Right now my life consists of brief periods of sleeping and eating between long periods of art making. I’ve spent much of the past three days or so either machining holes, deburring said holes or fitting struts to the structure of the Maize cob. For most of yesterday, Lewis Dulin (seen above, in his element) and I worked as a team to fit the 84 struts to the cob.
Above – Yesterday at about 7PM we finally assembled all of the kernel holding struts onto the cob. This was a battle, a battle of ideas, of methods, of trial and error, and it has been awesome. I’m sore and tired, and I as we take each step towards completion, it just gets better and better.
Above – Despite the press of deadline (show opens September 6!)and the need to keep the heat on, there’s always some downtime at the studio. Sometimes you daze off, sometimes you sit down and have a beer (or two, or three) and sometimes I just like to snoop around, checking out the endless cabinet of wonders, especially automotive wonders that make Eric’s Studio their home. That Fables Club Plaque above, sitting on a tire, in front of the wooden master for a sphere mold is just one of a million mysterious details.
I’ve been uploading new pictures from the past week to the Flickr set. Peruse at your pleasure
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