forgotten objects

My blog is moving

2010-08-17T10:47:00.000-07:00

After an extended hiatus (building a house will do that to you) I'm back and moving my blog to www.forgottenobjects.com/blog. I'm on my way over there now to post something.

New Etsy Items

2009-11-22T17:51:00.000-08:00

Since Halloween I've been working on the house that we're building and haven't had alot of extra time. I did however manage to finish one last halloween piece and list four items in my Etsy shop. I don't want to move them, so they are priced to sell!

Ouija Board

2009-10-19T14:23:00.000-07:00

Now that the opening for my Lunar Boy Gallery show is wrapped up I'm moving on to finishing some Halloween props for my party. This is a ouija board and planchette I worked on this week. I also started a new blog to showcase some seriously cool artists. You can check it out at www.adarkwhimsey.com. Look for something new and interesting daily.

Skull-part 2

2009-10-02T15:42:00.000-07:00

Just finishing up stuff for my show next Saturday. This is the second cast resin skull in a lovely silver.

Twig 2

2009-09-21T11:33:00.000-07:00

I'm working on a series to send off to artful home and this is the last of four. Hopefully they'll like them.

Just for fun

2009-09-21T11:31:00.000-07:00

My fabulous friend Ross helped me (I use the word helped loosely, since he did 99% of the work) cast some skulls from an old plastic skull (I wanted to use my own, but I couldn't get it out). Now I'm just having fun with them. Here's my first piece...

The Bat Man

2009-09-21T11:28:00.000-07:00

I'm just about finished making figures for my October show. This is the last large one. Now it's on to something smaller...

Kids' book

2009-09-11T10:52:00.000-07:00

Well I finally finished my children's book and now begins the arduous process of submission and rejection until, hopefully, someone recognizes my genius...

Crow's gift

2009-09-01T20:03:00.001-07:00

Yet another piece for the October show. I probably need to step it up now that it's September. Yikes! Did we have a summer?

Grinning Pumpkinhead

2009-08-24T18:32:00.000-07:00

Hard at work now on my October show at Lunar Boy Gallery. Here's my latest piece...

Nest

2009-08-17T18:12:00.000-07:00

This is piece I just finished as a gift. I was wondering when I would finally use the small feather wreath. Now I'm down to just one...

drawings

2009-08-07T20:16:00.000-07:00

I've been doing alot of different things lately and figured it was time I got around to posting some of it. Both of these are mixed media, digital works using pencils and Corel Painter and Photoshop. I've also added a couple of pieces to my etsy shop ( www.forgottenobjects.etsy.com) and in response to an earliers comment/question, I have pieces for sale at Two Vaults gallery in Tacoma and Lunar Boy Gallery in Astoria and hope to get more things up in my Etsy Shop as well.

Halloween

2009-07-12T19:24:00.001-07:00

I'm getting an early start on Halloween with a little bit of illustration. Let me know what you think....

brown rabbit

2009-07-12T19:21:00.000-07:00

Here's a random piece I'm working on with no destination in mind. I've been told I should apply to ArtfulHome.com, so I need four or so pieces that aren't already on their way somewhere. I had fun making the little necklace and it helps my use up the amazing amount of stuff I have squirreled away.

I also want to thank everyone who has commented on my work!

wraith

2009-07-07T16:17:00.000-07:00

So now that I'm finished doing pieces for my show at two vaults I'm on to my October show at Lunar Boy Gallery in Astoria. I'm also recovering from achilles tendon surgery, which makes it hard to stand for very long, but I'm still managing to get some stuff done.

New stuff

2009-06-04T15:49:00.000-07:00

Okay, so it's been awhile. I've been busy injuring my achilles tendon and I'm waiting now to see if I need surgery. In the interim I finished up three more pieces for my two vaults show on June 18th. I also started some illustrations for a kids book, but I'll post those later. I don't want to overwhelm anyone...

