Katydom At FAFF 2025

I have never considered gravity as a tool until today. While walking I noticed a crow flying high in the sky with a morsel in its beak and felt sorry for the bird when it accidentally dropped its breakfast onto the concrete path below. The crow then landed and prying the cracked nutshell with its beak began eating the nut within. VClearly this was not an accident but a smart use of gravity as a nut cracker.

Observing this brought me  to Katydom, a fictional world where insects, birds and humans coexist in peace and share the tools of life to farm and build their society. Katydom is also the subject matter of Maria Ramirez’s documentary  that is now showing at the Fine Arts Film and Festival FAFF and streaming on Vimeo.

Behind the scenes - Maria Rarimez-Adams shooting the Insect Race

Plans for 2025

The final quarter of 2024 was action packed with fresh patinas for candleholders; Katydom making the cut for the Culver City Film Festival and the decision to make specific art pieces available for sale from our website.

So,  continuing with this artistic vein,  Martin Pierce we will be adding more art works  to the Katydom Kingdom and Anne Pierce will be adding content to the story line that some may have previewed at the Regal Live L.A. when Maria Ramirez-Adams short was screened.

Candle Holders

Hot red and green patinas are applied to heated bronze frogs to create a mottled finish similar to the coloring used by poisonous South American dart frogs to ward off predators. A more muted oil rubbed patina is available for those looking for less drama on the dining room table.

Katydom Characters

Seeing Martin’s sculptures come to life on a big screen and writing the narrative for Katydom has helped me focus on the roles and talents of the characters in this fictional kingdom. Specifically, I will be focusing on Katydids and the history and lore they inscribe as symbols on the fossilized wings shed by Katydid elders.  Wasps, with their  mud dauber masons will be added to the content and the structures they build will be captured in bronze.

Wasps in 2025 will be explored with emphasis on their craftsman skills, a departure from the current emphasis on athleticism.

Our mainstream occupation continues to be in creating unusual and beautiful door and cabinet hardware. We work with many designers helping to realize their design concepts with our designs and with custom designs fabricated for their projects. This will always be our creative core.