October 27th, 2009
I realized that I have been neglecting my blog for waaaaay too long, and the machine pics here are old…
So here’s some new pictures of recent machines….
This is Stabby Stan, my most recent creation…
-and hey! I finally got an online store together!!!
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October 26th, 2009
The image here is a QTVR : grab it with your mouse to rotate the machine…
I’ve been messing with some new finishes lately, and I’ve come up with some pretty cool stuff…
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February 3rd, 2009
So i’ve been slaving away (after the holidays and what-not) on a new batch of tattoo machines…
I’m calling this one Barnacle Bill ….
UPDATED!! -with new photos of Bill…..
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December 11th, 2008
I’ve finished the last two…..
This one matches the big spider, and the last one I made into a jewelry box.
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December 2nd, 2008
Second Kiss is a piece that was partially a reaction to some of the feedback I received for First Kiss .
Its also your typical love story: boy meets shark….
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December 2nd, 2008
(this is an update of the little spiders post)
I think I’m gonna name these smaller spiders after the real Latrodectus Mactans models that I used for the original . Therefore, this one shall be called Edna.
Welding on some legs…..
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November 24th, 2008
Finished One!!!
-for the first one, I’m just going with a simple black patina, and I polished and masked the little hourglass on her tummy.
More photos below the fold…..
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November 23rd, 2008
Finally got ‘em in metal!! (update of the little spiders post)
Still got a long way to go, but…..
-Check out them buns -SHINY!!!
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November 22nd, 2008
First Kiss was one of my earliest large-scale bronzes.
It is based on a story I heard a few years ago…
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November 20th, 2008
It’s not really about spiders, at all…
but the imagery of a seven-foot-long metal black widow often overpowers the real intent….
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November 15th, 2008
Charade Rest is a piece that I started a long time ago…
I was working on it before 9/11, and after that happened, I put it on hold for a while.
as time went on, however….
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November 11th, 2008
God’s children is a two-part piece I finished in mid 2008.
Despite its simplicity, or perhaps because of it, I think that ideologically, it is my strongest piece to date.
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November 11th, 2008
This is an update of the New Spiders post…
Starting to get the gating & spruing together…
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November 4th, 2008
A few in progress images on the little guys…..
This is an update of the new spiders post…
the live one and the dead one
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