Metal bear gets some skin
After adding just a few structural pieces yesterday, I began adding “skin.” First I had to cut a number of pieces out of a large sheet of sheet metal, and…
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May These Things Never End
This papercut explores the words of a song written by Hannah Senesh, a Jewish heroine of World War II. She was killed after being captured in Hungary, during an effort…
Metal Bear grows
Tonight I spent a solid 5 hours working on the bear in an overheated metalshop. You know, if you’re not sweating, you’ve not having any fun! He’s not got a…
Curves from Behind, again
Here’s another piece based on an old reference photo of a model from one of my art classes. Unlike the first piece, this one is watercolor (not pen and ink).…
Metal Bear begins
Using this old drawing as inspiration, I began the bear last night. So far, he’s got a basic skeleton, same way the elephant, bull, and dog all started out. He’s…
Bear in a Stream
As I was pondering over what to create next in the metal studio, where I go every Thursday, I came across the idea of a bear, and a split second…
Buddy
From an old photograph of a little pug I used to know. This painting doesn’t quite capture his extra-buggy eyes, but his look is focused and his ears are cocked.…
Curves from Behind
I was struck by the curves in this figure and tried to capture them in almost pure contour lines with pen and ink. the same day I also did a…
In a Funhouse Mirror
I’ve been wanting to do more drawing practice recently, as I am feeling a bit rusty with regards to drawing; it’s not needed for papercutting or metal sculpture. So I…
Balance of Value
This papercut is inspired by a Hasidic teaching, that all persons should keep with them two pieces of paper, one in each pocket. On one is written “On my behalf…
Giraffe in Lines
Another drawing done with a pure contour technique. It is perhaps not initially as bewildering as the drawing of 6/23, but still cuts a sharp figure on the page. Inspired…
Fritz on a Chair
Seen from above, this is Fritz, one of Else’s cats, relaxing on a green chair and leaning on a white pillow, with natural light coming in through windows to the…