Tuesday, February 28, 2012

This Pipe is Not a Pipe

this pipe is an oak leaf...     
miscreations from a season in the purgatoire valley



...carved in apple wood





this pipe is an aspen leaf...
...carved in pine





this pipe is a pair of whirligig earrings in cedar

this pipe is a pair of oak leaf earrings in cedar
this pipe is a hops bud...
...in cedar

this pipe is a chillum in pine
this pipe is a pipe...
...in apple wood

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Wanderlust Preview: Sancho's Trip

Wanderlust, the Epic -  a work in progress since 2008.
I here present an uncut, uncolored chapter for your viewing pleasure.
 Some storyline - Sancho, in search of Don Q, has befriended a donkey (Dapple), hopped a train, and drunk the kool-aid without asking what's in it. 
His dreams are as follow:












Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Dapple, Apple of my Eye

Dapple, donkey-dinosaur hybrid magic purple Huffy-mobile of fun and doom...well, she's been showing some rust around the rims...so i decided to give her a little makeover...total body sculpt...show 'em what Huffys are made of...




step 1: disassembly

Dapple goes to pieces

step 2: file every bit of rust, paint, and miscellaneous junk off a' her

shiny shine
stronger than dirt
step 3: paint

puttin' on the primer coat
all primed up
green is for dinosaurs
did i mention she glows under blacklight?
a key ingredient
sparkle sparkle
and more sparkles
step 4: decorate

windmill stencil
Dapple stencil
hope the glue holds
just so's everyone knows who she is
step 5: wheels
lots of spare bottle caps...
...low-budge spoke beads - they make a nice clikkety-clak sound


shiny shine details for the wheels...

step 6: handle-bars are her hands

do donkeys have horns?
they do now. wire and yuengling cans plus a coat of amber shellac
dino claws
step 7: misc details

flower child

all-important mascot

my ass on the flag

step 8: reassembly
after many weeks, she's starting to come together
step 9:...

the proper work environment is the key to success


unfortunately, i don't have any pix of the finished dapple...we're undergoing a period of separation right now: dapple is relaxing in a garage in pennsylvania while i sit, bikeless, in colorado...when we are reunited in march, we will do a photo shoot...then i will ride dapple into heaven...