Stacy was wandering around with the camera the other day and got some fun pics of studio stuff, so I thought I'd throw them up here with a bit o' the narrative. I imagine this first one... the one where I look like I just woke up, will be my monitor pic. It seems fitting since there is no amount of sleep that can take that look off my face right now. All the better for the newbies to recognize me easily.
This is the bench I have recently and temporarily shanghied for the cozy, chatty, and relatively peaceful atmosphere - and so I don't feel like i am sooo in the way of absolutely everybody. Take note of my minimalist approach to working: Metal, Sand, Sandpaper, Phone, Candy.Also, i've jacked this thing up like a monster truck now. I can finally get my knees under it!
And this is the stuff I'm working on. I've been working with brass square tubing all semester. For Stacy's class I am cutting it up and putting it back together. In Frankie's class, I'm doing this bendy swirly stuff. The mustache piece is my favorite. I hate the idea of selling it. It's the only one I'm attached to in the line... maybe I'll just stick a big fatty price tag on it and wear it during the sale so nobody can get at it. (...Don't worry Nina, I promise the rest can sell for very resonable prices)These next two are for those of you that aren't in the class and curious as to how we roll. Somebody throws down their goods and then we all check it out. I felt like this was my best critique ever.
My work is the strongest it's ever been, despite a couple of crafting issues that have come up. The main suggestion given was one that really makes sense and will improve my line for sure.Folks want me to do something different on the finishes, as in, make each one more unique. I was giving them all the same finish to make sure they tied together, and I may not deviate too much from the overall look of them. It's a great idea to try a couple of 'adjustments' though, because there are already enough similarities. They are all bent square tubing. They all have silver innies and outties at the tube ends. They all have sliver lining at the bands.
Probably they will all have a simple patina, but I will be adding dissimilar textures to emphasis thier uniqueness.I've already added a leopard spot kind of look to my simple single curve, and 'hairy' file marks to the mustache.
I will put both full lines up here in the next week or two.
