Multiple Construct 1-5

After returning from my two and half week adventure into the high country, in the studio i feel very inspired to be immersed in all the projects. Without a stutter, like i hadn't been away, I went straight to work mounting the gun blued hinges. after a quick finish sanding and layout of the parts in there right sequence i began epoxying them onto each leaf of each book sculpture. Using 5 minute epoxy helps with to keep the process going at a reasonable pace. after each of the 5 pieces were assembled i could allow them to cure and then edge sand each to an edge square. next, tomorrow i'll head to the plastic shop to buy the .030 sheet styrene and start annoying Bill to gain access to the vacuform machine and produce the 10 reliefs for the outside pages of the 5 unit multiple.

Vacu-forming for a Multiple/1

My artist fishing friend Bill months ago had a great idea about repeating a part of my pieces over again through the use of a vacu-form machine. Last week I finally had time to find and buy the sheets of styrene. We bought a few differnt thicknesses so we could see the level of detail that would be created. After the initial tinkering to get the machine cleaned up and started which had its own learning curve, we were ready to test the first piece.
















After loading the reliefs on to the aluminum vacuum table, with the vacuum pump pulling 30lbs and the gas heaters running full blast Bill was ready to lower the very hot sheet of styrene onto the table and open the vacuum valve. After we tried about four test sheets we could see that the .030 thickness styrene sheets were giving us the best results. Only a slight webbing was occurring in the corners, and the detail that the thinnest sheets were more pleasing.

Now back to Piedmont Plastics next week for 12 sheets of Styrene, then we can go into production....  Thanks Bill!

New Drawing 6-2-2012

here is a new drawing i finished today.

Poly-Hedron Cabinets

I put a final coat of spar on both of the PolyHedron cabinet a few days ago and decided it would be a good idea to take some pictures of them before starting to make the leather closer straps for the doors. I took some close up images of the interior tree elements with the appendages of paper hedrons and legoscapes.

Mappa burl cabinet with trout images for interior Tree Trout.

Sapele veneer cabinet with Lego condo scape for the interior.

Open Hedronscape

During the past drawings i discovered the cut out shape in the hedron shapes that were integrated in the drawing.
similar to a lack of order but not chaos. the negative element opened a link in my though to helix imagery in science.
I began to build some elements for a few new landscapes and thought to create this helix hedron shape in a dimensional form with my polyhedrons.
I chose the subject matter of the trout details that are photographed wile hiking the rivers, and on the opposite side of the prints are the images of the topographic maps defining where i was with the trout.
Then i transfer the template for the pattern and then cut out the hedron and glue it together.

Hedron-scape drawings

With scraps from the photos.
Shapes used for Polyhedrons.
Shape forms which are elements of the cabinet sculptures.
Saved or added, left over arbitrary parts.
These recent drawings, formations between the drawn drawn and photo.
Fragments of images from treks in the wilderness.
The incorporation of watercolor to define the landscape.
The high sierra rock and its own geometry in striation and fracturing line.
Contours in a map defined by the rock.
Waterways defined by the topography.
Flora and fauna defined by the landscape.
The Landscape as elements.
Each linked and defined by one another.

Hedron Tree Cabinets 1 & 2

With the recent rain i've been lucky to be working in the shop for the past two weeks.
Two sculptures that i have been begging the question on have finally pushed me to react.
Since they're in the way?
I better give them some attention.
Building up the tree structures inside the truncated hedron cabinets first with the first cabinet with smaller hedrons of fish details.
The second cabinets tree will be constructed forms from the lego projects i've been integrating of late.
Soon after i reach a nice build up of the forms i'll need to go back and start working on the cabinets final satin finish.