Just like old times, it's a last minute rush!
I have my first major show in 14 years coming up, February 22-26th. I had plans for about 12 pieces. It is down to six. It would have been nine, but three pieces already sold. They will be a nice six, if my equipment does not fail me. (My restored 1926 bandsaw has been experiencing some age related issues lately...)
The pieces include e a fully articulated many-beaked hamatsa raven (not a crooked beak- this one is fairly non-standard, perhaps even "un-authentic" to some). It has six independently moving beaks, and is about 50" long, 30" high. I am running behind on it though; it is a fairly complicated mechanical piece, so I expect I will be working on it down to the wire.
I was going to do a pipe using my last piece of petrified ivory mastodon tusk, but the remnants I have left are just not quite big enough to do the whole thing and the bowl (note- this type of ivory is legally obtainable, and should in no way be confused with elephant ivory). The cost for petrified ivory is high, so I am going to use the scrap I have for the handle of a copper dagger. The copper dagger blade is 14" long, and pounded out on an anvil. I then "carve" it into shape. It is in the aging process now, using a proprietary method involving turkey shit and beer. The knife handle will be a shark with a hitchhiking octopus.
I am also making a smaller version of the dragonfly sun mask (my avatar). Rather than a 6' diameter monstrosity, it will be a much smaller 24" inches wide, 27" high. I am using port orford cedar for the backboard, and incense cedar for the mask portion.
I hope to have time for one more major piece: a moon transformation mask. I have not idea what I will do here yet. But I have about 3 weeks to do it all.
So in total:
Small bowl: completed
Wise old woman: completed
many beaked hamatsa: in progress
copper dagger: in progress
dragonfly sun mask: just started
moon transformation mask: not started
Last, I need something to work on during the show. I have no idea yet what that will be.
