25 Seconds of Extreme Tranquility

A short video I made from one of my screen-savers developed from a hand painted slide from my undergraduate school days. The screensaver is titled Cave Lake. This should really be seen on a BIG screen.

New Year Sculpture Animation

Happy New Year

Paper Animation 1

I could really get into doing this.......

wait, it seems I have!

This Alabaster carving of a mother and child walking a dog recently found a new home. I include this here to offset the apparent preoccupation with cats this blog has implied.  I have actually made very few works of art using animals.  Beth and I are far better known for doing variations of hearts, and I primarily do figurative pieces.

Elvira our Ocicat helping Beth cut gemstones.

Beth using her Pixie Lapidary machine.

Free-Form Cabochons

Here is a sampling of some of Beth's free-form cabochons still attached to the dop sticks she uses to hold  stones while she grinds and polishes them on a series diamond wheels. Included are examples of Agates, Amathest,  Jaspers, Jade, and Chrysophrase.

Tennessee Sponge Cat

carved from a Dixon, Tn fossil

We started setting up to demonstrate at the Pink Palace Crafts fair today, so the Tennessee Sponge Cat story will have to wait.