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I’m taking a trip.  Been grinding me face on my art desk for too long.  Toys aren’t my only vice.  My brain has gone far from dripping all over my sketch pad and toys and is now reaching the medulla oblongata and thus I need a break.  Not only a break but a very special creature that I know has been spotted in the elusive regions of europe.  Thus I will go and have it mend my mind.  

As I walk the streets for the last few days, I happened upon an interesting situation.  In a “toy” shop which I will not name, there happened to be a signing of “toys” by “artists” who I will not name and there were “people” lined down the block to get their compulsive spending/hoarding validated by those who gave them reason to do so.  Maybe that is an incorrect statement.  They probably had a father or mother that threw their toys away as children and now they collect with a vengeance.  Regardless of their childhood traumas they are here, in the cold, awaiting to make their hard earned cash turn into a “collectable” figuring and to turn that figurine into a “priceless” item that now would smell like sharpie.  

Me being the compulsive asshole that I am decided what a better moment to rub a middle finger in the face of such establishments, though they could be considered a healthy part of the “toy” culture I still have qualms with the forced limited edition aspect and far too simplistic design of the products they choose to display in their elite “toy shop”.  SO just happens that there was a little gentleman in my pocket I snuck my way past the lineup and creeped my way into the hubbub and slinked myself into the front and rather than present the “toy” these gentleman have been staring at all evening I rather gave them the Finger.  Asking for a blessing, I now cringe at my secret cruel joke that I was forcing upon them, and after an unimpressed huf got an oh so “priceless” signature on one of the first few little gentleman that Phil and I have created.  Again I shouldn’t take any credit as not one thing has truly been done by yours truly.  Anyway.  that happened.  and I can’t find it any longer but I’m sure of it’s existence.  that’s what photos are for right.  

Materials:  air epoxy, sharpie, and my bad attitude.  

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Let there be color!  So in an effort to meet my fears in the middle of an intersection I’ve forgone the preferred method for figure painting and used basic acrylics.  I was too stressed to possibly butcher any of the few little gentleman that I do have so I figured my skills with a brush just might get me to a place where I can at least enjoy the outcome.  

The look isn’t flat and you can certainly tell some jerk used chunky paint to lay on the colors but after taking a photo and doing a little retouching (hell yeah he’s been made pretty) it is at least encouraging to see the bastard in the flesh.  

This does prove that airbrush is needed to try and keep the integrity of the sculpt and not take away from it by adding chunky junk.  Now I just need to get one…….

this was apparently done 61 weeks ago.  Also known as July 27th at 9:08 pm and 37 seconds.  Air epoxy model, primed and painted using hella cheap acrylics.   

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Receiving mail is always awesome.  Today was a bit different though.  Today? oh yeah, living in a worm hole.  that’s right.  Mail came today.  Phil thought he’d throw himself a curveball and try out Air Epoxy. 

  Having figured out mold making he wanted to try his luck at something new so he whipped and poured up a 2part mold sans air vents and stuffed this magical epoxy inside and closed it up to solidify.  Turns out they look great and flawless, no sanding or cleanup. So with that he put 5 in a box and sent em to my humble pantry.  

I’m currently holding my newborn baby in my hands.  in my mind.  he looks glorious.  Only thing I’ve found with the air epoxy is it’s nearly weightless.  Breeze came in a knocked em all over breaking a leg from a foot tall fall.  still haven’t gotten rid of it.  It’s on a shelf with a pile of brothers.  

Next up is to tackle something I know nothing of which is coloring.  Can’t drop the ball like last time.  Gotta jump in a figure it out.  I don’t have an airbrush compressor but my dad found a Paasche airbrush kit at the dump and gave it to me.  Guess I’ll just see how it goes to paint it with acrylics.  Not that I’m any better at that.  haha.  

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The suspense is killing me.  I hear though sound waves traveling through interstate wires that the previous sculpt has been fine tuned and prepped for a silicone bath time.  This is what I hear.  I can’t quite come to terms with such a concept.  I simply spewed something out on a scrap of paper, and it is suddenly going to be a “thing”.  Makin’ Nouns.  Phil is a fucking superhero.  

    There was once a while ago that we had a similar spurt of such.  It went well, though maybe more ambitious than we realized.  Regardless, Phill sculpted the shit out of a design 3 times till he got it how he wanted it, then went through the mill of disaster and figured out mold making.  Like from scratch he did all the research and countless attempts until he was able to cast a perfect and amazing figure.  Then handed it to me and I dropped the ball.  It was too awesome and I felt inadequate to carry it forward.  Again maybe it was too ambitious and it cause it to hit a wall.  

hmm.  still my fault.  and here I am sitting pretty just awaiting for something to happen I suppose.  Damn.  Can’t be that guy again.  I gotta make sure to bring my baked yams to the potluck this damn time.  What’ll I do since I’m shit at sculpting?  Maybe Ill give the mash up thing a try.  Had a couple ideas and so I’ll see what comes of it.  

