Just Ride The Waves

 

Some of this year's ornaments.  A state of mind to go with this year.  An anonymous surfer quote etched on the base as a mindset for dealing with the virus and other challenges in life.  So much is beyond our control, so we have to go along for the ride and anticipate the next one.    These are cast resin, set into laser cut Poplar wood bases.  There are LED lights in the base, activated by pressing on the bottom.  Most are bound for collections.  A few are still available.  

 Thinking about this year's ornament.  It makes a good incense holder at least.  Cast metal toy about 1/32 scale.  Available

UFO

Fake onion, laser cut scrap pieces and plastic buttons.

Available

Messerschark

Plastic toy shark and 1/72 scale Heller model kit.

The two seemed like a natural fit. 

Available

WINDOW BOXES

More work in small scale, but they're not ornaments this time. Each wooden box is either 2" x 3" or 3" square.  Italian and French windows using the laser cutter and hand made details. All of these are available for purchase.

Somebody's Business

Some of 2019's Christmas Ornaments. Each building is a pre-war designed bungalow apartment converted to commercial use by putting in large plate glass windows at the front, not paying attention to the original style.  The business titles are based on the recipients interests.  The buildings correspond in scale to HO model trains. Each measures approximately 3" square. These are laser cut card stock and plastic sheet.

Sawdust Festival

Three pieces I created after visiting the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach, CA.
I tried to emulate the conditions the artists face, having to build their booths among the trees on the festival grounds.  The shallow box frames set the limits of the components, with the exception of the "trees" growing beyond the frame. Most of the components are laser cut materials.  The sawdust is made from pencil shavings.  The art pieces in each booth are miniatures of my own work.  The boxes are 4" and 5" square and the scale is 3/8" = 1', a common architectural scale.  All are in private collections.

Ice Cream Cart

This is 2018 ornament for the group at work.  The ornament I made for 2017 is still a work in progress of sorts, so no photos of it right now.  This guy is 1/24 scale, so he fits alongside your model car kits.  He is based on photos I took before 2001, when I still used a film camera.  He's in one of my paintings but I always wanted to do more with him.  I think these vendors are unique and wonder how many people drive by them and allow them to fade into the urban background of southern California day after day.  The pieces are made up of cast resin and laser cut parts.

TEAR DROPS

These are the ornaments for Christmas 2016. I needed nine and managed to make thirteen by our deadline. I've had the idea to make Tear Drop style of trailers since I got my laser cutter and these were sort of waiting in my queue line for a reason to design them.  I tried to make each one a little bit different as it was a way to experiment with materials.  Each one has a battery operated LED light stuck in the bottom, so it can look "lived in" as it hangs on the tree.  The finished version of each has either a Christmas tree or a sled tied to it. This was the way to accommodate a hook without making holes in the shell or adding an obvious fixture.  They are sized to match my other 1/32 scale models and with some refinements, the Tear Drop will eventually become another model kit I can offer for sale.
Materials are various cardstock, printed art, wood veneers, specialty papers, plastic, foam, tire valves, metal snaps.  Each one measures 5" x 2.5" x 3".