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Insight Sculpture Movie

Published on July 24, 2006
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Gabe sent me this amazing video last week with the following note attached:

Dave,

Here is a copy of the film that Phil and I made last fall. It is a little rough and drawn out but it has its moments.

We are thinking of editing it down to 15-20 mins and putting an introduction at the beginning that will explain the concept better. And then maybe submitting it to the Lost Film Festival. You should check out their web site www.lostfilmfest.com. They came through DSM and did a showing at the Art Center. It was cool, mostly underground films.

I hope things are well with you and Sarah. Talk to you soon.

Your Artistically like-minded friend,

Gabe

I love this blog. Click the thumbnail above to download Gabe’s movie. It’s a 51 MB Quicktime movie.


Watermill

Published on June 16, 2006

The watermill made with found sticks.

Josh holding the only tool we used.

We spent the afternoon at the river doing on location sculptures. It was good.


Mom’s Kayak Paddle

Published on December 30, 2005

I made my mother a kayak paddle for Christmas this year. It’s made of walnut and basswood (shaft), as well as alder (wide parts of blade). Finished with two coats of Seal-A-Cell clear oil, but I intend to put some polyurethane on top of that, wet-sanded.

Here’s a shot of one of the blades. I eyeballed the pattern after a scouting trip at Portland’s REI Store.

Kayak Paddle Blade Straight-on

… and another shot from the side. As well as being “spoon-shaped” in profile, the blade tapers off vertically from the walnut.

Kayak Paddle Blade Profile

Finally, a full-length shot of the paddle in my shop (leaning up some long maple or birch boards). Big download, sorry. It’s 85.75 inches in total length, based largely on some paddles I measured at REI. It’s pretty lightweight, though, maybe 2-3 pounds or so.

Kayak Paddle Full Length


Large Junction Sculpture Assembled

Published on December 5, 2005

The disc sander really came in handy on this one getting the mitered pipes relatively true. There was still a good deal of fussy adjustment, and it’s not perfect, but with a little caulk to fill the gaps, only I know how imperfect. Excited to get this sanded and, I think, painted. I want to put some steel straps with rivets around the ends, too.

Large Junction Sculpture Assembled

In the background of this photo is the top bag of my secondhand dust collector. I got this far on Sunday but didn’t get around to posting it.

Large Junction Sculpture Assembled 2


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