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Hey, remember that time that a few days after you gave Phil the sketches for that “toy”, he out of the blued you this shot of it realized in better detail and quality that you had imagined possible?  Yeah that was tight.  

Unparalleled progress on that which might be what is to come. Phil is a stand up guy.  This is probably clay, probably sculpted with tools, and probably took him no time at all.  Exact date unknown but it certainly did happen in the past.

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The man hunt is over.  I, upon a whisper from the wind, heard the name in my mind and sought it out.  Rosebud.  wait, different story.  never saw it.  Phil.  yeah that’s more of my vein.  A distant buddy who’s sculptural talents need only an objective to be unleashed.  Mercenary for hire if you will, and you should.  Is that redundant?  regardless of grammar i sent the message out to the one man I know who can take a pile of shit and make it pretty.  Luckily persuasion of concept was not particularly difficult, we have worked on such things before.  When we were younger and more naive we took on a behemoth of a project, and after much reworking and waste of supplies and time we came out with something awesome, to put it scientifically, but our young minds couldn’t hold focus long enough to see it through.  One day we will bring it back to life, as it never did really die, but the world wasn’t ready for us or vice versa.  

Enough blathering of the past, as ironic as that may be, but it is the past! Now we speak of the past future! Phil had little requests of me to begin and complete such a project, making me feel nearly guilty in my contribution for the work I saw ahead that I had discovered too great for me with my current skill set.  Turnaround he said.  That’s all he said.  You handle the rest he said.  Uh okay I said.  

luckily he finds my chicken scratch interesting.  If I were to employed by any serious “art” establishment I would certainly have my hands washed out with soap.  Not sure if it would have the same effect as with vulgarities, but my sketches should be categorized as the same.  Maybe a better suited punishment would be washed with crunchy organic peanut butter.  

Pilot Precision V5 on sketch paper.  drawn to scale. 

thank you Phil.  making dreams come true, though I still don’t know what happens in the dream.  

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And just as things were looking like they had a promising beginning, the worst happens.  Complete blind ignorance.  Sure,there’s money to spare, why not just simply try the most non-trying attempt at making a mold.  A mold of said character of previous posts, to then be replicated with resin, thus making a”toy”.  Maybe figurine is a better word.  Toy insinuates play, which I intend to do if something should ever come of this, but meh I haven’t gotten to play yet. Or maybe this is playing.  Well in that case here is my fistful of wet sand plopped on a pile of identifiably similar sand and saying “sand castle”.  

This was clearly a mistake in all respects.  Maybe I should give up.  That sculpt took far longer than I care to mention for results worse than I care to admit.  Now it lies in shattered pieces.  Probably better off this way.  Maybe I have a friend that knows what they are doing, and have more talent in such a field.  Maybe their name is Phil.  I dunno. I’ll have to look into my rolodex.  

1 pour mold made from Smooth-on OOMOO and a microwaveable ramen noodle bowl.  I never ate the ramen.

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So as I keep statingSo as i keep stating we are starting back the beginning.  The beginning of what is actually still quite unknown but I will be sure to let you know as soon as I find out.  It’s difficult reasoning out to you, dear reader, why you should keep listing to my fingers type and come to see what it is that you are going to be shown, when, as I keep stating I don’t know were out journey is taking us.  I assure you I will do my best to be at least an entertaining guide, save my ignorance in most subjects and blatant disregard for conventional social etiquette, we will surely have a grand time as i point out things i see.  Most likely having no relevance to the “thing” we are trying to see by the end of this all whole mess, but as I keep stating I don’t know what that “____”(noun) is therefore it may very well be perfectly correct to point out each and every thing of supposed importance!  Should this be the first of those “things”? Well I suppose why not?  It seems to resonate with some kind of beginning-esque vibrature.  What is “this” “thing”?  I had an idea of making a sculpt of something that said what I often say internally, but “it” can only say.  No title, just a number symbol followed by that which may or may not have later relevance.  

Made neandrotholically with super sculpy most likely sometime on August 5th 2013 7:12pm.

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Let’s Pretend we are back at the beginning.

I have recently discovered that by dosing my depth charged coffee with quaaludes and hallucinogenics, I am able to create worm holes at will.  Thought they are small, it is enough to allow for reporting of the past today, but as the past and with a more comprehensive view of “how the dice will roll”.  Think betting on a greyhound race yesterday, today, and though knowing very will who the winner will be, still choosing the losing mutt you lost rent on from the day before.  Sounds healthy to me!  

So let’s start back at the beginning of figuring out what the hell we are really doing here anyway and try and catalogue, to the best of my ability, the process and choices which have led us, you and no one to the point at which we are now.  If it is even plausible to catch up with today when all the days past need be caught up.  have I caught up? Why are you reading this for a sec o…third time?

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