Well holy crap! Since I've gotten back to work on this piece the followers on Instagram has almost doubled! Now go and make ye fishers of men! But seriously, the interest people have shown along with the complements they have posted has really geared me up to finish this piece. Plus, who would have thought that Instagram would be such a helpful resource. The Tyrannosaurus had been put aside so that I could finish a couple other projects: the Triceratops doorknocker for David's new home, some Steampunkey bugs, and a human heart pendant. While on the shelf, this dinosaur became very intimidating and it'd seriously still be sitting there today if it weren't for some friends and Instagrammars asking me about it. It just goes to show, what a profound effect just a little bit of free encouragement can do. The last time I blogged about this piece was back...
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As with most gift giving holidays, I am unprepared. Such was the Valentines Day "holiday". My favorite thing about Valentines day is that my wife's birthday is right around there. I can disguise a beyond-late birthday gift as an on-time Valentine gift. In fact, maybe as a global community we can employ my vehicle in-dash clock method: The clock is set 7 minutes fast so every time I'm running 7 minutes late, I'm actually right on time. Here... just... while I'm not looking, just move the date forward a few days. Then, all my fantastic beyond-last minute gift ideas would become fantastic on-time gifts! Let's face it, last minute gift ideas are always the best because,"they'd better be!" The big ideas this Valentines day came from one of my mom's suggestions. A while back she suggested that I make some sculptures like you see of hands holding a heart. It...
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Having recently celebrated our son's 2nd birthday, I was reflecting on one of the effects the boy and I have had on each other. Over the past 2 years he's shown a growing fascination in dinosaurs via books, toys, shows and such. He can't write his name yet but he can point out and tell you what's a Troodon (tro-adon), Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus, and a Pterodactyl AND he told me just today that he can speak Whale. Over the past 2 years my son has caused me to unearth my own fossilized interest in dinosaurs too. Come to think of it, as far back as I can remember (which is still a few years older than he is now) dinosaurs have always brought out an audible "wow" in me. Is it merely coincidence that my only "ink" is of a dragon behind my shoulder? Only if it's merely coincidence...
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With all the praise the 2 previous chess pieces got from friends and family how could I help but make more. Frankly, I'm enjoying the unusual pace of these pieces as well. As with the previous sculpts I'm averaging about 16 hours on each one but that average is coming down, especially if I keep experimenting to a minimum. Spending way too much time on a single piece of art is not new to me. What IS new is my concentration on a number of pieces that are in the same vein like this. Usually, after working on one sculpture for a few months, I begin to long for something different: a different medium, a different subject, a different size, anything different. True, it is also source of pride when I can amaze a person with my "jack-of-all-designs" display of sculptures; big bugs, little bugs, lighters, buckles, complex textures, robots,...
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Where have you been?! I was worried. You didn't call, I didn't know where you were... phew. So, I've become an even fuller-time daddy than the full-time daddy I'd been about a month ago. It truly is a special sort of mind-suck and I couldn't see writing you blog after blog about the Funderdome! That really is a real place and a handy indoor playground on rainy days when the Master needs to expel some energy to nap so the Blaster can get some projects done while he sleeps. My recent art project is chess pieces...again. Since Solafar has been a "dot com" I've been making (among other things) chess pieces from the oven bake clay, Sculpey. I want to make a chess set so bad! The problem: I haven't finished designing or sculpting a full-set of chess pieces. Dragons, bugs, robots and now dinosaurs. I'd posted Instagram pictures of...
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