I have notebooks of ideas that i want to work on eventually, but one that keeps coming back to me. Thanks to www.tk560.com i have plans for a very good vacuum former. This is more of a tool than an actual art piece, but to do most of the stuff that i want to make could be done with this one tool. Plus Halloween is a great time of the year for me,  friends want costumes, i usually work on theater shows, and people want props. With this machine i could make all of those. For this project I am looking at spending around $250, and several weekends of work. Also the skills needed to complete this include carpentry, Electronic Wiring, and Welding. The welding will have to wait, the other two i should be able to do. Alternatively i could change the metal tubes with a hard wood that will not warp. The welded portion is to hold the plastic stable while it is moved from the heat to the vacuum.

This project is at the top of my list, so be looking forward to more from Master Effects.

I previously took some time off from creating, and focused on finding a job, the security of this job will allow me to work on more projects. Hopefully some new ideas to come soon.

Continue?

Alright, and a third idea (read previous post if confused).

A comic book, i have a few characters in my head i am going to try to draw up some sketches tonight, we will see if anything comes out of it.

A break from mediocrity.

After graduation i have been trying to get a job to sustain my artistic endeavors, but while i am doing that i have a few new ideas to work on.


Idea Number One: Inflatable sculptures
                    Flying or just filled with air?

Idea Number Two: MP3 Sound Effects Box
                    Bring in da noise, Bring in da funk.

Keep watching for these ideas and more.

Fleeting Images Art Exhibition

Fleeting Images Art Exhibition is up and you can see it here, or you can go to the show in person at

Brick City 215 W Mill St Springfield MO. I hope you enjoy the show.

OK, we are six days away from the opening of the show, and i am most of the way done. Three pieces are up, and i need to put up at least three more. tonight i am going to try to get two up, how i don't know, but two will go up. Photos soon to follow, when the show is fully up, i will post it.

My artist statement is coming along, but i feel i cant do much more till i have the whole thing up.

What do you mean they blew up the Death Star? Just rebuild it? Whos going to give me a loan?

Its starting to go up! Photos soon to follow.

alright... so i didnt fall, but i droped one of the sculptures two stories...

Hanging two pieces today, wish me luck... cause i could fall... =P

Todays events.

Well today i spent helping my roomate with some car trouble, what we thought might cost $400 ended up costing $6... a good day i hope.

Art wise i spent today working on a couple of simple designs for my senior show, and those showing with me.

Request

I have been asked to produce figures for a local skeptics convention.





The main figure would be of the FSM.
I am also going to try to come up with two to three designs.

Continue?

Alright, so the mold came out at 90% slight deformation, but i can fix it. This ladies and gentleman is the result of using plaster as a base model, and trying to take a plaster mold. Not the best idea, but free to me. The better way to do this would be to use alginate for the main mold, plaster to reinforce it, and then hydracal or ultracal for the cast. Anyways, that has been set aside for a few days, and i am waiting on my funds to refill a little bit so that i can order the Gelatin and Sorbital.

On my senior show, i am coming along nicely. I have one of the center pieces done, and need to work on the second one. they will be hanging above one another in the center of the room with other pieces around it. More updates on this to come.

Beginning of a New Life

In two months I graduate, and stress is bogging me down, but there is a light. Even though I am an art student, i haven't had a chance to really work on my own work. At the moment i am trying to take advantage of having a shop, and also trying to prepare myself for being without these tools. For example a lot of the work i do is making molds and life casting, and i am making a permanent mold of my head to have and use in later projects.
Sadly i have been having trouble getting the materials to work for my purposes. I am determined though, i am going back to the lab tonight to work and get this right. I am bound and determind to say that i walked away with something from this fife year experience.


As a side note, if anyone knows of a job opening, or a really good place two rent a two bedroom apartment, please send them my way.

Edit: its hours later now, and the project is under way, i am covered in plaster, and must throw my Red Hot Chilipeppers shirt in the laundry(didnt realize i was wearing it.) and then back to work. I have half of the mold done, and the other half is about to be started. Cross your fingers as to this one comming out.