Ceramic handle

Clean up

Casting Day

Burn out and patch

6th coat ceramic shell

Slurry and fine zircon (first coat)

Sprueing

Texture (VAIR Part 8)

Wax on (VAIR part 7)

Some Completed waxes ready for sprueing and a wax on my improvised lathe

Port hole gallery

Exhibition of some of my past work currently on display in front of the RDC Library

Visiting Artist in residence part 5

Initial components made from ceramic and wax (to be cast in bronze).

Visiting Artist in residence part 4

Shots of my studio space

3d Models (Visiting artist in residence Part 3)

Maquettes (Visiting artist in residence Part 2)

Visiting artist in residence Part 1

I’m at Red Deer College right now doing the visiting artist in residence until Dec. 8. The new visual Art building is pretty nice; lots of natural light. While I’m here, I’m making a series of sculptural cutting instruments. And hope to document the process on this Blog. These are some of the initial Drawings.

Zero Emissions Ride-on Mower

Who needs a tractor when you have a bicycle and reel mower?

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLmkIkqIHC0

Today I climbed a mountain.

How exactly does a camera aperture mechanically work? Today I transformed that wonder into knowledge. I have always relished taking things apart, discovering how they work, and this old SLR lens did not disappoint. It was like a puzzle box with no visible opening, the minuscule screws made my ordinarily nimble fingers feel like wood stumps; even my smallest screwdriver had to be ground and sharpened so it would fit in the slots. Each layer provided its’ own individual challenges and surprises. Finally tweezers trembling, I lifted the last cover revealing a delicate flower that is the aperture. Now I have to climb back down the mountain and put it all back together.

cephalopod

Eploded View of Driver Knife

Knife driver

New design

Carbon Fibre keeps me regular

Slower concept

quick concepts

Rings

Some Rings I made in the past

Squidward Birth Mark

no that is not my buttocks.