All right, I’ve done a couple more sculptures. As promised, a penny-farthing. This is the first time I’ve used both sizes of wire together. The next one, a fish tank, is based on Alexander Calder’s Goldfish Bowl. I like mine better because I have captured the true feeling of a fish tank, where as Calder did not capture that of a bowl, since bowl’s are … Continue reading Still Wired
Now that I live in England, the only real hobby I’ve ever had I can’t do anymore, and that is play baseball. You see, it’s not a really big sport over here. Now, if I had spent my youth playing and watching snooker, darts, or polo I might be telling a different story right now. But the facts are, baseball is just not that popular, … Continue reading A New Hobby
For our birthdays this year, Ron and I decided not to buy each other anything, considering we were both moving over the ocean soon and adding to the luggage just didn’t seem like a good idea. So, instead, I bought Ron a 2-4 for his birthday celebration back in Canada and he (and Darrell) gave me the promise of something awesome once we actually got … Continue reading We Got Annie…Tickets
So, after being in university for the past 5 years, I have grown accustomed to Hallowe’en being more like Hallowe’ek. You can imagine my surprise to find out that it’s not such a big deal in England. In fact, only two out of the seven people who live in my house even had Hallowe’en related plans for that evening. And one of those two people … Continue reading Hallowe’en
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