Kumropotash O Halloween

Very good friend of mine gave me a pumpkin gift :) and this is my first attempt :)

Father and Son - Metal Sculpture (First Project)

Well, one of the difficult classes I have ever taken.
In fact I could not even finish this in the first session :(
Finally my "Father and son" project is somewhat finished :)

It was/is a great experience overall. I have learned a lot from Matt and other people (specially Jeff and Tuke) in class. Hope to continue making these types of figures.

Hot Glass Workshop

It was a 4-hour Hot-Glass workshop@Ignite Glass Studio, where I really struggled to do every single thing !! It is extremely difficult for me to do the right synchronization with both hands.
I learnt basic techniques to create jack lines in glass, how to use the basic tools. few blowing techniques, use of colors etc.

It was all fun and I'll try something cool next time :-) if I have chance.

Here is my paper weight !! I wanted to put vibrant orange, blue and white inside it but I somehow burnt part of it :(

First try @Metal sculpture class

Started with 12" x 12 " x 16 GA square steel sheet in the first class.

We learnt basics of welding, cutting, grinding, glazing, polishing with steel surfaces.

The only thing that came to my mind with those 9 pieces of smaller 4" x 4" square sheets, was a small house-like structure :)

For welding : acetylene (5 psi) + Oxygen (5 psi)
For cutting:     acetylene (5 psi) + Oxygen (25 psi)

word collages

Captain's Verse by Pablo Neruda

Che speech @ NY 1964