More work for the June show

2009-04-16T10:21:00.000-07:00

That's right. My May show is now in June, which I guess makes it my June show now. Anyhow, it gives me more time to make more stuff. Here are a couple of more that I've been working on. The bodies are made of 2x4s or 4x4s, which, if I had any sense, I would have picked up from the scrap pile at the house we are building (or having built, to be exact) instead of at Home Depot. Of course, now that the framing is done, there are no more scraps, so it's back to the warehouse store.

Verde

2009-03-29T20:13:00.000-07:00

If you like your hot sauce green, this one's for you. Another piece done for my May show! Alot of the pieces used were originally intended as polymer clay jewelry but never made it quite that far.

More pieces for the May show

2009-03-22T20:20:00.000-07:00

The last piece I posted is now finished and I've added a new one. Look for more towards the end of the week. I'm making all of the bodies for these out of a 2x8 and then shaping them with a bandsaw and an angle grinder with a seriously abrasive sanding disc. It's amazing what a difference a new blade makes. Especially since the old one was broken.

Queen of hearts

2009-03-18T18:19:00.000-07:00

This is another piece for my May show at Two Vaults in Tacoma. This doesn't really fit into the theme I had in mind so I'll have to let it gestate for awhile and figure out what the new theme is.

Indigo

2009-03-11T18:33:00.000-07:00

This is the first in a series of pieces for a show at Two Vaults in Tacoma this May. I'm hoping to take a little time off from the wonderful world of web design and devote a little bit more to art, although the web design does pay the bills.

Little Monster

2009-02-24T19:57:00.001-08:00

Here's a polymer clay pin I created that's for sale in my etsy shop. I'll be adding more as the week goes on so keep checking back...

new site design

2009-02-24T19:51:00.001-08:00

I just finished updating the look of my website so swing on over and have a look at www.forgottenobjects.com. Let me know what you think.

Do you want to see my drawing...

2009-02-09T19:23:00.000-08:00

This is part of a series that I'm working on. It's the only one so far, but I swear it's going to be a series. Really...

earrings

2009-02-09T19:11:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I'm back briefly from the land of the dead (paying work) with some bronze clay earrings. I'll be putting these on Etsy at fabulous prices since they're some of my first. Bronze clay is challenging to work with but given infinite time I'll probably eventually get the hang of it.

New masks

2009-01-08T11:07:00.000-08:00

I'm finally back with a couple of new pieces (one was a christmas gift, so I couldn't post it til after the holidays). I'm still figuring out where I'm going with the masks. Regardless, they're really fun to make.

Festive Holiday Mask

2008-12-11T20:19:00.000-08:00

Okay. So it's not festive, nor is it a holiday mask. It is a mask though, and I had alot of fun making it. I think I'll wear it Christmas eve. It's made out of leather (from a cow), horns (from a cow), and hair (from a cow). I call it "minotaur" although "quarter pounder" was a close second.

Illustration

2008-12-04T14:30:00.000-08:00

My goal for the new year (okay, I'm starting early) is to sit down with pad and paper for a bit each day and work on some illustration in hopes of getting a new licensing agent and making a billion dollars in the gift industry. We'll see how that goes...

even more masks

2008-12-04T14:26:00.000-08:00

Things are slow right now and some of the things I'm working on, I can't post because they are Christmas gifts and I don't want the recipients to see them. I have done a couple of more masks for a small holiday event I'm attending.

More Masks

2008-11-17T19:20:00.000-08:00

Not much going on artistically this week. I have been working on a couple of leather masks and I'm pretty happy with these two. I hope to incorporate a variety of different materials into more of the masks as I go along. The horned mask is for sale in my Etsy shop if you feel the urge.

All lit up...

2008-11-08T18:34:00.000-08:00

I've been toying with the idea of making a paper and twig lamp for some time, so here's my first shot. Hopefully it will hold together when I try to move it.

I'm Back!

2008-11-08T18:25:00.000-08:00

After about a year off I've decided to start up my blog again. Halloween seemed like a perfect time. Unfortunately I'm about a week late. On the upside I've been working on some fun things and using some new materials (PMC Bronze and leather). I've been making leather masks like crazy and will post some pictures as I finish more. You can see a couple on my website www.forgottenobjects.com. Here are a couple of scarecrows I made using leather, polymer clay and twigs.