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new sculpture timelapse

I just posted a timelapse of cutting and sanding the pieces of the new direction.. check out the timelapse movie here.

sculpture 2

The new piece is coming along pretty nicely. I sort of worked out a lot of the problems on the first piece in the new series, and now I’ve implemented some serious speedups.


layout


cutout, vertical layout figured out and pieces primed


spacers placed, glued, and fastened


underpainting done


layer one of the top painting


layer 2/3 of the top painting

Another couple of layers of top paint and final glue up, and piece 2 is done.

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timelapse movies

hey, here’s a Timelapse movie with music of me making a workbench using simpson strong ties, and…

Another timelapse movie, bigger, no sound, though of me making a workbench with a pegboard backing support.

treo 650 stand.. also an iPod stand :)

My coworkers Jon and Andrew pointed out to me last night that my phone stand could also be a really good iPod stand. :)

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It’s actually a better fit than my Treo650. :) Maybe I can join the “iPod economy”

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Treo Stand (version 1?)

This is essentially how the treo stand ended up looking…
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So, sometimes the creative process takes you off on a journey that you’re not expecting… Actually, any good creative endeavor will do that! My original design was rigid and fixed, and somewhere in fabricating the pieces, I decided that it would be cooler if the stand could be adjustable, and from there it turned into “It would be _really_ clever if it would fold up”… Function without purpose… sweet. :) You can view more photos in the gallery.

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