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TGIF

Pierced Bird Window

1 September 2009

This little copper piece is waiting for a home.
It’s about 2.5 inches square. The background and figure window are copper. The tube rivets and spacers are brass.
The background pattern was printed onto the copper using a commercial pattern sheet with the rolling mill. The bird figure is a simplified outline taken from a Dutch tile [...]

Tagged as: bird, copper, piercing

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TGIF – Shrine I

1 September 2009

After a long time sitting on the table in 5 or 6 pieces the Guadalupe/Sirena shrine has finally come together.
I never did find a place for the rose petals.
A couple of details.
My hand colored and glittered Virginsita.
The oddly appealing Chicken Boy.

Tagged as: blue, box, madonna, sirena

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TGIF – The Keys to a Broken Lock

13 May 2009

A 3-D piece that I started in a workshop. It sits on the edge of a shelf.
I don’t like the photo, but I wanted this out before I had to leave town.
I’ll properly catalog this when I get back.

Tagged as: boxes, collage, keys

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TGIF – Pierced ‘Single Tree’ Ring

10 May 2009

The ring I was working on for JM1 at Pratt is finally done.
The shiny grey-black on the top of the ring is liver of sulfur patina heavily worked with a brass brush. I got as little of the LoS onto the ring band as possible and it only took a few minutes with sand paper [...]

Tagged as: jewelry, metal, pierced, ring

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TGIF: Chickens – The Essay

2 March 2009

The final version of my photo essay on our chickens is up.

Click on this running chicken for more pictures!

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Stenciling a Three Panel Screen, Part II

11 February 2009

More on the screen for Jim’s office.
Once the stencil had had chance to dry I took the fabric panels off the screen (yeay velcro.) I didn’t do any prep work on the fabric - poly(?) canvas. The paint will stick well enough and I don’t expect to try to wash the panels. By the time [...]

Tagged as: crows, screen

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Elise’s Box

18 July 2008

I made a box for my friend Elise. She wanted something to keep her needlework supplies in – Something that she could leave on the living room coffee table.

This spine box is 9 x7 x 2 1/2. The box is made of Davey board and covered in an Italian paper. The spine and inner lid [...]

Tagged as: boxes, paper

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One Finished and One Not-So-Much

14 April 2008

Work on the balloon seller picture is complete. You can see a full-size digital version here.
(no small version today – can’t get it to resize correctly – maybe tomorrow)

The image in the gallery is a digital version that I made for Jim to use on his desktop. It mimics the effect of being printed on [...]

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