Show us you art/craft

I've posted lots of pics of my work, and have seen some neat stuff from others here. So brag about you talent a little.

Here's my latest work- not fired yet. The first is a reproduction of a Japanese "dogu", the second is inspired by them. BBQ sauce for scale. Why BBQ? I was out of marshmallow fluff.

Nice work! It takes effort to focus on one thing. In previous lives I made bows, beer, and a number of other things. Hand-built functional stuff that stays in the family is a life-long treasure.

Nice work guys. Damn. You all have some talent. Craig, I got a start on that reading. I will finish when I have a little more time. Thanks to all of you for sharing. Appreciated.

First Snail
Second snail
Netsuke style rabbit
Maple squid
My latest addition- Cherry Horseshoe crab



Sorry, getting used to the posting pics.

I need to start painting again, these are in acrylics. The pics, not the pie

Opps..dunnno what happened.

I agree Dix. You do need to start painting again. I like them all. Can you make them larger? Is that Banana Cream?

Lemon Syringe

I'll try to get better close ups with the Cannon *blushes*

See- I told ya, some great talent here.
Jon- I never saw that snail with the metal additions- so cool!

Email/pm me details on that rabbit. I may be interested.

Here is some stuff from years ago.
I like charcoal the best but work with oil pastels sometimes.I figured it out Dex...TY! I also paint as well.

Will do. Here is another rabbit in spalted maple . I feel that the wood grain took away from the actual form and is too distracting. It is funny that it was a light grain, and the oil finish darkened it a bit. Pictures don't do these pieces justice.

Nice drawings Gamma. I almost have the pics thing down too.

Thanks fishinpol.....your stuff is cool.
WTF?.....I can't delete my repeated pics.....chit

fixed it dammit...sorry guys!

Hey Gamma, How did you get BB to model for that drawing?

fossil, glad to see a proper V8 engine. I have a 23Tbucket with all early Ford running gear and a 21stud V8

Just in time for St. Patricks day, my latest for the Sullivans.

Some real talented folks. Here are a few of mine. I love wood and metal working. Owned a sign shop in Phoenix. Great thread.

A couple more of my computer drawings.

bfunk- tell me about those bansai trees

I am intrigued as well about those friggin trees...looks like something my brother used to make when he worked as a welder...
Come to think of it...I gots to take a couple pics of the things he made for me....
Spill Bfunk...

Very easy, cool and fun. People love em.
Base is 1" plate, can be tough to find but usually can get a scrap or two. Cut at an angle to look like rock.
Take some welding rod and break off the flux coating, weld 3-5 (odd numbers look best) to the base, with a torch heat and twist and work to desired location.
The leaves are no more than brazing rod, take a clean metal table and hold brazing rod about 1 1/2 feet above and melt with a torch. Hot blobs of brass will create the leaves, just keep adding more melted spatters until happy. Toughest part of the whole project is welding the delicate leaves to the welding rod. I usually build up a bit of brass on the bottom of the leaves before i try to weld them on. Just melt together with a torch. I have made some real cool ones, i like a 3 leaf design with bigger leaves. Not finding photos of them.