Quote of the week

"I'm going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened." --George W. Bush, on what he hopes to accomplish with his memoir, as reported by the Associated Press, Calgary, Canada, March 17, 2009

I am currently working on a new sculpture but as of now have not decided a name for it. It is going to have a rigid and more simplified look like a Hawaiian tiki or whatever you call it. It is starting to come along pretty good as the clay hardens and I can get more done on it. I am shooting to get it pretty much done by Friday at the latest Monday so I can start letting it dry.

The past two weeks in my painting class I have been using cardboard instead of canvas to kind of free up and find a direction. I have been painting some sort of wildlife for the most part and am starting to feel like I am finding a direction. I have an idea for my next painting I think for this one I will also start with cardboard to experiment and do it again on canvas when I get results that I like.

"Cricket man" is finally finised. The only thing left to do for this sculpture now is to wait for it to get fired so I can paint it. I am still going to go with iridescent black purple paint, and am still deciding on wire or nylon bristles for the hairs. That also reminds me that I need to add two more holes on the head before it is fired for antennae.

Quote of the week

[to everyone in the church] I have something to say! It's better to burn out, than to fade away! 

The kurgin, Highlander

Since I will be wrapping up cricket man soon I am about ready to get started on my next project. For this one I will be attempting to do most of it from home. I have already been running ideas through my head on the process for this one. It has already been established last week that I will need to use wires for the base but I will also need to get the clay ready today so I can start letting it dry. If I Don't start letting it dry it will be awhile before I can work with it because soft clay is to much of a pain in the as for me to sculpt with.

My current sculpture "cricket man" is coming along better than I planned so far. I think I want to put some insect mandables on it eventually, probably something like the predator. It should be dry enough by now to finish carving the base and working on the finer details. Using fired glaze that I can polish for the eyes is most likely the next step that I will be taking.