Work in Progress
Here are a couple of my current projects:
Sea Ghost
David asked me about this piece a while back so here’s an update. One of my early mechanical pieces was a of a ship sailing above a turbulent sea. I had first set out to see if I could create a believable wave motion. After a few different tries I found something I liked. The design allowed me to add the secondary action of a boat on the surface of the waves. The finished piece was pretty cool but unfortunately this was before I learned to solder properly and the copper tubing I used was not quite rigid enough. After a series of breakdowns and some rough handling during a move the piece collapsed. I don’t think I ever got a photo or video of it intact. Well, I’m currently rebuilding it with brass structural pieces instead of copper and a few design changes. Currently its about thirty percent done.
The waves have been retained from the original but everything else is new.
My new adjustable chain-wheel design, built like a bicycle wheel.
Part of the mechanism that will move the waves.
The original ship. I can probably reuse this with some cleaning and new sails.
The sad wreckage of the original.
Electric Guitar
Not really a sculpture, but a project worth mentioning is this semi-hollow body electric guitar I’m building. Its my first one and I’m kind of figuring it out as I go along. It will probably sound crappy, but I don’t play very well so that’s not a big deal.
Its loosely based on a Les Paul, but the body size and shape are a bit different. The body is poplar, the top will be spruce.
Our tiny workshop. (Its really more of a work-nook). Pretty messy at the moment because Lydia and I have a lot of projects in the works.
So thats what I’m up to. The Mighty B! is back in production so Ive been pretty busy storyboarding as well. I have some stuff to post from the show, but I’m going to wait untill those episodes air so I dont get fired.
