Road Trip

At Dawn and Joe's house tonight. Playing with little Annalise before I head off to bed. Heading out to Phoenix with sculptures and golf clubs in the car. I'll post some pictures along the way.

Tooting My Own Horn

Thanks to Curt Brown for this nice article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune today.
Sunrises on the North Shore sustain artist

More Art Summit/ Office Shaman

Art Summit

I'm back blogging again after loosing my last computer, well, I didn't loose the computer just everything on it.

Here are some images of new work I will be showing at the Art Summit. A small group show and sale at 301 Summit Ave. St. Paul on Saturday November 13, 2-10 PM. Hope to see you there.

Tofte Fish Project

This is ceramic shell coat #9 on the lake trout. One more coat of the slurry, let dry, de-wax, Vitrify molds at 1800 degrees for an hour, check the molds for cracks, patch if needed, pour bronze into the molds, chill, break off the mold material, cut off the extra metal, design and manufacture a system for mounting, sand blast, patina, and finally wax the finished bronzes. Then build the net that the fish will be mounted to.....see, nothing to it.

Tofte Fish Project

Finishing up a project to be installed in the park in Tofte overlooking Lake Superior. The idea is to show life sized fish that inhabit the lake along with some reference to the people who fish commercially for our Lake Superior species.
The picture shows the beginning of the casting mold making process. I have five herring made in wax from molds I took of actual fish. The big one is a lake trout. This is what they look like after the first coat of the refractory mold material. 9 more coats to go.

Here is the trout with the second coating, called a stucco coat there is a fine sand added to the matrix of mold material. 8 more coats to go. This will take several days to accomplish.

Celebrating the Art of Living

Join Last Chance Studio and Gallery this evening for the opening of "Celebrating the Art of Living" featuring the work of Artists whose work adds meaning to our lives.
Legacy Urns and Commemorative Art; Tom Christiansen
Fiber Art and the "Tao of Foolishness"; Korey Thompson
"A Few Last Words: Your Guide to the Art of Self Memorializing" ; Author and Painter, Jack Becker
Ritual Pots; Kristi Downing
Intentional and Legacy Jewelry; Kim Vorel
Opening reception tonight 5 to 7
Saturday 10 to 5 with presentations through out the day.