June Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Arūnas Ošlapas 

Check out this video to watch the June Virtual Studio Tour with Artist Arūnas Ošlapas.

Arūnas Ošlapas has taught industrial design at Western Washington University since 1991, torturing his students with solving the world’s problems. In order to maintain his academic sanity, he weaves metal baskets and metal quilts for his business, Red Rivet Studios. For color inspiration, he raids his wife’s fabric stash (she is a fabulous fabric quilter) and keeps her prized swatches hidden in his studio. When things get too rainy, they pack up the family and head south of the border to dry out. He got a few degrees from Montana State University and the University of Illinois. Prior to teaching, Arūnas worked for Haworth in Michigan, designing office furniture and has consulted on many products from carbon fiber snowshoes to children’s museum exhibits.

• Never settle—compromise weakens the spirit
• Create daily
• Balance technology and the primitive
• Invest absolute faith
• Inspire and be inspired
• Be teachable
• Overbuild
• Craftsmanship, craftsmanship, craftsmanship
• Relish the challenge
• Fear not
• Taste life
• Persist eternally
• Seek magic
• Embrace the chaos
• Ultimately, it’s all about people