Monthly Archives: March 2012

…about Mitt’s underpants…

Not a subject I thought I would have to mention  but as it’s been in the news…well, not his underpants, exactly, but the whole Mormon-elephant-in-the-room is apparently not being discussed in the US media even though it is over here. … Continue reading

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Rejection.

Yep, I have been rejected by the Royal Academy. This does put me in illustrious company, I know and it isn’t that surprising, so I wasn’t that effected. “Thank you for submitting photographs of your sculpture. The Sculptor Members of … Continue reading

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Art as work.

This last few weeks I have been doing some corrections or repairs on my sculpture, dependent on how you look at it. There are a number of things that are not just up to standard and I’ve been busy, well, … Continue reading

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What bears do in the woods.

I was a bit amazed last week on one of my infrequent forays into SL [...Aliz "why do we prefer Iwz to SL?" ...me "Because it's so peaceful here?"  ..Aliz "Yes that must be it."] I thought I would pop … Continue reading

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Artist’s Statement

Now, I may have posted this video before but it is so long ago I can’t find it anymore … anyway it’s worth posting again… It is because I have had to start thinking along the Artist’s Statement lines that … Continue reading

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Casting resin … a CraftGeek post

Now, I am no expert by any means …. but I have just cast a piece that has 50 components and each of them is cast. 24 moulds all told, some of them very unsuccessful and some of them fine, … Continue reading

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Update..

My last post left the whole thing a bit hanging in the air… and so, to finish the story… yes, I did get the photos printed up. I went to a nearby town and found a photo lab that had … Continue reading

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One of those days

Now, we all have the rather misguided belief that ‘professionals’ are able to do a job better than we can, and, very often that is the case. I would not recommend doing brain surgery yourself and I would be no … Continue reading

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Finished… well, sort of..

Yep, it’s way past my bedtime and I’ve just taken a set of photos of my sculpture only to find they are all too crap (not hi-res enough) so I’ll have to do them again in the morning…still…I thought you … Continue reading

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Resin and lost wax.

Now, the lost wax method of producing, say, jewellery was know as far back as Egyptian times but as far as I know it is not very often used with resin. I have spent quite some time on a previous … Continue reading

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