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Going Green: Sculpting with “Green Stuff”

Kristine Poole

Problem solving often plays a significant role in sculpting, especially when working with water-based clay (which generally spends its life wanting nothing more than to collapse into one big cow patty). We have to constantly pit our wits against the will of gravity itself. On top of this, sometimes an even bigger challenge is presented by the material not being particularly well-suited to a specific part of the project. On that note, today we'll take…

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A Field Guide to the Butterflies

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Fischer Paints- 1976 Greco Les Paul- The Kracken!

Scott Fischer

September 26, 2023 - This month we throw some paint down on an abandoned Les Paul project. And I lay down a slow jam. Folks I love painting on guitars. Especially guitars with some mojo. Adding to that history. Something about this one felt like you would find in is a pirate ship at the bottom of the sea. SO I took that notion and ran with it! https://youtu.be/JwMdJX-Qc3A These custom guitars might be as close as I get to tattooing someone, lol. Because I always want the lines of what I am doing to complement the contours of the guitar. Much like a great tattoo artist. To paint these I use Alpha enamel. That way there is no need to seal it afterwords. That enamel is what sign painters and hot rod pin striping artist use. It is…

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