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World Art - Oblivious

I’ve been working on this one for the past year, and I finished it about 2 months ago. It’s been sitting in my garage waiting for the weather to get warmer so I can varnish it. I had to take it out this past weekend to photograph it for a juried show that’s coming up. It has suddenly become very timely. I call it “Oblivious”. It’s a commentary on how we can sometimes live our lives while ignoring major problems around us. [GildedCity] Approximately 300 individual parts were stained and…

New Artwork - "The Storyteller"

I just finished my latest piece of art made with a GlowForge. It’s lacking a frame. But since I can’t go out right now to get materials, I won’t wait to get one to share this piece. [20200327_091941] [20200327_092337] [20200327_092748] I titled it “The Storyteller”. All the pieces are made of Baltic Birch, which were stained in different colors. If you look on the side of the buildings, there are words engraved there. The words all come from the text of “Arabian Nights”. A big sh…

30 DoD Challenge - Day 30 - Wolves Everywhere

As discussed here, I’m doing a challenge of designing something new each day for 30 days (30 Days of Design Challenge ) Here is the design I made for day 30. It’s a piece of art. [wolvesEverywhere] I was inspired by this one: [image] https://www.lethbridgegallery.com/artwork/little-red-riding-hood-by-john-morris-33 But wanted to show that the wolves are not only in the forest. The piece is about 42" wide by 21" tall. Here it is on a white background, with a closeup of a few parts. […

30 DoD Challenge - Day 28 - Village Art

As discussed here, I’m doing a challenge of designing something new each day for 30 days (30 Days of Design Challenge ) Here is the design I made for day 28. It’s a piece of art, made from many pieces of baltic birch plywood, stained different colors. [20200215_082141] To give you a sense of scale, this is me holding it: [20200215_132523] I know the frame around it is not symetrical. It’s just the backer piece of wood. I’m going to make a nice frame for it next weekend (time permitt…

My first piece of art created on the GF

I’ve made laser-cut art in the past, but this is the first piece done completely on a GF. After 100 hours of design (which was previously done before I got the GF)… After 26 hours of cutting 47 individual 12x20 pieces of Baltic birch… After 20 hours of staining individual pieces… After 15 hours of gluing… I give you the following piece of art: [IMG_7202] Here are some close-ups of the buildings: [IMG_7213] [IMG_7203][IMG_7212][IMG_7210][IMG_7209][IMG_7211][IMG_7206][IMG_7204][IMG_7208][…