stories
pandemic portfolio: bison
bison-shaped limestone rock, etched a little
7 3/8" x 3 1/2" x 1 7/8"
pandemic portfolio: li'l jack-o-lantern
drilled, carved dried orange
pandemic portfolio: clunky die
2 views of the same die, made from small wood scraps
pandemic portfolio: wire cross
pandemic portfolio: porch
pandemic portfolio: UP
front, back of a pointy rock
pandemic portfolio: tiny houses
pandemic portfolio: gizmo
called it an "anxiety reducer"
Mary said "it is NOT!"
pandemic portfolio: 5 scoops
ice cream-cone-shaped carrot intended to promote vegetable consumption - still tastes like a carrot
pandemic portfolio: broken cross
found the piece in the center, added the extensions
pandemic portfolio: tiny bird
a big railroad tie size piece of lumber splintered to the point I broke it up to dispose of - this chunk of wood clung to a spike - as dark as the spike - all along I thought it might be a cross, but started carving it and the little bird flew off the spike.
carving released a waxy resin, reminded me of painting class in art school, the smell of linseed oil
pandemic portfolio: K9 Zoom
pandemic portfolio: Frank Zappa
storing a big spring in a little box, added another, and another
pandemic portfolio: King Midas
Tony Griego painted this glove gold and gave it to me - I just figured out it was the glove Midas used to keep things from turning to gold
pandemic portfolio: NOT funny!
this glove has been wincing at me like this for years
pandemic portfolio: tile roof
pandemic portfolio: thin house
a board in the garage was shaped like a house with a chimney, so it sorta told me what it wanted to be...unless I misunderstood
pandemic portfolio: ocean liner
pandemic portfolio: elevator