I was discussing steampunk with spooky-librarian Jeanne, a friend that makes stained glass art.. the conversation wandered into the lack of “evil” stained glass works, and the possibility of doing an art nouveau Bat.
a few days later, we saw a call for artists in a halloween show, and the goal was seized..
Central Cincinnati gallery, i was so jazzed when they invited us in (our third time showing work in a gallery) The store owner has a long history in the Cinci art scene..to be accepted into a show of hers was.. kinda staggering. My thanks to her, and the store is a fascinating place to explore.
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Located in Downtown Cincinnati. Eclectic Diverse, and High-End, It opened in Feb. 2007 and so far has been doing wonderfully.
A Cincinnati non profit arts center and gallery. They saw my work, invited me into the guild, and i volunteer there a lot. If you’re ever near, drop by, there’s a lot of fascinating stuff there all the time. (our first time in a gallery was here)
]]>A spiffy Printmaker in Boston. She and I work together on some prints, and manage the Printmaker’s Periodic Table of Elements project together. She doth rock.
Carving is kinda a new art to me, at least, in wood. So i tend to fiddle a bit, and practice a bit in various woods before i tackle “real” projects.. trying to get the feel for the wood, for each is different. poplar is supersoft, but the weak fibers “feather out". oak, takes a lot of effort to carve, but picks up a perfect surface if you learn to understand the grains. walnut and ash..oily, hard to cut, but glides so well, and burnish so well.. sassafras, the open grain of oak, without the strength, maple an interesting mixture of good and bad traits..
so far the only wood i *hate* is pine. So here’s a few images of stuff i’ve tinkered with..rough sketches and doodles.
The very sweet and talented CelticGoddess of Etsy.com had gotten to know each other a little in the forums, and she was hoping to commission a traditionally themed bracelet display for craft shows - something that would be a bit more difficult to shoplift from than the regular “capitol T” shaped commercial bracelet displays. This is the end result.
I am told that even today, X-shaped chairs are reserved for Catholic bishops, and that they actually use Faldistoriums in ritual, though I do not know if this is true. My idea, however, was an interpretation. Say, not long after Rome retreated from the British Isles and Hadrian’s wall was overrun. What kind of throne might a Celtic warlord have made? How would he have re-imaged a Roman Faldistorium? So, I made this -
