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An array of stuff on the work table.

The sculpture phase of Weirdo is almost finished. I’m just finishing the base. After that, it’s onto the molds.

This is Pushpin Howard. He lives in the studio now. I had a leftover head from a bad casting and figured it might as well go to use.

So the deal with the heads is that I am in the process of re-making master copies of them from molds I made in grad school. There is approximately 30 of them, although I have made around 40 in total. The oldest ones date back to my BFA thesis show. As a goal, I would like to have 100 of them.

Original (which broke when I pulled it out of the mold), mold, and a painted prototype. I’m going to make blanks of these available for purchase if anyone is interested in them.

We’ve just finished the first week of my summer class, Designer Toys and Art Dolls. Here are this week’s demonstration pieces.

Some highlight demos from my designer toy and doll-making night class. I feel that it was a pretty good thing overall, and I think I want to teach it again.

Dear diary, today I made plastic rust.

Finished for April. School’s ending soon so I’ll have time to make more art and do less teaching.