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Category Archives: Making work
The Alchemy of Demolition ix
I loaded the boxes into the car and drove toward the freeway, buoyed by the lovely smell of freshly cut poplar. I don’t think I have ever bent as many finishing nails as I did nailing these things together. The … Continue reading
The Alchemy of Demolition viii
I spent the day in my hot garage shop putting the boxes together using that nice poplar I picked up the other day. I finished this afternoon, so that installation is looking good to go. Thank God for power tools! … Continue reading
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The Principle iv
Checklist: Make all remaining boxes Paint sun face on the man, finish the painting Paint the remaining crows Eye hooks in all crow panels Get sun disc, drill holes, tie string, suspend Buy plywood for floor, lay down Pour the … Continue reading
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The Alchemy of Demolition vii
I spent a couple of hours cutting the poplar to size and building three of the ten boxes I need for the installation. I am NOT a good carpenter, so it takes me a long time to get these things … Continue reading
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As the Crow Flies xvii
I found about twelve more crow / raven photos that will be useful for the piece, so I’ve made a photoshop file combining them all onto one transparency, ready to paint on Monday morning. Everything seems to be in decent … Continue reading
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The Alchemy of Demolition vi
I picked up the wood for the boxes at Home Depot – spent several hundred dollars – choosing some nice poplar for the task, with some 1/2″ quarter round molding to keep the pieces in place in the boxes. I … Continue reading
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The Alchemy of Demolition v
The gold is almost all down, following my magnificent assistant’s valiant efforts this afternoon. We’ll need to do some touch up work Monday, because the three dimensional nature of the pieces of the building make gilding them very difficult, so … Continue reading
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The Principle iii
Cameron and I took a good look at the gallery space this evening to plan where everything will go for the exhibit next week. I think we have a pretty good idea of how things will go, but Cameron correctly … Continue reading
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As the Crow Flies xvi
There was a great deal of administrative stufff to take care of this morning that ate up most of my time, but this afternoon I got to the studio and got a good chunk of work done, particularly dedicated to … Continue reading
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The Alchemy of Demolition iv
I fixed the cutout sections, using plenty of epoxy resin to make sure they won’t fall apart again, then sprayed them with a coat of that red primer, which will both seal the surface and give the gold paint something … Continue reading
