Electric Muffins

Hey! Good news from the studio: I've successfully bent, sealed electrodes to, and bombarded a tube within 24 hrs. And it worked! To celebrate, a bit of Billy Joel:

Get It Right the First Time - Billy Joel

So anyways: I wanted to see how extra color would work inside the basket starfish lamp. The little shape makes a big difference in the color of the lamp... I tried it with the regular peach tube, both tubes, and the tangerine-orange. I actually like the last one the best.

And in other lamp news, The Jellyfish is finally stuffed. With bubble wrap. Lots and lots of bubble wrap. The color shows through much better than regular stuffing. Now it's like an electric muffin. The Electric Muffins might just be a good name for a rock band.

This project's stacking up

Back to the Red-Spiny Neon starfish. I've built a frame that the tubes would rest on. I've painted it, and now attached the tubes. They look like a odd, mechanical, looping staircase. Now I am going to wire it, and scrape away the paint from the tubes to create the starfish design.

Utilitarian Digest

Hooray! I finished the basket starfish lamp and am presenting it in the (2nd Annual) Utilitarian Digest Show in the Turner Student Gallery! It is up Thursday, too. The show is a collection of functional artwork, so there are tools, bowls, glasses, lamps, alternative power sources, and silverware.

I like seeing ceramics, glass, metal, and wood pieces all in the same show. It is a good showcase of the 3-D materials found throughout the Art School, although perhaps more neon could be seen. Not that I'm biased or anything.

The lamp may be tweaked a bit later, but I am pretty happy with the stenciling.

Also, I made deviled eggs for the opening, Grandma B.'s recipe. They were a hit!

Drawing Printed Boxes!

Illustration Friday's topic this week is "Intricate." This is a double-edged sword, because I love pattern and details.

I decided to draw from observation. I really like seeing package designs.

In the spirit of crayons...
Red and Purple- The Dodos

On a side note... I've just discovered, Blogger does not like ampersands as much as I do.

I'm Seeing Stars

Here is the design for the Spiny Red Neon Starfish.



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