For some messages, simple is best. A glass heart with an iridescent sheen catches the light, bound with brass and touched with a gold wire coil, antique bronze metal gear and a tiny hanging copper spring. When shaken, the heart bobs slightly on tightly coiled steel and is washed with a touch of reflective metallic dust, … Continue reading
They Will Always Find You – (tip of the hat to M.C. Escher)
Gravity is SO over-rated. My first attempts at stairways involved figuring out how to break the perspectives forced on us so gracelessly by gravity, and create a tiny world that would have made M. C. Escher proud. Not that I’ve been there, done that, because I enjoy the results, but I decided to branch out. … Continue reading
Dragonfly waterglobe
Dragonflies. There are more than 5,000 species. They can fly as fast as 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour). Dragonflies typically have six legs (but walk poorly), and prefer to fly, since they have a double-set of wings. Generally, I get a glimpse, and as soon as I start to appreciate their unique … Continue reading
Rough Sailing
Several months ago, I decided I would make a new snowglobe design of a hot air balloon with a ship below. I say several months, because I kept starting and stopping this project, and couldn’t seem to get the interior sculpture to look the way I imagined it in my head. I wanted to keep … Continue reading
Good Intentions – custom snowglobe
Remember that Victorian ladies shoe that’s been on my mind? This time, I made the shoe and it had such a pleasing shape, arching as though ready to take on the world. Ready for the next big step. This globe was simple, that first step is always full of Good Intentions.
Suspended in Time
Did you ever feel like you were suspended in time? I showed this one of a kind waterglobe (snowglobe) at Anomaly Con in Denver, back in March. At the time, I brought about a dozen globes to be part of the Artist’s Gallery display there. While I have always liked the airy feel, and the … Continue reading