I’ve recently returned from MASS MoCA’s huge survey of Canadian contemporary art. A brief description from the MASS MoCA web site: The largest survey of contemporary Canadian art ever produced outside Canada, Oh Canada features work by more than 60 artists who hail from every province and nearly every territory in the country, spanning multiple generations and […]
Interviewed in Canadian Art you say, about my show at the Mendel Art Gallery, opening this very evening? Nice!
Some new work from my show Grampa Used to Wash my Hands With Gasoline at Two Rivers Gallery in Prince George. My thanks go out to the gallery staff for their hard work and professionalism. There was some heavy lifting involved.
This is the first pour of the differential from the 12 bolt chevy. On the “size scale” this one is probably 6 out of 10 and is still a lot of work. when finished I think that it will be about an eight piece mold. You can see the blue foam sticking out of the […]
Here is the brake drum from the axle. This is the first step in making the plaster mold, I have partitioned of two portions of it and will pour those parts first. You can see the black plasticine that I use to seal the edges, some people use clay but I prefer the plasticine. I found […]
Here I am getting ready to start pouring plaster. I have about five moulds ready to start, I find that the more that you have ready to pour the less plaster I also try to have a variety of sizes of objects to pour so that I can maximize my mixed plaster.
I guess this is the start. Richard told me that I needed to start doing more things on my web site. I have been able to get back into the studio after some time off. The first project that I am staring with is a 12 bolt chevy axle, here I am cutting off unnecessary […]
Here is the next engine in line for casting. I’m not sure what it is, it came from an old ford grain truck. I might be able to find a serial number once it’s cleaned up.
This is the grain truck that the above engine came from. I don’t know what year it is but I do know that I hated driving it. It seemed to have a mind of its own veering left or right without warning. Very scary at highway speeds when full of grain. So when it was […]