Chair No.4

Chair No.4  [walnut, steel] 2010

merry christmas

my parent's never had a star for the top of their christmas tree so they asked if i could make one

somewhere in my top 3 influences

silver and ebony

i just got a commission to do another hexa ring, similar to one in the line of rings i made last year for the '09 object sale. i loved going back to this simple design and flying through the problems that stumped me on the first set of rings. i feel more rings coming on...

"new" toy

after following craigslist for a relatively short time, i found this beauty.

it's a 1928 South Bend 9" Junior.
it was a MIAD, and i'm wondering if they purchased it brand new when it was the Layton School of Art. anyway, they were replacing their lathe's with new Grizzlys which, sorry, but they don't have any character compared to this. the original paint job was black with gold lettering (reminiscent of the old singer sewing machines... maybe because south bend moved into singer's old factory in the 20's...?) i may have to give this some love and restore it to it's former classy look

original motor

it came with a bunch of tooling, although most of it's too big so i'm going to have to make my own tool holder. i got it for only $550, and it's in good condition, just put a plug on it and it was ready to go, already turned a little test piece.

best buy i could have made. now i HAVE to get a studio up and running

clay

well i've been pretty busy this semester, sadly more so out of the studio, but pretty busy in as well. here are some more ceramic projects i've been working on.

variations on a monolith installed

clay clay and more clay

more figure works...

figure

i'll keep you updated on my figure class as well...

its been a minute

so it has been a while since i have last updated this

:here are a few happenings around the studio:

so i needed a bed...

the bed is made up of four major pieces
the footboard, the two sides and the headboard
[although there are slats too]

above is the pin that holds the headboard on, there's another on the other side

the hardware i made to fit the pieces together
the metal key fits inside a metal collar in the top piece
this way, using screws is unnecessary and the wood won't wear down

i only used 6 screws to hold the slats in place
and everything else fits together in 5 mins

and it begins

currently i am in rochester, minnesota with jayme for her family's reunion. today everyone gathered at jayme's aunt and uncle's house. while there, we went out into the garage and jayme's uncle scott gave her a pair of deer antlers he didn't want anymore [ jayme wanted to put them on her handlebars]. i noticed he had a Honda motorcycle sitting off to the side of the garage surrounded by the usual garage stuff. he said he didn't ride it anymore and asked if i wanted it. can you believe it? he got it from a friend a while ago for free, and said if i could arrange to come and pick it up, it was all mine!

it's a 1982 Honda 450 Nighthawk, i can't wait to get it and see what i can do with it!