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Not technically art, but …
I took a Dremel to an iPhone 2G dock to make it work with my 3G phone, and while I was at it I made it big enough to accommodate the phone in its ifrogz case. Small victory, eh, but since the 3G docks are $29 without the cable, I figure my 15 minutes spent grinding the excess away is pretty worth it.
I love the ifrogz case, btw. Grippy, beautiful colors, and sturdy.
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More progress on Sergio Leone.
The eyes were a bit too human, so here I’m knocking down the brow and rotating the axis of the lids to be more leonine. This also lengthens the snout a bit.
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Progress on Leone. Adding more definition to the mane and chipping off the brown stains.
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Last week I had so much crap in my studio that I couldn’t even walk the 10 ft from front to back without a breakdance move. After I stumbled into a rasp and got a two inch gash on my left moob, I decided it was high time to clean up. 5 or so hours and twenty pounds of rock chips and dust later, it was clean enough to walk around in.
Now I’m afraid to do any work in there ‘cuz it’s so clean.
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This is an architectural piece that I started on years ago, then lost interest in. I’m either going to finish it, or turn it into something else. The chippy parts at the bottom are where Jake practices with his own chisel and hammer. He doesn’t quite have the patience yet to follow through, he just likes hammering the chisel in until it stays up.
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Oak leaf and acorn frieze
I think this is finished, but I was hoping for a more subtle shading of the colors. I’ll try setting it out in the weather and letting it get a bit gray.
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Interesting thing about limestone is it’s extremely permeable. This means there’s lots of unfilled space in the stone and they’re connected, so that water can soak in. What with the “unexpected” rain this past week, the orange lady’s bed got soaked. Leaving it out in the sun for a day usually would help, but the rain’s been persistent so the all-day drying session has inevitably been followed by another soaking.
A couple of hours in a 250° oven will clear that up. The stone is drier, and understandly lighter, too (color and weight). Still, it perplexes the kids: “Daddy, why is that rock in the oven?”
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This is the piece that for years I’ve called “orange lady” or “naked chick”. I may actually be finished, though I know I have a problem with knowing when to quit. Maybe I was done weeks ago.
Tools down, step back… there! It belongs to the ages!!
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The goat is the Star of this show.
The actual intended purpose of this video (teaching you to make a knife) pales in comparison.
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Duncan’s Birthday Cake
We were at neighbor Henry’s birthday party today, so we asked Duncan what /he/ wanted on /his/ birthday cake. He said: “Strawberries, fire, and rats. But the rats are just for scaring, not for eating.”
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Snakey Names →
Duncan has a rich imagination. He’s always naming his toys fun names. He’s playing with cousin Ben’s rubber snakes and named both of them: Degas and Nuno. I’ll google the names later.
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