a work in progress….
more watercolors….. i did not set out to create arguing dragons, but rather I watercolor colors and stuff together, let them dry and then come back to stare at the blobs of color until I see something interesting in the swirls of color…. then use another media to make whatever *I* see more visible to anyone looking at the piece. In all of the pictures from this week, it was india ink. Next week, I think I will be back to oil pastels.
Not my favorite watercolor of the year, but I may as well post a picture of it.
These were actually made in November… that’s how long it is taking me to post these days. yeeesh.
Hmmmmm….. it really *does* feel like google is taking over the world…. but I’ve switched…. so far so good…. I guess….
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Much like the previous post, these aerring follow the same process as the pins, just that I have to try to repeat the design a second time — which can be more challenging than it looks – don’t look too closely at the size of each bend 😉 also, I’d say it’s even harder to come up with two identical beads in my garage studio, so if you are looking at these earrings, you’ll see that they beads are not exactly identical… however, when they are displayed on the opposite sides of someone’s head, most people won’t notice that they are a little different.
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these pins are incredibly entertaining for me to make. You could say that they are somethign close to ‘instant gratification’ although, thinking back on it, they are certainly *not* instant. Many steps go into these, starting from making the glass beads out in my garage studio (how will I continue torch work when it’s cold outside??? 🙁 to bending the wire, hardening the wire, sharpening the tip of the pine and then cleaning up any scratches or dings i’ve done to the metal… at any rate, I really enjoy making them.
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These ended up much more cross shaped than intended. still, they sparkle nicely.
cement fun from this summer….
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there are a couple more… but I ran out of energy for photo editing…. they’ll (hopefully) be posted up here tomorrow.
WELDING PROJECTS
These were *not* my idea… but they’ve (both) kind of grown on me…. it’s either a napkin holder or something to hold bills/letters/mail…. at any rate, it’s *heavy* and still quite *dirty*…. and slightly out of season, I guess…
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SHEET METAL PROJECT
Here is what tonight’s project was. This tool box was incredibly fun to make 🙂 I like sheet metal!
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