Happy 2013! And what better way to start anew than by moving my entire studio up two floors! Caution: this post is a rambling love story about my new work space. I'll warn you about my gushing, but I won't apologize for it, for this move has been a long time coming and has paid off in spades.
Hey folks! The most recent winner in the Lake of the Month poll, Vancouver, is now available in the shop. Hooray! This link will take you directly to the listing.
I enjoyed working a little more realism into this custom piece.
Lots of wee, curvy bits from today's work. Intricate much?
Screen shot of Vancouver taken from Google Street View
For this week’s post on “Now Playing in the Studio,” I’d like to share my favorite podcasts with you. I have a mild addiction to and discerning taste for good podcasts. I like them on the longer side, well edited, filled with good news or information, and with a healthy sprinkling of laughs. There are a ka-gillion different podcasts floating around in available air and cyber space on nearly every topic, and in a number of different platforms for easy listening on a wide array of devices, so there’s no good excuse for not tuning one in now and then.
Here's Leah marking my turf for this Saturday's St. Paul Craftstravaganza. I'll be in the beautifully rustic Progress building in the State Fairgrounds, near some fun hands-on crafting tables and the loos! I hope you'll stop by and check it out!
One of my work goals last year was to develop a routine with designated, contiguous working hours, rather than the splintered, catch-as-catch-can approach I had been taking before. In short, I wanted a more solid workday, so that I could take a well-deserved evening or weekend off.
Cutting depth into a piece featuring Lake of the Ozarks, with my Blade Runner tool.
I have a fear/love relationship with custom requests. I FEAR that the challenge of a new subject may be too great for me to render accurately or well, and I LOVE seeing the finished piece and knowing that it turned out all right. I don't think any task that seems easy from the get go would give me the same sense of satisfaction in the end. And so it was with one of my most recent, and by far most challenging custom requests:
The mission: To cut the topography of the entire world in five layers, highlighting the highest summit of each of the seven continents.