work in progress: diorama 2015 part 1

In addition to my new adventure into a 6 ft large scale sculpture, I continue my microscope level diorama series. I really hope to make three that I want to give to a former curator of a show I did in 2011. She wanted to commission for me to make…

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new diorama 2/25/2015

It’s past 3 am and this is my last post tonight/today. I’ve got an exhibit tomorrow and I managed to make 4-5 more new ones. The fifth one needs a different jar, but the jars are outside, so I’ll get it tomorrow.

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almost daily drawing 12/17/2014, 12/18/2014

I am almost too embarrassed to be posting these drawings, but I will anyway just to say to myself that it’s ok to have off days. I remember this week being really busy with Christmas stuff. I had to gather presents and send them off to my family in time…

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Mandala day 1-3

So there’s a facebook group, called New Year Mandalas 2015 where everyone posts mandalas in the first 12 days of January with the intention that they are about the next 12 months of the year. An artist friend who happens to be the group owner, Judy Shintani, added me to the group and…

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diorama work in progress part 5

I changed my mind. I decided to continue posting these updates to my progress like no one is watching, even though two people are watching. As of Jan 1 12:00 am, I finished my 20th jar, so I reached my goal. Yay! In the last half hour, I really hauled ass…

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diorama work in progress posts—halt!

Well, I just got word from the curator from the show that I’ll be in that she wants to link my blog to the website for the show, so I want to either take down the posts that show the dioramas in progress, or significantly reduce the number of pictures…

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diorama work in progress part 4

I’m feeling the pressure, so I’ve decided to go easy on myself on the daily drawings. I’m a bit disappointed that I couldn’t keep the momentum going, but honestly, I have allocate my resources to other things… like food and Christmas festivities…. and these dioramas. I’ve set a deadline for myself to…

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