Yay!

I'm sorta sad it's over but I do like the grade I got... an A

maybe I'll get to take the advanced sculpture some day!

Final Project Finally Finished

The young ball boy is done, he is articulated and equipped with a slingshot and marbles so he can get into all kinds of mischief. For now he will have a happy home in my garage ith all my other assorted sports equipment. Since the other two large pieces I put out for the public to enjo have fone missing I am a bit reluctant to do the same with the ball boy.

It took hard work and critical thinking skills to finish this project and I am excited about how it turned out.

The Giant Bead Doll is nearly finished!

With much hard work and not a small amount of re-work the sports bead doll is about ready to display, I'm just waiting for glue to cure. There is no installation plan yet for him but there may be a plan in the future.

More sadness for the Forest People

the second installed piece is now missing as well, I hope he is being loved and has a nice ourdoor home in somebody's garden.

A Sad Day

A sad day, my little forest person has gone missing, she was very hard to see from the trail, but I tromped through the poison ivy to make sure, and she is gone, I hope who ever took her did so out of love and not malice.

The Final Project Proposal

For this project I propose to make a large simi articulated human simulacrum made from sporting goods such as baseballs, softballs, golf balls and tennis balls.
While I am not a huge sports fan myself there are many sports related memories some I wish to forget but many I hold close to my heart. My father, who passed away in 1989 was a baseball fanatic, he umpired for high school, collage and other non-professional baseball games and a few high school soft balls games; knew the rule book backwards and forwards; he truly loved the game. My first real girlfriend played tennis and I still occasionally watch a tennis match or two.


I enjoy a putt putt game every once in a while and sometimes take my three golf clubs to Milt’s driving range and wack a few balls down range as far as I can.


My mother will help me to look for supplies at the thrift stores, though in early spring used balls are hard to find. But most of the construction I will do alone, that is how I like to work and I find solace is working with tools and crafting things with my hands.


This project will allow me to do some of my favorite things, working with tools and making things. Mainly I will be using a drill, paint and maybe a few other tools. I hope to get started right away. I plan to work on this project at home and at school with some designed work being done where ever I am and have time.


I am expecting this project to cost between $30 and $50 as I have some of the materials already, in fact I may have a lot of the materials already if I can only find them in my garage, I should have no difficulty building this project but it may take a small amount of experimentation.


The safety factors of this project are low, just that it is heavy and will be somewhat floppy, but it will pose no danger other than to small children who have inattentive parents.


It is my opinion that while this simulacrum will not be dressed it will not look enough like a human to cause anyone to be uncomfortable looking at it.

Hunting the, Perhaps, Not So Mythical Plains Walrus

When setting out to hunt a walrus of the plains

one first starts with camouflage so to better hide.

A bow and arrow work best, hand crafted or how ever obtained

then, disguised you sneak up on their left side

Care should be taken to avoid the tusks

for a terrible wound would ruin your hunt.

To stalk a plain’s walrus go out just about dusk

and listen for the distinctive snuffle and grunt.

Then get close to it by cautiously sneaking

Walk nice and slow, be sure to keep you disguise in place

you must hold perfectly still when the walrus is peeking

also, you should be ready to run if that’s the case

When it is all just right, take your shot

aiming just behind the left tusk

it’s the plains walrus’s only soft spot.