My wife will be the first to tell you, I get weird over the winter. When my hands are idle I go a little nuts. Drawing helps, but sometimes I just need to make something, even if it's just a good loaf of bread. Most winters, when it's too cold to work on hypertufa or woodworking projects in the garage, I'll make a small sculpture at the kitchen table. If the sculpture is intricate and takes many hours of handwork with small tools, even better.
Above is a small faux-bois Gothic shelf that I made this winter and then gave away to artist friends as a housewarming gift. The sculpture on top is gold-leafed heart made by the husband for his wife. I love that my sculpture is the pedestal for this offering.
The sculpture is made of pine, wire and a two-part resin clay called Apoxy.
The resin clay cures in about 24 hours so I have a pretty long open time to work with it.
The best part is underneath.
I love that it's more than half .. a really lovely design.
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