Refired to help break down the stainless coating.
Next step - time to take a sledge hammer and break out the plaster.
The finish is coming along.
The he next step is to spray it with a bathroom cleanser to speed up the rusting process.
happy dog XIV mono - print
happy dog XIII
"gust" - the lemonade piece - progress as of 2/25
this is the piece at the end of the first night of work after removing the sprues.
Before grinding down the sprues
Sprues are ground down
The other side
"drifter"
Update
Detail of his left shoulder.
Left arm
That "gust" from the Gulf is hard on your hat
A better look at the lemonade piece
Ready to do the chasing
"gust" Piece #2 for my spring 2017 pours
Ready to start dipping
Kinder Morgan Gallery
"murmur of the water" was accepted into the Kinder Morgan "Line Line Line Exhibition". On view in Downtown Houston March 6th - June 2nd.
"murmur of the water"
79" X 50"
paint, ink, and pastels on stonehedge
"gust"
The lemonade piece - it is degated and sand blasted. The next step is to do the chasing and then figure out how to make it into lemonade since there is a little more pourocity than I was hoping for.
Future bronze - Frill back pigeon
happy dog VIII mono print
Detail
With border
"drifting" When hands tell your story"
I believe you can tell a lot about a person by looking at their hands. With this thought I decided to add the hands to my found object (wirecloth) figurative sculpture I call "drifting". The figurative piece is a study of evolution in an urban environment and the struggle to stay present, in the moment or focused. Below are two views of the figures left hand. I hope his hands reflect the struggle
"heritage"
in the Houston International Airport portable works collection.
https://www.facebook.com/cindee.klement/posts/998643100163872:0
happy dog VII mono-print
Photo shoot
GERMAN BEAK - CRESTED TRUMPETER - detail
14" X 12" X 12" bronze
happy dogV mono- print
Detail
Photo shoot
In this piece I mixed grits and twigs into my wax to get this rugged texture.
GERMAN BEAK - CRESTED TRUMPETER
14" X 12" X 12" bronze
Photo by Will Michels.
Mono prints - pressed 8 "happy dog" pieces this week. 11" X 22"
Drying
mono print process
I used this drawing for last weeks 8 pieces. Each print is very different. I will post each piece in the order they were made and describe how I made them.
