“The Desolation Stone”
Andrew Schmidt
2012

8” x 5”
Marker, Pen and Ink

“Blue Soul Monument”
Andrew Schmidt
2012

8” x 5”
Marker, Pen and Ink
 

“Once Was”
Andrew Schmidt
2012

3.5’ x 8” x 8”
Wood, Glue, Foam, Resin, Paint 

“Half Sticks”
Andrew Schmidt
2012

Dimensions Variable
Wood 

“Synchronize”
Andrew Schmidt
2012

8.5” x 8.5”
Marker, Pen and Ink

Maybe this is cheesy and out of character for my website, but I graduated today. BFA in Sculpture + Extended Media from VCU (#1 Public Art School and #1 Sculpture Program in the country). Quite happy right now. Heading to Cranbrook Academy of Art for Graduate School in the Fall!

“Minecraft Museum”
Andrew Schmidt, Young Hwan Yoo, Will Dausman
2012

Digital Video (7:34)
Minecraft, Rymdreglage - “8-bit Trip,” Nullsleep - “Galaxy Tonite [DMG Version]”

Subtleties in the Shadows
Andrew Schmidt

Chemicals bind
the fragmented wood–
an amalgamation
of the modern age,
but you saved them
from the usual fate.

You patiently nurture
each shard back
from death, by coating them
with an onyx salve,
healing the wounds
rended by man.

When they awaken,
you give the strongest ones
obsidian tattoos– invisible until
the light refracts & reveals
a shade of night lesser known
to flesh bearing creatures.

Redrawing the Heavens
Andrew Schmidt

We drift upwards,
    embracing the rays
& shattering the lines

between each point of light.
    Waging war against the Old Gods
& deconstructing their domain.

Let us redraw the beams
    & rebuild them in our own vision
as OUR gods are forged

from the dead stars
    of Orion’s remains
& Sirius’ bones.

New deities rise in the sky,
    rewriting history & divining the future
from the remnants of the fallen.

I feel like shit
Andrew Schmidt

& my face is lead–

head
    shaking,
no,
    my eyes:

blurry– unfocus
the world.

It spreads,
    worming–
red rings
    round
my body

with itch
& scratch

in my throat–

my brain

e x p l o d i n g

& that heavy nose,
dragging me
down,
down.

Yet I manage
to stay
level–

barely
afloat

& in sync:
    the spring
unsprung,

I keep
    moving
        forward.

“The Hermetic Triumph”
Andrew Schmidt
2012

4.5’ x 2’ x 1’
Wood, Paint, Glue, Marker, Crystal Clear Enamel, POSCA Paint Marker, Foam, Resin

“New Forms”
Andrew Schmidt
2012

12” x 9”
Marker, Pen and Ink

Starting an alchemy blog. I will be using this stuff in some future work, but will be doing all of my process documentation over there, at least for now! I think it will be interesting.

“Cube Connection”
Andrew Schmidt
2012

8” x 8”
Marker, Pen and Ink