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006.JPG 010.JPG Finally found the time to finish off something for a friend. The lid is made from thin strips of float laid into an open mould dug into a kiln brick. The body of box is a failed bubble block ground to shape and polished. Not keen on waste so was happy enough to put the hours in for ...

Have come back to this over the last few days, thinking whether or not say anything. Congratulations, it's a very thoughtful, well executed piece. Could easily get lost just looking into it. peace, haydo

BINGO. ...bring me another drink o......nearly rhymes damn it.

Thanks for the tip Fiona. When I posted earlier I meant to say minimal dust instead of powder. Shame about all the filings. peace, haydo

Affordable Inspirations from Tasmania sell a product that seems suitable for a small studio as it claims that minimal powder is produced. I'll buy one next time I'm in shopping mode. I've got my old knuckles dragging on the ground model still going but am just about over all the cleaning and drying ...

Easiest way is to look at the cubish element - sub-confidence which is 90mm x 90mm x 90mm. peace, haydo

(IMAGO)block images for website 086.JPG The daydreamer is my second favourite. Can stand on it's side then with a gentle tap will rock for some time, the sentinel is the other that rocks but not as nicely. I want to show element - anger but will wait until I start playing with the camera again as i...

(IMAGO)block images for website 103.JPG (IMAGO)block images for website 097.JPG (IMAGO)block images for website 087.JPG Wife thinks I'm mad, so must be true. For me the deconstructed eureka is my favourite. It reflects on a time when I've only ever been truly disappointed with a political event whe...

Good to hear Tod. Better when it is enjoyed rather than being something pretty. I'll attempt to upload the three blocks that didn't make it onto the stand, at the moment internet connectivity seems stable. Well I didn't make it in, but more like I made it on time and submitted early. peace, haydo

I'm very happy about the positive feedback, much appreciated. To be honest I wasn't bowled over the first time I saw it, with so many elements including the stand keeping me very busy, then all of a sudden the sketch made here while away from home became real just didn't do it for me. As if I'd alre...

(IMAGO)block images for website 056.JPG (IMAGO)block images for website 062.JPG This bit of glass was the real learning curve of using a LP66 polishing disc on a flat bed grinder. One time it took me three goes of searching my "rain forest section" in the yard to find this piece after it ...

Hey Peter, appreciate your well wishes. Starting to think that maybe I'm too cryptic. Almost missed my last flight out of Nauru by falling asleep on the beach in the middle of the night and apparently I left a message about a key, I'm like WTF. So what I'm trying to say is that the thing for me was ...

Thanks Jen, my run is over with this one. Judging has already taken place which is why I'm able to share this now. It was the one thing that has kept me going, to be able to submit a work to this event. Had no choice but to go for it, especially with the convenient circumstance of getting a back to ...

Three more images. It's raining here on Nauru so what else is there to do except think about what I'll get up to next when I get home. peace, haydo

share image.jpg dispair.jpg Have had a good time through the whole process except for some cold working issue's with proud stones on one of my discs. Looking forward to seeing the finalist's collection in this the last year that the prize will be running. Could have read something the wrong way a w...

Wish I hadn't asked that one. Got too relaxed watching the fishing boats come in at dark after making it back myself with a cramping calf muscle. Can't drink or smoke under water but made up for it. I'm still questioning why a young bloke with a promising future decided otherwise and lost his bearin...

Religion!, is it the crux of the matter? Is it what makes you question instead of deny? WTF does that mean when it's blah, blah, blah!! I feel that all my experiences have me at a time where I'm free, accepting all outcomes. Catholicism is a powerful thing as it still has sway on my thinking. When t...

I know what you are meaning Jen. Will be pulling down the booth tomorrow. Had to use all the width of cotton sheet just to get the framing right, the sheet gave me 2.4mtrs to work with plus three white sheets to form the tent. Already got my eye on a camera that will be excellent in low light and am...

Thanks for the tip Mark. My boss(snicker, I let her think that) reckons it would leave too much lint but gave me the tip of using bamboo cotton for future work. Took a couple of hundred images, varying light angles, speed and apertures. For many when the piece looked good was let down by wrinkles, b...

Yeah I only went along with it to make myself look stupid. Anyway the grey sheet or for that matter any sheet is painful for this size work, youngest son gave it best shot at ironing it but decided to wash it then make it taught over the set up to take images. My wife finally got her way, she's been...