cables, custom 3d printed hardware, power supplies, chain, hardware

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C24-184039

Brian Oakes

ASRS 1, 2024

Aluminum extrusion, acrylic, custom hardware, cameras, monitors, 3d printed parts in ABS and Resin, custom PCB’s, motors, wood, foam, paint, glue, thread, images printed on paper

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C24-183987

Brian Oakes

Display Case 1 (A Body), 2024

A wall mounted display case containing: ten homemade rubies, four wisdom teeth (courtesy of the artist), two shards of vivianite (sourced from a seller in Brazil who claims these were “hand selected from a graveyard”), a sculpture depicting a skull made of 20 AWG copper wire encased in a piezoelectric crystal (also known as Rochelle Salt or potassium sodium tartrate, characterized by their pyroelectricity property in which these growths can generate a temporary voltage when heated, cooled, or experience mechanical pressure), eight chunks of fordite (also known as Detroit Agate or Motor City Agate (which are formed from the buildup of thousands of layers of automotive paint slag on tracks and skids in auto plants) carved and tumbled into minimalist shapes, three Campo del Cielo meteorite fragments, two Prophecy Pseudomorphs (made up of hematite, whose name is derived from the Greek word for “blood”), a chunk of shungite and the selenite wand that protected its passage to the artist, a plastic army man in the throngs of a violent act cast in piezoelectric crystals (see above note), a small totem made of wax from dozens of Babybel 8.5oz cheese snack collected during (to be cast in zinc plated copper legs of every component clipped onto the floor of the artists studio between 2020 and 2024)

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C24-183884

Brian Oakes

Display Case 2 (A Garden), 2024

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C24-183882

Brian Oakes

Display Case 3 (A Mind), 2024

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C24-183373

Brian Oakes

Display Case 4 (A Breath), 2024

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C24-183389

Brian Oakes

Encryption Device 1, 2024

Aluminum extrusion, acrylic, fans, lava lamps, 3d printed parts in PLA, custom hardware, custom cables, custom PCB’s, Lava lamps, motors, light bulbs, power supplies, belts

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C24-183985

Brian Oakes

PALLET 1 (House on Hill), 2024

Oak pallet, custom printed circuit boards, foam, balsa wood, denim, sand.

Blade Study

C24-183285

Brian Oakes

PALLET 10 (Quarry), 2024

Oak pallet, foam, sand, plaster

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C24-183642

Brian Oakes

PALLET 11 (Box Containing Bladeless Knife, No Handle), 2024

Oak pallet, laser cut acrylic, bladeless knife with no handle

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C24-183900

Brian Oakes

PALLET 12 (Crystalline Figures), 2024

Oak pallet, army men cast in piezoelectric crystals, laser cut acrylic, black ribbon

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C24-184055

Brian Oakes

PALLET 2 (Pennies from Heaven), 2024

Oak pallet, pennies, laser cut acrylic, black ribbon

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C24-183928

Brian Oakes

PALLET 3 (Dilletante Tradition), 2024

Oak pallet, wooden panel, colored pencil

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C24-183382

Brian Oakes

PALLET 4 (Fallen Tree), 2024

Oak pallet, custom printed circuit boards, foam, balsa wood, sand

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C24-183970

Brian Oakes

PALLET 5 (Mechanic Shop), 2024

Oak pallet, custom printed circuit boards, foam, plastic, balsa wood

Blade Study

C24-183484

Brian Oakes

PALLET 6 (Jesus Saves), 2024

Oak pallet, custom printed circuit boards, foam, balsa wood, sand, wire

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C24-183848

Brian Oakes

PALLET 7 (Ruby Display), 2024

Oak pallet, fifteen home-made rubies, laser cut acrylic

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C24-183863

Brian Oakes

PALLET 8 (Seed Display), 2024

Oak pallet, laser cut acrylic, copper, shungite, fordite, freshwater pearl, copper sulfate crystal seed, piezoelectric crystal seed, selenite, petrified amber

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C24-183481

Brian Oakes

PALLET 9 (BLADE STUDY), 2024

Oak pallet, custom printed circuit boards, foam,

Blade Study

C24-183986