Happy California Cow?

Trip up the coast a couple weeks ago....he (she?) had a steep climb up the side of the hill.  If it were night time, glad white variety.

Copper Wire Tree with Felt Fruit

Quickly worked copper wire into a tree, and added a felted fruit...wool  from local sheep, purchased from farmer's market a few weeks ago.  The roving was purchased, not the sheep!

Iteration Interpreted in Wax for Bronze

This is what started the Iteration thought.  I was somehow drawn to repetitive shapes easily made by hand. I am not much of a "realistic"  figure artist ("not much" being an overstatement), and kind of shudder at the lack of my skills there.  I decided that I would embrace what I can do, and that is make these balls....by hand easily, without fret...embrace what I could do likely being a good mode to make forward progress. 

Currently I am exploring culture trends in "making" and decided that making pseudo uniformity by hand kind of dovetails into the movement of technology being used to customize. The balls are the same, but different, by hand.  And hopefully, they are caught in "movement," which may be more evident in real life than in this picture. 

This is being prepped to cast in bronze. Plan to mount on backing..working through the process/choices. 

Third Iteration

Yet another iteration. Wax and wood.

Wax Word Sculpture Second Iteration

Working with concept of words in wax.  Second iteration used silicone spray, which was much  easier to remove than when I just placed the letters without coating.  Process...set the letters, pour in the wax.  Another iteration is in the works...supplies being gathered. 

Wax Words Sculpture

 Idea in work here. Carving out the letters to cast for bronze, though making a mess of it in first attempt.  Have a few more ideas to try, but liked the way it looked above, so captured image. Waxing poetic.....well for now, just this word, but likely more to come.

abstract learning

The "by my hand"guideline for posts here a bit abstract on this...beyond the properties of various types of snow...really the post is doing it all by phone...not phoning it in without feeling, but much more tangible and utilitarian than that...snapping and posting on one little handheld device...very easily opening avenues for communication of exploration...retail and otherwise!