A snow covered City?

Nope, it's not covered in snow. I just had to take some pictures showing what one of my projects looked like in the cleaning stage, the ceramic/silica(?) shell is still covering it, and let me tell you, it is a beast to get out of all the nooks and crannies. Though once it's done and has had a nice patina applied, it, looks something like this. 

This is a completed city bowl (I know my titles are great aren't they), it weighs about five pounds, is bronze, and fits in the palm of your hand. 

I sculpted each of the buildings by hand from wax, it took a very long time. But I enjoyed it so much I had to do it again, this time with a vase. This one was even more work if possible. I had to pour it in two pieces, otherwise it would not have stood a chance of getting cleaned thoroughly again. 

This one is still in two pieces, I'm thinking about just putting a hinge on it and then it'd have the option of being closed or open. Because that's alot of detail I'd be losing if I just welded it shut. Though at the same time, the idea of having it be a hidden little world, that could be viewed through only little windows is also really appealing...

Piano dress progress!

So the piece is finished! Just only had a little time now to show my work, lol. This is what the skirt looks like finished, it clatters something awful when you wear it, cuz the inside of the keys are wood and all. 

Basically I made to steel rod hoops, one that had the keys on them, and the other that had the other half of the keys laced on in a smaller hoop which hangs inside the first. I wired the tops of the second ring so that it would hook onto the first and thus evenly distribute the keys and I wouldn't have to straighten them out all the time. 

Still requires a bit of straightening, but nice effect over all. :)

Also, here's a sneak peek into part of the bodice, this is the design for an attachment to a plain corset, bring out the strings and soundboard!

I'll post more on it when I actually have better photos of the finished piece.

The Checklist

On the note of the Red Pen, one tool I've come up with when I'm revamping a screenplay is the Checklist. I look at my past screenplay's and make note of what the professor has critiqued me on, or what I have had trouble understanding. Using that list, I mentally check each of the things as I read my screenplay, completely reading through for each problem.

 In my second screenplay my trouble came in remembering to put sounds that are significant to the story of the film in all caps. Because of this when I looked over my last screenplay before handing it in, I read it through once checking specifically for that problem. On my next sweep of the script I paid close attention to how I treated the description of places and the character identification; which I had also had a problem with. While I don't literally write out a checklist and go down it bit by bit, it wouldn't hurt.

In using the Checklist I've noticed it's becomes possible for me to get hung up on the details of Screenplay formatting. In the course of editing to solve formatting problems I may inadvertently change the flow or direction of the story, which could move the screenplay away from the requirements laid down for the assignment. Future goal: always keep in mind the object of the piece even while making corrections to the format.