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.

Fire Power

Wood Pile..... oh yeah

Quality time

Gears for a clock that I am building

Chess Set -Stoneware