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Rainy Day Roosters, and more

What do you do when the rains come? Finish up some very special pieces.Here are the roosters, before.–> And, after, above and below A “mosaic-y” two-fer family.The piece on the right was cut

FRIDAY SCHOONER UPDATE AUGUST 17TH

Above you see the fore mast raised successfully ! Even with a semi secure base plate. Below, the side view and right, the scale model. The whole assembly was quite unwieldy as we haven’t tightened

FRIDAY SCHOONER UPDATE

Above is the Top Sail attached to the Fore Mast. Note the nice curve and the rod placement… It’s like an actual sail catching the breeze, n’est-ce pas? However, once I had this put

The Schooner Update

After a lot of recuts and returns to the drawing board progress is here. You might be asking, what about that other sail? I just wasn’t happy with it. There was a lot of unwieldiness

What’s not to love about a brightly colored googly-eyed Gecko ? There are 2 sizes; Large is approximately 15″ long and the smaller 12″. Painted with a complete spectrum of colored enamel paints and featuring many

Monday Morning Crosspost test

Say hello to my buddy Lewis aka Lumpy.He’s 17 years old and a super nuzzler, lizard hunter and all around great cat. I’m using this post to test cross posting. You know write once, post

Sunday School Crafts: Joseph Pyramid

This is the part of Joseph’s story where he has found himself in prison. He was accused of doing something he didn’t do, because, he didn’t do it ! While there he interprets the dreams

Row People

The Row people are groups of patterned body anthropomorphs. These figures are inspired by ancient cave drawings found all over the world. Below are some examples of these petroglyphs.My interpretation features my “glyphs” and more

Metal Vases

The Ram Vase is another favorite. Welded plates form a “box” with curled handles, adorned with semi precious turquoise, hematite, agate and more. comment? question? critique? Tell us what do you think ?

Painted Fish

It’s a big ole CATFISH ! One of several large fish (tuna, redfish and flounder). Shown below, the process. Patterns drawn upon the metal Pieces

BIG Blue

This is one of my favorite pieces I have ever created.BIG BLUE is a polished steel piece that measures about 18″ across the diagonal. Painted with enamel paint and featuring many of the “glyphs” inspired

Smiling Sunshine

Warm tones of Crimson, Tangerine and Lemon adorn this large steel sun. Measuring approximately 20 inches across, the smiling sun is cut out of 11 gauge steel, polished then painted. Mixed with the sunny colors