#art by me

THE CENTER HOLDS- cast & carved plaster, aluminum leaf, paint, gray faux suede, carved wood, glass - 8¼"x 11"x 2½"

This unique piece came about from the fact that I was not happy with the original design modeled in plasticene from which a mold was cast. There were two plaster positives cast from that original mold, each finished differently but using the textures and edges mimicking a patchwork quilt. I was so unhappy with the results that I re-worked the negative mold using a woodcarving gouge to carve a radial pattern moving outwards from the lips. I cut the mold down into a smaller rectangle; from which I cast three positives: one in plaster, another in red earthenware, and a third in black stoneware. The red earthenware version was mounted on dark stone. This version was leafed with aluminum and washed in a yellow ocher. The front surface of the frame was carved with a grinder to echo the radial pattern, sanded smooth, painted black and then leafed in aluminum, followed by a cream wash. Front surface of the frame was lightly rubbed to reveal black base coat.

CORNUCOPIA 

SightbytesInstallation(seven elements)

from left:Hoop Driver,Bardiglio Pouch,Bronze Spill,Duck Head,Little Legs,Knotmouth,Verde di Prato Husk

Virginia slate, found objects, Bardiglio marble, Indiana limestone, black walnut, Verde di Prato serpentine

Long Lips(W.I.P. title) being leafed, session #2

Here is another themed piece which I was asked to submit to — the theme on this one was ‘Windows and cats’, in which I pay homage to authors/artists who have created some famous graphic felines, as well as homage to Ted,The Catman, who simply moved in with us one day. How many of the cats can you recognize?

PS - I have completely forgotten one of the fifteen cats I drew thirteen years ago!

digital drawing

Back in 2009 ago I was invited to submit a piece on the theme of ‘Ducks, lots of ducks’. So here it is.

digital manipulation of photograph

MECCANIKA TRANSFORMED: ALUMINATION- cast & carved plaster, aluminum leaf, gray faux suede shadowbox, wood, glass, paint - 12"x 7¾"x 2½"

This unique piece came about because the surface texture of the casting was marred by several air bubbles breaking-up the linear pattern. Solution: carve away surface texture and make the surface smooth leaving traces of the original pattern at top and bottom. The lower lip texture is unchanged from the original design. The original design was cast in several materials: plaster, dental stone, Vatican casting stone, and hand made paper pulp. All of these were titled as variations on Meccanika — hence the title Meccanika Transformed.

A 22K PUCKER- cast & carved dental stone, 22k gilding, black faux suede shadowbox, wood, glass, paint - 6¼"x 7"x 2¾"

This was cast from the original mold for the series. The lips are slightly smaller than life size. Over two dozen variations of these lips were modeled by assembling/joining multiple wax castings from this mold and then adding plasticene clay, or by modifying the wax to open the mouth to different degrees. Each of the variations had a negative mold cast from them — most of which subsequently had only a single casting in bronze or ceramic cast from them.

GRAND OLD DAME

unglazed stoneware, copper leafing, bronze powder, 22K gold leafing, linen, wood, glass, paint - 8½"x 12½"x 2½"

In drying the surface of the clay cracked slightly, and I came in and carved the dried clay in the corners slightly. After it was fired I applied a layer of copper leafing over the whole surface, allowing the sheets of leaf to crack and reveal the whitish stoneware below. If I had wanted to get an even uniform layer of copper I would have applied a second layer of leafing to cover the cracks — but in this instance I liked the way the irregular leafing worked with the finely cracked surfaces of the fired clay. I came back with dark bronze powder to color the textured carved corner at lower right, then the surface was sealed and lightly washed. I drew a short horizontal line using dark green color pencil with light pressure, and then applied a thin line of 22k gold leaf over it so the pencil line would appear as a shadow. Then I applied some rectangular ‘patches’ with copper and gold leafing to finish the design of the lips. 

The linen shadowbox interior was very lightly ‘washed’ with copper powder, and the slightly textured surface of the shadowbox frame was lightly rubbed with copper paint on only the front surface, leaving the sides and inner edge of rabbet lip simply brushstroke-textured black.   

Let’s get SPOOKY!!! 

Wow long time no see guys ;v;

This is a Bill Cipher Tattoo commission for @carnivalcannibal<3

Pls respect that you are not allowed to use this /v\!!

Thank you~

The Trials of a Being a Wanderer…

And Sasuke being a calm, patient boyfriend. :3

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STILL WAITING for Taka to appear in the Last….ffffdgxtgf

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~ Only for you ~

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~the one who understands~

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Don’t be a thief, Karin.

sorry, I couldn’t resist. darn you Kishi and these AUs.  

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I’m here with you, beside you, 
to guard you and to guide you…

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Happy Birthday Sasuke! <3