Wooden chair

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One of two sturdy wooden chairs in a FREE pile, acquired at least a year ago. Now almost transformed from ugly old finish & stained orange seat cover, to weird art project! MJ contributed the beer caps from his collection… and a few fellow artist contributed sections of the paint work!

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Vacation

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In Colorado, fresh mountain air, hiking, wildflowers, chores … not so much art but some inspiration.

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That whole work in progress thing…

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Plaster masksYesterday evening: plaster, this morning: cement! Last night I started the bas relief body for a cat, not necessarily for the cat mask I made recently… TBD. And I also started another human face/mask. These are still drying, and will need more layers, more shaping, etc.

The cement project is a concrete chair:  I started with a broken resin “adirondack” chair that Michael kindly reinforced with a little rebar, wire, and epoxy. Then I got to work with expanded metal lath (aka blood mesh). Today, I used a stiffish mortar mix to putty the chair legs, and up along parts of the body to hide the plastic and to make the legs stronger for the increased weight.The chair is under wraps for a few days to allow the mortar to cure before I move it around for the next steps. The plan is to use fabric soaked in high cement mortar stretched out on top of the chair seat & back, laying it over the expanded metal. I may need to put another smoother surface over this, and perhaps I will need to cut the fabric in two pieces to better avoid wrinkles! I will be experimenting a bit more before this step!

Anticipation …

 

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Working 3-D

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Masks draft 3 bothI have been working on my technique and learning more than producing. However I have made these two small plaster faces/masks, heavily influenced by the work of Terry Turrell, whose recent exhibit in Seattle has been played on my screen & larger TV, along with the narrated video “Terry Turrell, In Layers” on Vimeo. Wonderful stuff!

Cat mask

I am trying out some techniques with cement mortar & fabric, hoping eventually to get artistic with this material. For now, just pots, a small fountain, and perhaps an outdoor chair.

Summer projects 2

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Exercise in shadow

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Evening ShadowThis is a sketch originated from an evening shadow cast on my drawing board:  the sun through my windowsill installation yesterday evening. At the summer solstice the late evening sun comes into my studio through the huge north window, and shines directly onto my drawing board. This only happens for a few weeks midsummer…

North Window drawing

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