Quick Sketch
I’ve been working on a handful of drawings but this sketch represents the opposite end of the spectrum from them. I feel like I’m slowly honing in on what best describes what I’m thinking. It’s easy to feel like I’m on to something when what I’m working on starts to take some sort of recognizable [...]
State of the Studio
Layering an old saw handle with salt. I’m dipping and coating things. Salt builds up a nice surface. On the right are a few small samples using different glues, epoxy, spray adhesive and Elmer’s. The Elmer’s won out. It stays white. I want the coats to eventually change the form to where it’s unrecognizable. I’ve [...]
Tonight
Not much to say except that I’m taking a slower, more layered approach to these drawings. Trying to build up the image over a longer period of time. I also painted over the last one. I have a clearer idea (although, it’s still pretty fuzzy) for them. I’m trying to post more. I don’t always [...]
Last Night’s Drawing
Untitled | gesso, charcoal, ink on paper | forgot the dimensions After growing a bit frustrated with the wall prosthetic I talked about in the last post, I decided to do more drawing to flush out some ideas that have built up. I tend to try to think my way through problems instead of working [...]
First Coat
The first coat of white to see the inconsistencies It’s moving along. The inconsistency of the first coat of white is actually pretty nice. Normally I would make sure the surface is fully opaque and consistent, but the variable quality of the color gives a bit more depth. But then again, as I’m writing this, [...]
Studio Update #366
This is the progress since I originally started it long ago. Slithered in water putty after I spent an hour sanding off the liquid nail I used to adhere it to the masonite, this future wall prosthetic’s next step is another sanding, and as you could guess, it’s gonna be a doozy.
Studio Rooftop View
View of LA at night from the roof on my studio Not much studio progress to speak of. I have a few things in-progress that are about halfway finished though. CAA is coming to LA in February and I’m looking to get enough work done so I can have a little shindig at the studio [...]
Sunday Development
My development environment No studio time this week. I had a really long week and went to bed every evening at around 9pm. Felt really nice to just fall into bed that early, knowing I didn’t have to be up until 9pm the next morning. It took all week to catch up on the sleep [...]
Untitled and in Progress
At the time, I had edited a couple of pieces out of the series as the forms weren’t quite right. I held onto them though, in the hopes that I would be able to find some sort of closure. The problem was that the forms had more of a subtractive quality to them as if they had been carved rather than being built from the inside-out (they were made with individual pieces that were wheelthrown and then put together with added handbuilt forms).
8 Full Hours
Wall Prosthetic In Progress I actually got 8 full hours in my studio last Saturday. It felt like the first stretch after one wakes up, except for 8 hours. I started with the wall prosthetic I began 2 years ago. It started to come together pretty quickly as I’m more in need of finishing it [...]