We've been having some interesting weather lately. It went from absolutely gorgeous weather, to fog for three days straight, and now it's a lovely but incredibly windy day. Here's some photos from the other day down in Canal Park in Duluth.

                       

Bronze Pieces Finished!

Bronze figures are officially finished now! I've coated them each with a patina, and some have several different kinds applied to different parts of them.

More wax figures! Below is the concept sketch for my next sculpture. It emerged after a several hours of contemplation on the image of the idealized and stereotypical woman and the restrictions it puts on women. The wax figure (on the left) is going to have several poles going through the body, with several more criss-crossing them locking the figure into place. It's evolved greatly since the original concept, but I like the direction it's going.

Sunflowers and Art!

It's springtime! Though granted there's always a chance of a random snowstorm in april it's beginning to feel an awful lot of like things should be green and growing. So I have begun planting! My sunflowers are growing like crazy and they only began sprouting on saturday. They inspired me to design a dress based upon them. 

As an artist and a student of art who wants to one day be a professional, I need to start getting my work out of the classroom. This april I am going to be showing some paintings in a local coffeehouse during our areas Homegrown Music Festival!

Previously it's been primarily about the music, but this year they are adding a visual aspect to it as well. So I dusted off a few of my favorite paintings from 2010 (and one from 2011, accidentally labeled it the wrong year though) and submitted them! Two of the three I entered were accepted!

 These are the two paintings I entered that were accepted. The one above was painted in acrylic in 2010, and the one below is a watercolor I did in 2011 (though I completely spaced, and thought I did it in 2010 for some reason when I submitted it).

For awhile now, I've been completely dumbfounded by cute miniature food. It is a fact of life that when something is smaller, it becomes even more adorable. So I will spread the delightfulness!

Cuteness!

Also she has a channel on youtube where she has posted samples of her work as well as a tutorial on how to make tiny cupcakes!

She doesn't just make food though!

More awesomeness!

:)

Wax figures

 Wax figures!



Above are two photo's of the first figure I made.

         I really liked how these two figures turned out, even though originally I hadn't even planned on making two figures. The second one, the one kneeling as the seat, was inspired by a man playing "seat for hire" that I'd seen at the renaissance festival once before, and as I needed something for the sitting figure to use as a seat, I thought it would be amusing if he sat and had a conversation with his chair.  One thing I do love about this piece is how the form flows downward in a triangle if you look at it from the right angle. 

      Haven't updated in awhile, but today we got to pour the molten bronze into our silica cases we'd made of our wax figures. I didn't have a camera to take pictures of the process, but next time we beging this process (it takes several days), I'll do my best to get step by step photos. :)

Finished my steel project! It's about a foot and a half wide or more and two feet tall, can't be sure because I'm just guesstimating. I got some good feedback on it, and I think it turned out fairly well. What do y'all think, did I manage to convey the concept of "soft" using sheets of steel and rod?

Here's the original concept sketch. 

As you can see it's changed slightly, although it does keep the original idea of using multiple curved objects to create a texture. This idea I pushed even further by using curved triangles and rounding them out. I also kept the idea of having the curves move upward on one end, though I did change the direction the curves faced.

We're going to start dipping our wax models on monday and I've scheduled a shoot for my video project this weekend. More updates to follow!