Pollock Two
Another Jackson Pollock-inspired range hood. Here’s a slideshow/video of Chris painting this hood. Enjoy:
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The “Little Red Riding Hood”
Posted in Range Hoods, Artwork 9.19.08
This is the hood that turned a thousand heads. Displayed here above a Diva 900 range and a pair of customized Blomberg dishwasher/cabinets, this is most likely the most expensive range hood ever built. Yes, its made of authentic parts from the 1957 Chevy Bel Air. Yes, the lights and the stereo work. Even the tires and rims are real (the tires were heavily coated to prevent the obvious fire hazards). And yes, there is a fully functional pro-series 600cfm blower inside it. One of the best parts about showing off this hood was watching people stop to ask if we could cut their favorite cars in half to build a range hood out of them.
Jesus Built My Hot Rod
Posted in Founder's Blog, Artwork 5.7.08
What do you do with the leftover pieces after you chop up a classic car to build a range hood? When we were faced with that problem, Chris decided to build an art piece. Using sheet metal from the fenders of a ‘57 Chevy, patterned stamped metal, oil and acrylic paints, various hardware, and fire, this piece was built to a soundtrack of early 80’s Texas punk music.
Here’s some video footage of the process.
Simultaneously a tribute and and insult to Warhol
Posted in Range Hoods, Artwork 4.24.08
Andy Warhol’s “Knives”
Posted in Range Hoods, Artwork 2.11.08
For our first Warhol tribute, we chose to take on one of the artist’s lesser-known iconic works. Warhol’s “knives” series was a statement on violence and the American way of death. Our tribute takes the knives back into the kitchen where they came from and re-colors them as brightly as his more upbeat works, such as his well-known Marilyn Monroe series.
“Birth of Fortuna”: A Range Hood Response to Sandro Botticelli
Here’s a range hood for the true connoisseur. Going far beyond the basic hammered copper or bronze range hood, we’re showing we mean business when it comes to art in the kitchen with this metal range hood. What hood could go better above the Diva de Provence range in a bold Tuscan kitchen design? Or fit better under your mahogany cabinets above that Aga range you cook on every day? Our metal artistic range hoods continue to push the envelope of art and design…
For our take on Botticelli’s classical masterpiece, we’ve shifted the referents to reflect a changed era. Gone are the personified zephyrs of the wind and the welcoming seasonal goddess, replaced with architectural motifs reflecting wind and fruitful land. The goddess who floats to shore on the sexualized scallop shell is now Fortuna, the goddess responsible for luck, wealth. good taste, and fortune. Colors were added with our signature finish technique, selected for their thematic unity as well as their place in an artistic kitchen design.
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“Flag” - The Jasper Johns Hood
Posted in Range Hoods, Artwork 10.15.07
This hood was done somewhat whimsically, but with a serious undertone. Showing our appreciation for the neo-dadaist revolution in modern art, Chris took this famous painting by Jasper Johns and recreated it on the front panel of a Botticelli range hood over a hammered steel pattern.
This hood will remain in our collection for the time being. Inquiries are welcome.
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Zinc Rangehood
Posted in Range Hoods, Artwork 9.19.07
This rangehood was inspired by Chris’s zinc “paintings”, which are sheets of solid zinc melted into beautiful patterns like topographical maps of alien planets. We applied sheets of his zinc to our standard Botticelli frame with only minimal polishing. The effect is something to behold. This is a one-of-a-kind piece, closer to art than appliance.
Examples of zinc paintings on interzonefinearts.com:
