Recycled Rope Chalk Buckets

Recycled Rope Chalk Buckets

Made of recycled rope, recycled fleece, recycled nylon, recycled cord

Get a custom bucket when you donate your retired rope. Any materials (rope, fleece, nylon) donated will discount the price significantly. Get this one of a kind stylish bouldering bag and feel good about rocking a recycled functional piece of art!

Contact me to order your custom bag at danielle.zeigler@dzartworks.com

Climbnasium Frostbite Rock Climbing Competition 2009-02-07

The Frostbite Rock Climbing Competition at the Climbnasium in Mechanicsburg, PA, took place this past Saturday, February 7th.
It was a pleasure to be able to photograph this event. I had a great time though, watching everyone climbing made me jealous! The facility is one of a kind and had amazing routes to challenge the kids as well as the pros! The staff at the Climbnasium did such a smooth job of orchestrating the show! Thanks also to Travis for allowing me to set some problems for the event and my hope is that everyone enjoyed my style. I definitely am making plans to visit again soon as i do miss my home gym very much! I wouldn't be a climber if it was not for this gym's existence.
My wonderful husband, Dann, set up a gallery for me at www.rt7.smugmug.com to view all the photos.
Here is a taste of what you will find at the Climbnasium Gallery


There are many many more....Click here to go right to the Climbnasium Gallery!!

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Website redone....

If you haven't checked out my site lately you should take a spin. i am in the process of reinventing myself as it has come to my attention that some may not be fans of DZ Artworks. Dann is helping me with a possible name change and logo alterations....til then the dzartworks site will be a little better at navigating. i have also tried to import some flash slide show stuff using an event i covered in November, The Over the Top Comp at the Delaware Rock Gym. i appreciate all criticism so please if you catch something or have a suggestion feel free to send it to me. i am hoping my second time around i will have this part of the business down.

An order from Mock Rocks Climbing Holds!

I have been shaping climbing holds for a company in the UK called Mock Rocks. The main guy, Ben, ran across my website one day searching for a good quality foam to make prototype holds. He contacted me and asked if i would design climbing holds for his company. I used to shape holds out of floral foam...a good start but the texture is not ideal when cast in polyurethane as Ben found out with my first batch. I was directed toward a business that sells foam for use in the taxidermy business and found the results much better. I finished with the latest set of 30 holds right over New Years since I had some spare time in between demolition of the basement.

Here are some samples of the work...don't recommend trying this at home unless you have good eye and lung protection...

I have also implemented a cool way to show the scale of the holds...overlay a ghost of my hand...won't take credit...saw it on another rock climbing holds site...sorry to that site as i would give credit but i forgot which one it was.

set of 10 out of 30...very detail oriented

here are the rest...too big to take one photo...hence the patchwork

Most all of them have a jug hold slot...just hidden a little but they also have a pinchy or slopey side if flipped over, making them all very versatile holds.

So the full process is:

1. Carving a prototype...my job for now

2. Making a mold (box up holds and pouring a mold material (silicone) over to create a negative)...hopefully will get to do soon on my own

3. Casting into resin form (dig out that foam...clean mold and pour!)...want to complete this process on my own to start making holds for The Delaware Rock Gym where i then get to set a route or problem using my holds......thus getting to be the ultimate rock climbing artist (of course i didn't get to build the walls....hmmmm.....)

More of the Finer stuff...

Christmas came quickly this year for everyone. I always have high aspirations for all the cool drawings or paintings i am going to make for everyone. This year i again fell short of my goals but had a huge excuse.....Dann and i bought a house. As result of this monumental time in our lives Dann has started a blog spot to document the joys of being a first time home owner(can you sense the tongue and cheek-well i know all the hard work will be worth it in the end but its just being so far from the end that is hard). If you haven't checked out his blog then you should now because you don't want to get behind on his posts. go to www.162laurelbridgeroad.blogspot.com

As for the Christmas gifts...only got two finished...

USS Mariano G. Vallejo
soft pastels on pastel paper
9"X12"
Based on a print Dad V. kept of the sub he was stationed on while in the Navy

Aimee loving "Sister Put Your Shoes On" in the Gunks
climbing chalk and black spray paint on canvas
18"X24"
Based on a photograph I took while having a glorious day in the woods at Peter's Kill in NY.

I am still working on a few more...very late Christmas for some...so sorry....

Trip to the Lone Star State December 12-18th

Dustin and Noah

Dann and I planned a trip that was way too short to visit family during the holidays this year. My Mom who is now living and working around the city of Austin, Texas and my brother, Dustin and his family who came from Guam, gathered at the Kettler house to celebrate Christmas. We had some fun playing music on Uncle Greg's equipment (Noah likes the drums best) and also rocking out on Guitar Hero for the X-Box.

My favorite pic!

Noah was unaware of Uncle Dann clownin' around

look at the concentration...after long he was giving me pointers on how to hit the notes!

Sunday afternoon we all headed down to Lago Vista right off Lake Travis to check out our Mom's new work space at Brizo's Bar & Grill located on The Island on Lake Travis. We had some downtime waiting to get the key to the restaurant so Noah and I goofed around...well he goofed around and I took photos.

i detect a little bit of Sam Horvath in this one?

After lunch we finally got to go into the restaurant and Mom, Dann and I did a photo shoot to get some promo pics for Brizo's.

This is an abstract view of the dining area of Brizo's through a glass window with a plant texture embedded inside.

An arrangement of fine wines offered at Brizo's
Silver Oak Cellars

View of Lake Travis from the Brizo's Bar area and enjoy with a generous glass of Silver Oak

Mom playing the bar tender

relax on the balcony overlooking Lake Travis with a pint of Boddington's Pub Ale

Monday during the day Dann, Dustin, Billy and Noah headed over to the Austin Rock Gym, North to get some exercise. Noah was awesome on top rope and was able to complete all 5 rope stations without hesitation. He is going to be a rock climbing pro someday. Billy did a nice job photographing in such a poorly lit gym. Thanks Billy for the capturing the memories!!

the infamous skeleton head that took some abuse from Noah

We headed out Monday night for awesome sushi. I was full pretty quickly so Noah and I had some fun with the camera and a half glass of beer/water...


We then headed to Cork & Co., a wine bar in downtown Austin, where my Uncle Greg (Rockin G Productions) was playing a gig. Noah, just 6 years old, sang along to some of the classic music of the '60s,'70s, and '80s.

Also snapped some promo shots for Cork&Co.

While on our visit my Mom was able to buy a new house. We went for a tour and it seemed to be just perfect for her. She now lives in Lago Vista...just minutes away from Brizo's where she is the General Manager.

In front of the entrance to her new house

Noah playin' around the Cedar trees

waiting for lunch...

It was a really quick trip but we hope in 2009 we will be able to come down and visit more often.
Maybe this will be our year to visit Guam!!

2008-12-06 93.3 WMMR Preston & Steve's Camp Out for Hunger

Every year Preston and Steve from the morning show on 93.3 WMMR help out the less fortunate by holding a camp out for hunger in the Metroplex in the Plymouth Meeting Shopping Center in PA. The week of December 1st through the 5th, Preston and Steve hosted their morning show in a huge tent outside the Metroplex. They were fortunate to have a great RV to stay in every night so they could be on hand to collect can goods for Philabundance, the regions largest hunger relief organization. This year despite the spiraling economy they were able to raise 445,450 lbs. of food (222 tons of food)! as well as $40,540 that went straight to Philabundance. Thanks again for all the hard work of the Preston & Steve and the morning crew of Casey, Kathy, Nick and Marissa! Good job to all those who donated this year. Hopefully next year we can raise even more. Philabundance needs all the help we can get so anytime is a good time to donate.
Thanks Justin for accompanying me to donate some cans from the DRG. I had a lot of fun and certainly want to do it again next year....of course bigger and better!










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2008-11-27 Thanksgiving at Mom V's

Thanksgiving was nothing less than spectacular as always. The turkey was perfect, mashed potatoes mouth watering, and all the fixings to make your taste buds doing somersaults. Thanks Mom for another spectacular meal!

Back to the Finer Things...

Aunt Bobbie Jo had a birthday last month so I finally got around to getting her a Sammy drawing after a long time coming. For those that have not kept up with my blog, Sammy is Jimmy and Sarah Kim's little boy. He turned 1 this year so he is a totally mobile kid now. I snapped a shot of Sammy a couple weeks after his birthday when he was exploring the rock garden with Aunt Bobbie Jo so I thought it best to recreate that moment for her. Say hello to Sammy....

The Delaware Rock Gym Over the Top Comp Nov. 22nd, 2008

It was an amazing feat but the staff at The Delaware Rock Gym put together a top notch comp in less than a month of planning. On Nov. 22nd, 2008, the Over The Top Comp got underway in Bear, Delaware. The crowd was psyched and lots of sending was about to take place. Amazing climbers from around the area came to compete such as Ryan Banister, Sasha DiGiulian, Ionel (John) Ene from Elite Climbing, Eric Shaw, YuHsien Liu, Ryan Scurfield to name a few.

Thanks goes out to our sponsors, Eastern Mountain Sports in the Center Point Shopping Plaza, Newark, DE for the prizes, Skram Media for the Climbing and Urban Climber Mags to give out to all competitors. Thanks also to the Friksn crew for sending some sick t-shirts....though the United States Post Office dropped the ball on the delivery time, the DRG staff were all very appreciative of extra gift for all there efforts put forth for this comp.

Of course this comp would not be possible without all the hard work of our setters: Drew Davis - super human setter, Andrew Sand - our setting leader, Dustin Briggs - lives to set, Derek Spencer - very methodical and precise, Peter Ipnar - for his human rubber band movement problems (sometimes misinterpreted as awkward). Also thanks to Aimee Tetreault for her orchestration of the comp day activities. The big man to thank would have to be Matt McCorquodale for his awesome gym and for getting us all in line with the ABS Format as a dry run for hopefully future comps including us in the ABS - American Bouldering Series.

with all that mouthful....here are the best photos of the day

The Competition

Craziness on the Neuron by Stone Age

Dann eyeballing the chalked up sloper by VooDoo Holds

Sasha making a big move to another great sloper by VooDoo Holds

Sebastian stretching out for that SoIll massive slopey pinch

The SoIll Snot getting a lot of traffic!

Chris attempting the match on a difficult pinch/sloper from ETCH

The tool of confidence for any climber...chalk in a Metolius Bouldering Bucket

The Game of Inches (other game.....we're not talking football this time)

The Over the Top Arm Wrestling Competition

(Inspired of course by the DRG Movie of choice - Over The Top, starring Sylvester Stallone)

This was another great match! long enough for me to get several photographs!

The Final Match: Best of Three

Chris Vs. Mario
Chris was the champion but Mario did not go down without a hard fight.
I believe it should have gone 5 rounds as it was just too close

The Open Finals

Our finals competitors
The Crowd!

Sasha tearing up women's problem 1

Sasha spotting up the Nicros QED hold
Eric poised for the move to the Climb-It Sandstone Hold
John Ene making his move on the tough VooDoo Kontak sloper

Ryan Banister trying to make his way through the Neuron by Stone Age to the huge cross to a big pinch by So Ill


Thanks again to all competitors and I truly hope all had an awesome experience this year! Special thanks to my husband, Dann for dealing with me being MIA for a couple days.