MOBILE CONSTRUCTION Stainless Steel: for the arms.
Colored Plastic: for base and petals
My designs are original like no other, each made one at a time just for you. All pieces are handsigned by me and year made, name stamped into plastic (rollover right photo for close up view). Please note that all of my mobiles and stabiles are handmade of eco-friendly colored plastics for the petals and stabile bases (plastic manufactured in Germany) and beautiful shiny stainless steel (USA).
Every mobile is made made by hand one at a time, and not mass produced or computer laser cut. Each petal piece is chosen by hand, cut, hand sanded and beveled (edges of the plastic) and then buffed to a shine (my husband Brian "the master polisher" helps with this part).Polishing the edges takes time
and with skilled expertise, resulting in fine artisian quality
craftmanship, made by hand,
one at a time, and never mass produced. I hand drill holes, hand form all stainless steel rods, cutting and balancing all by hand, matching exact measurements to one of my designed artworks.
My plastic and stainless steel combination is perfect indoors or out - they are rust free and weather durable. Note: the color red is the only plastic color that is sensitive to full direct sunlight ...it will fade slightly in 3 years.
I offer 21 custom colors for you to choose from.Click the colors logo at the top of every page to see my plastic color chart. Note every computer sees colors slightly different.The numbers on the chart correlate with PMS (pantone chip charts). Need help deciding... just ask!
Every mobile or stabile is able to be colorized even resized to match your room's decor. So feel free to ask for anything you are thinking, smaller, larger, different designs ideas, etc. See examples of my work in clients homes and businesses.
See > Client Photos
Interested in licensing a Julie Frith mobile or one of her photos? Show the art of balance, or use one in your next advertising campaign. Talk to Julie for all details!
about JULIE FRITH . . . . Julie: is an artist, photographer, jeweler, graphic / interior designer, musician, mother and most of all a mobile-enthusiast. Born Feb. 7, 1960 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, moved to Eureka, California in 1979 with husband Brian Ladd. Julie has been creating art all her life, making mobiles for fun...about 40 years and selling professionally online since 1998. Loves to work with each and every client creating an original art-piece handmade just for them.
Influences: Alexander Calder, my family, my parents (artists: Donald Frith ceramics and Barbara Frithpainter and sculptor ), Note: Mother Barbara Frith died Dec.21, 2007. Many great artists... Kandinsky, Miro, Vasarely, Dali, M.C.Etcher, Piccaso, Eames, Miller, Knoll, Van der Rohe, Saarinen, Bauhaus, F.L.Wright, Eichler homes, Frank Gehry, the prefab Lustron home I grew up in, modern architecture, going to museums, reading books and learning of about art, viewing nature around me.
Loves: MAKING MOBILES, my family, art, music, MODERN furniture, MODERN architecture, futurist ideas, all animals, love, peace and the universe.
Website made, designed and maintained daily by Julie Frith
...any problems, please let me know!
Julie Frith
How To Hang Your New Mobile:Measure twice, hang once! Included with every hanging mobile purchase, there is high quality (won't stretch or break) fishing line,one "eye" ceiling hook,and 2 "S" hooks.See HANGING INSTRUCTIONS. You'll want to position themobile in its best view. After it is hung, let itsettle, change the mobile viewby turning the eye hookslightly on the ceiling. Once positioned, it will move with thewind/air but always return to its originalshape.
Also included with every purchase is a Julie Frith Mobile Catalog.
To clean: Use Lysol Cleaner (non bleach) and a soft cotton cloth, or static cling sheet works wonders.
MOBILES for a lifetime: Julie Frith's mobiles are a wonderful addition for any home,
office or business. Fill your high empty spaces with art. For a baby, mobiles bring
art and entertaining views of endless movement. Kids can even take their Julie Frith
mobile all the way to college..proudly! This art is timeless and will never be out of style.
A lifetime of calm happy views. Don't forget to custom colorize....to match your rooms decor!
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roll over photo to see!
Word Definitions from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Mobile moábile Pronunciation: 'mO-"bEl
Function: noun : a construction or sculpture frequently of wire and sheet metal shapes with parts that can be set in motion by air currents; also: a similar
structure (as of paper or plastic) suspended so that it moves in a current of air.
Stabile staábile Pronunciation: 'sta -"bEl
Function: noun Etymology: probably from French, from Latin stabilis, adjective : an abstract sculpture or construction similar in appearance to a mobile
but made to be stationary
Where did the word "mobile" art come from?
Russian Constructivist Alexander Rodchenko appropriated the idea of the hanging mobile. From this idea, Alexander Calder (1898-1996) was the first to develop the mobile as a three-dimensional kinetic art form. In 1932 Duchamp gave the name "mobiles" to Calders' new art forms. Calder also made static, sculptural constructions called "stabiles", this term was titled by Jean Arp.
Julie's Simplexus Mobile on TV
UPN Sex, Love & Secrets Oct.05
click photo for movie clip 644K
Requires Quicktime 7 to function
The Living Mobile II
a computer animated mobile
Designed by Wattenberg
for ComputerFineArts.com
Java needed "ON"
Donations welcomed and always needed, to Julie and her mobile businessof Any Amount ,
noquestions asked!
Help support an artist and her family, and the love for the Arts!
$50 $100$500 +
TRY THESE FUN BALANCING TRICKS
Fork and Spoon Take a spoon and fork and connect them together. Place a wooden toothpick in the fork center, just about 1/4" through the fork. Then balance the fork and spoon, then place it balanced on the edge of a glass. WOW! It is amazing! Even more amazing: at the balancing point (fulcrum) of the toothpick...lift off the glass and break the toothpick at the point of balance....then place it back on the very edge of the glass. It will balance. Then push down (just a little) the fork-end of the toothpick... it will bounce in place! You can then place the balancing end of the toothpick anywhere...even on another toothpick!
Salt Shaker Tilt Take a salt shaker, pour out some salt on the table (not a lot). With only one edge of the shaker, set into the salt, push a row of salt under it enough so it will grip. Then tilting the shaker, you will find it has a perfect balancing point. Hold still at that point, carefully remove your fingers, the shaker will stand tilting all by itself. Softly blow away the extra salt. Voila!
These were my favorite tricks of balance when I was young...enjoy and share with your friends.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
1 tissue TP of any kind
2 Empty CD Holder (after CD's have all been used)
3 Cut the center of the top of the empty CD Holder
(or unscrew spindle) with an exacto knife
4 Take out cardboard center of the TP roll
5 Place TP roll into CD holder and pull center of roll through the top Add colored/ patterned paper to the inside of holder for added
Martha Stewart
effect (HA!) and to conceal the TP.
Artist / Musician: Julie Frith's Music for Restaurants is the title of a music CD I made and released in the late 80's.
You can hear some music samples if you click the cover art, it will take you to eMusic.com. There you can purchase my music too. I also was in a band in the 80's called PSYCLONES with my husband. I played electric bass and made a all kinds of art noise...probably
today people might find it kind of simple and nutty. Back in the 80's it was cutting edge and daring. We had fun, and made records,
tapes and CD's on many labels and played live for many years, from San Francisco to Eureka. We created one of the first underground
cassette music labels called Ladd-Frith, and released around 100 independent artists, now available through
http://www.eMusic.com/. Art for your ears! As always, I hope you enjoy! 
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