Rustnstuff: 05/18

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Fragments on walls and some amazing young people's art

I must say that I'm not a great fan of spray can tags defacing walls and public building etc. But mural wall art done well or turning ugly spaces into art is a form that I can appreciate.

I particularly like some of the art that is using paper and soluble glue so that it becomes ephemeral wall art.

The following couple of pieces of art by young female artists just have such strong mediums, composition and messages - art is in good hands with such artists.

Sunday, May 27, 2018

Bone and horn pendants

On Friday I needed to make a few bone and horn pendants for gifts. So as is usually the case with me - if one is going to make a couple one might as well make a stash. The photos above shows a group of the bone pendants. The photo below shows a group of the buffalo horn pendants.

A few process photos

Following are some individual photos of the pendants.

One of my observations regarding using bone and horn is that it is a very good idea to do any mechanical cutting and grinding outdoors; and one should wear very good protective facemask to deal with bone and horn dust and pungent fumes.

Friday, May 25, 2018

Repairing a bit of public sculpture vandalism

The Buttress Root sculpture above (adjacent to the Little Yabba Creek picnic area) was officially launched-opened in December last year. It seem it has been very popular with much reporting of visits to it.

But maybe it was a little too popular - as you can see from the photos below somebody thought they might souvenir the stainless steel cap that sealed the Poetry Post adjacent to the sculpture. I wonder what someone will use a 25cm square stainless steel post cap for!!!!

The Sunshine Coast Council agreed to replace the cap; and agreed to my quote to do the work. I arranged for a new cap to be fabricated and picked it up on Wednesday afternoon. I installed it on Thursday morning. As you can see the new cap once again finishes and protects the post.

The sculpture and post have been restored to there former beauty. as the first photo shows. This time as well as using industrial glue to keep the cap on we have added security screws.

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

A mixed bag of fragments

Soft grey light was the greeting for the start of my walk today - but by the time I got to Treehaven Way colour began to emerge.

With winter not too far away there is not an abundance of colour etc - but there are still fragments that catch my eye.

Most of the fragments have darker more subdued backgrounds courtesy of the late autumn morning light.

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Funnel forms from the forest floor

Quite a bit of time over the weekend was given over to: rearranging studio space; and cleaning and displaying gallery-shop items.

However I did a metal hammering session on Friday and Saturday morning. I wanted to make seven funnel forms from goblet bases and other small silver-plated stands.

Fungi was my inspiration for the shapes hence the title for the post. A few photos of the process follow.

Forms on rust before going to the grinding-polishing bench.

A photo of the forms after polishing them with a worn out steel wire wheel.

There is a bit more hand cleaning and polishing to do - but then they will be ready to send to Blackall.

Friday, May 18, 2018

Delivery run - lamps, ladles and leaves

On Wednesday afternoon I did a trip to Dayboro to drop off lamps, ladles and leaves to Entangle living art.

The 12 Artisan Lamps on the workbench all went down.

Reports on the progress of these lamps have been included in earlier posts. For some reason the little quirky lamp below got a special reception!!!

Nine ladles were well received - see some of them below.

I also delivered 9 larger patinated leaves (20-25cm long); and three sets of small leaves (about 12-14cm long).

Quite a stash - hopefully that will result in sales for me and Nola. Today I made a good start on some 'funnel forms' and did a bit more sorting in the studio-garage. Time for a Friday night red wine I think.

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