TODAY'S FEATURED POST
DUNE PART 2: THE BATTLE OF ARRAKEEN
It's a well known thing I'm a big Dune person. Herbert's book was the first book I ever bought for myself at the Scholastic Book Fair when I was a kid, and has been my core nearest and dearest set of novels ever since. I spent my 14th birthday at the Friday release of David Lynch's film and when I heard Denis Villeneuve was going to take a stab at it, I made it an…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Clay Figure Time-lapse
May 9, 2024 - The initial phases of building a larger scale ceramic sculpture involve a lot of technical adaptability and sorting out challenges. The beginnings of the process are not quite the moments of feeling your creative mojo flowing that we long for as artists, but the problem solving itself provides a level of artistic fulfillment. Since I build these larger figures hollow, until everything is set up enough to support itself, there is a tendency for the lower sections to deform or collapse under the weight of the upper parts. Once the components are set up enough to support the weight, a challenge arises in the workability of the clay. The trade off for this stability means that it has dried a certain amount, so it’s less workable. It kicks off a bit of a stress scenario…
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Rule of Thumb
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The Mud of Venus, Part 2
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“The Vanishing” photo ref
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Weird Wizard of Oz
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
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The Most Mind-Blowing Images I Have Seen in My Life: Part I
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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