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Things are good when you are able to have the time to go straight from one endeavor into the next. Such is the case in working on my second pod – themed mechanical theatre, which as you can see is well underway. I loaded it up with some botanica items laying around the studio for
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I’ve nearly finished the Pod / Box Mechanical Theatre and am happy to share some Tom – shot details. I have to wait to show a full shot until Kurt Mottweiler can come and take real photographs. One thing about using shiny metal in my work is that reflections and hot spots make getting a
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Pod forms are great inspiration for sculpture. Mother Nature is truly the “master sculptor” of form and we can script off her work in our own attempts at visual success. Because I tend to fill my theatres with collections of seed pods and other “botanica” items, it made sense to begin to incorporate the shape
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