A Lick of Paint and a Redesign

The robot gets his skin, paint and a stand.

The Time and Space Machine gets redesigned.Stripped down and given a new, narrower stand.

Starting to get the shape of an orrery (solar system models)now. This guy makes beautiful real models here:
orrerymaker

Time to get some more junk. Back soon!

Time Machines and Robots

Robot. 20cm Scrap metal

Time and Space machine. 30 cm scrap metal

Time machines and robots has been the flavour of this weeks work. Well worth taking time off from 'real' work to stay home and make art.

Thank you for the comments!

Back to Art

Enjoying a week off work. Day one and I have created for the first time in about a month. The scrap metal was sitting there collecting more dust when in a flash I knew what I wanted to make. Another Steam-Punk gizmo.

I recently had one of my images featured on another site: darkroastedblend.com
If you haven't been to this site I think you would be impressed. There are so many amazing images.

The Summit Restaurant

Last week I was lucky enough to dine with my partner and close friends at the Summit restaurant in Sydney. The restaurant rotates 47 floors up (180 metres) above the bustling streets below.
Located in the Australia Square building, which is actually round
The view is spectacular and you get to see the whole city as it rotates 360 degrees in about one hour.


We had:
Main course $35.00 per person
Seared Hiramasa Kingfish, paella spice crust, crisp white polenta, candied onions.
with a glass of
2008 Brown Brothers Pinot Grigio
One glass? I think we had a few, plus mineral water and sides and a selection of cheeses with blew it out to around $70 each. But still, an enjoyable experience with nice food and a great view of Sydney.
Highly recommended whether you live in Sydney or visiting.



http://www.summitrestaurant.com.au

Bug Patterns

Culling images from an old dictionary, I wandered how to use them creatively. Photoshop saved the day and after arranging them (on screen) I generated some pretty patterns.

Second Hand Art

Just been reading grrl+ dog where she has been venting her spleen regarding second hand art.
Good for her for sticking her neck out. If you can't do it on your own blog then where can you do it?

Myself, I am sick of seeing the same old stuff...
1. Grab some fake relatives
2. Stick some wings on
3. Glue on dunce cap
4. Cut out the word 'believe', dream', or 'create'

Wake up! You are asleep to the process of creating. Sure, you can borrow a technique, mimic another pallette, be inspired by another layout but perpetuating the same style over and over is just boring and not creating.