Nicholas has a couple of Art Expos and events planned for 2012.  He is a regular at the Art Expo New York, so we are planning on that once again, but most importantly he was recently accepted into the ACC (American Craft Council) which happens to be the most highly respected and highly juried art council in the US!

---

Here are a few snippets from an article prepared by Anne J Ryan of Copper.org, from an interview she conducted with Nicholas Yust:

"Take a typical Yust wall sculpture: a perfectly cut frame of aluminum and copper offer open windows, displaying deep red flushes of heat and electricity.  There’s the feeling that the uncontrollable has been controlled, the untethered tethered, the impossible made possible. Yust captures the surge of energy and infuses it into his sculptures.”

“I’ve always been fascinated with the fact that you can’t see all forms of energy,” said Yust. He explained that in his pieces, he tries to show what energy would look like if it could be seen “in a human element.”

A special thanks to Ms. Ryan and her efforts to represent Nicholas' talents with copper.  This was a wonderful look into the emotional side of Nicholas' artwork, and how he expresses himself through the designs he creates in metal.  This article was specifically focused around his copper work, of which some of his most beautiful wall sculptures are created. 

The full article can be read at: http://www.copper.org/consumers/arts/2011/November/supplement.html

Here are a few snippets from an interview Nicholas Yust recently had with Nick Wright - Editor in Chief for Modern Metals Magazine and FFJournal.net:

...To color and finish his metalwork, Yust invented a proprietary process that applies pigment to ground metal. Essentially, paint goes on dry and is activated with an ultraviolet clear coat, he says. “I’ve made colors that I have not seen anybody do or come close as far as the vibrancy and transparency of the color.”

“...In terms of materials, I prefer aluminum,” he says. “It’s more energetic, it’s brighter when it’s ground. Also, when you apply transparent pigment on top of it, because it has a more white color to the metals, it gives off brighter tones...”

Thank you again to Mr. Wright for his interest in Nicholas' techniques.  This was a great opportunity to get some technical insight into Nicholas' processes and the skill and craftsmanship necessary to create the amazing metal works that Nicholas has become known for. 

The full article can be read at: http://www.ffjournal.net/item/10676-tailored-textures.html