I Should Make A List

Well I went to the store today, did a bit of window shopping and got stuck in a nasty thunder storm.

Every aisle that I was interested in was packed with people that just stood there for like 20 minutes. In the end I didn't get everything I was looking for - I should make a list. I did find a few nice items though; I hope they work.

I got some water blasters.  I wonder what will happen if I fill them with paint? I also got some foam things for the pool that I made rollers out of.  I'm not sure how they will work but they seemed like a fun idea.  I will let you know how they turn out.

My New Giant Rolling Pins

This Looks Like It Could Be Fun

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Sometimes You Need A Straight Edge

Tired of trying to hold the ruler, while you're cutting and doing your best not to let the blade slip?  Well I had this issue. And finding something suitable to cut on was also an issue. I had made a table to cut on but was destroying my blades and slipping was always possible. So I ordered an adapt-a-rule 40 inch; it got lost in the mail. When I went to reorder I found an adapt-a-rail 60 inch and as they were about the same price within a dollar or two, I got the 60 inch adapt-a-rail.

When it came in, I looked around for some scrap wood. Then started to build a cutting board for my new straight edge. I didn't want to spend any more money, so I used what I could find. It may not be very pretty but it seems to work rather well.

I started by cutting a groove in half inch plywood on both sides of my straight edge, so that the blade wouldn't cut into the wood with the straight cutter.

Then I cut a few boards out of some wood from an old bed headboard to align the straight edge.

Next I fastened the board to the plywood,

making sure to keep the straight edge square.

I checked and double checked the squareness the best I could.

After double checking I had a small issue with one side...

...so I realigned the side that was not square; it wasn't pretty but it works.

I made sure to line my grooves up with the edge of my adapt-a-rail,

checking to make sure everything is aligned and working well.

             
                Finally ready for testing :-)

Well it worked very well after I turned the blade  in the cutter over so that the blade was down :-p

I have a small mat cutter, I think its about 32 inch and works very well for cutting mats for framing. I doesn't work well for sizing the mat. I didn't have the money for a professional mat cutter that would allow me to cut my mat to size and make mats, cut foam board, glass, cardboard, paper and anything else I would have used a razor knife for.

In the end it will cut a 90 degree cut 50 3/4 inches. I didn't test a 45 degree cut but it will

be somewhat shorter, around 6 inches shorter than the 90 degree cut.  I wish it was a little wider but don't have the room to store anything much bigger at the moment and I didn't want to spend any more money.

It will work for now, and was nearly exactly what I been looking for. I can always take the adapt-a-rule out of the base I made for cuts up to 60 inch.  I hope you enjoyed this project as much as I did.

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Its On My Wall Don't You Wish It Was On Yours :-P

You know I'm teasing :-P  The art posted here does in fact hang on my the walls of my house.
I need more wall space. Most of what I posted today was made in the nineties when I was a bit younger and had more energy.

I think we will Start with the newest one. Its one of the Bangert Island Park prints.

artist : Bryce
title : Bangert Island Park
media : acrylic on weaved canvas
size : 24 x 36 in
date : Oct 27th 2013

artist : Bryce

title : ˈsē ˈsprā

media : acrylic on raw canvas

size : 26 x 36.5 in

 date : 1994

artist : Bryce

title : ˈprī-mə-rē ˈwēv

media : acrylic on raw canvas

size : 18 x 18 in

 date : 1994

artist : Bryce

title : ˈhaf-tōn

media : digital image on photo paper

size 22 x 24 in

 date : 1994

Hope everyone enjoys the art on my walls.

 

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Everyone Needs A Little Absract In There Lives

Did some more digging and found an awesome image.
I know very little about this image. I believe
its acrylic on paper,it maybe on transpareny film. 
It was made in December 2012. Im not sure of what size
the original is. This image has been cropped,
resized and slighly edited for scanner fuzz.
Its has not been heavliy edited or had any filters
ran on it. Just scanned cropped and cleaned for
a few dust dots.

 

 

artist : Bryce
title  : ˈfyu̇r-ē-əs flə-ˈmeŋ-(ˌ)kō
media  : acrylic on paper I believe
date   : Dec 2012

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Well Lets See What We Can Dig Up Today

 I have found a couple of eight by tens acrylic on canvas. They're unnamed and I'm afraid I no long have them. If I do I have no idea where they are. However I found the scan of them looking around on my pc. I really like them so I hope I can figure out where they went. I have also posted a close up view of the top image. Its very hard to see what they look like up close without a detail view. I hope everyone enjoys them as much as I do making them.

To the right we have a detail view of the image above.

With my unique style its hit or miss, so let me know what you think.

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The Arch

The Arch, Gateway To the West its called, sits in downtown Saint Louis. This is my first attempt to paint the Arch with paint. It's not my best work; it is, however, very interesting, or at least I think so.

The original is approximately eight by ten inches; it's been a while. I know the black one is on transparency and I believe the white one is paper. I have no idea where they are.  I'm not very organized.

They where digitally cleaned up using a graphics program. The reason that the one on transparency film is black is due to scanning the piece with scanner lid open. I do or have done a lot of work on write-on transparency film, because originally the idea was to use a large format printer to make Giclee prints which is a fancy word for ink jet prints, and, because its easy to store small pieces. It's much harder to store canvas pieces.

Well let's show you what we have today :-)

     Below is, I think, is on paper.

Below is a picture I took and manipulated in a computer.

Below is on transparency film.

Thanks for taking a look at my art.  As always let me know what you think.

                                                                                   Mo

Dropped My Tablet :-(

The other day I dropped my tablet :-( It was in its stand. Dropped about four and a half feet, then slid across the floor. The tablet was ok however, the stand didn't fair as well. So I repaired & rebuilt the base and repaired the holder best I could. Here is a link to the post about the original stand.
                            http://badmoarts.blogspot.com/2014/06/andriod-tablet-stand.html

Here are the parts I used to fix the stand

Below is the bottom base after painting

Below is a part of the base designed to make the tablet sit higher

Below is the holder the tablet sits in

Rebuilt and painted tablet stand.

I hope this one doesn't get dropped.

                                                                                     Mo

More Scrap Art

These pieces are from fixing my tablet stand. I dropped my tablet stand other day with my tablet in it, so had to fix it. In the process of painting the stand I made these. They're not that great but you win some, you lose some.  I like them anyway. I will post the new stand very soon. Anyway here are
the pieces I made in the process.

 

 

 

 

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Scrap Art

What do you do with those bits you have left over or made in the process of making an art piece? Well I try to use them as much as I can; save as much material as possible. And every now and then I find bits of scraps, offcuts, or things made in the process of making another art piece laying around my studio. Today I have a few examples.

The piece below is a cut-off I got from trimming a piece to fit in a frame. Its tiny but is so cool. The texture, the look, and the size, all interesting. This image was scanned, and due to the fact it's not flat, has a few specks of white here and there that are not on the original. I did try to clean them up the best I could without destroying the clarity of the piece. It measures approximately 2.38 x 6.78 inches. I cannot wait to see what it looks like after it's matted and framed. As many of my pieces it is yet to be titled.

With my art work its very hard to get a clear picture of what it really looks like without seeing it
in person.  So much detail is lost in the scanning or photography due to the texture and the very minute subtle changes in the pieces. They are such intricate small details with subtle color changes, its hard to get a perspective of what they look like without having the original.

Below is another cut-off, probably off the same art project as above. Again, due to the scanner picking up small dots or tiny bits of dust, it seems to have a lot of white specks but in the original most don't exist. It's just the way the scanner sees it. But scanning it allows for a lot of detail that may otherwise be missed by the camera. It is approximately 2.66 x 10.31.

Below is a piece I found laying around; no idea when I did it or

what I was thinking, or why I made it. Its approximately 4 x 13.5.

As always, let me know what you think.

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Sorry For Lack Of Posts

Just checking in....

You know how it is - not enough and energy to keep up with it all.  My health isn't what it used to be.

As you get older, where does the time go?

Thanks to my editor for helping me with my Blog.  It was very nice of her. I really appreciated what she has done for me.

I am not so sure where my blog is going or what my plans are. I have a very hard time writing. These days, because of illness, it's taking a lot more energy to produce art work. Well, more energy then I happen to have. So while I want to post everyday, its very hard on me.

Its often scary to post your art work.  Will people like it?  Will they love it?  Will they try to steal it? Its all very scary. I start so many projects - too many! Some turn
out great and others, well, one day... :)

Anyway I took some photos the other day of flowers in my yard. I hope everyone enjoys them :-)

 

ˈshād əv ˈshād əv ˈsə-mər

 

 

ˈshād əv thə ˈsən 

 

 

ˈshād əv fȯ-lē-də-gräⁿ-dœr

 

 

 ˈshād əv i-ˈlü-zhən

 

 

ˈshād əv di-ˈlü-zhən

 

  

As always let me know what you think of my work.

 

 

                                                                                        Mo