I recently returned from a ten-day road trip with my friend Tory Brokenshire. On the first leg of our trip, we were in Cleveland where Tory was teaching three classes at Small Studio. The classes were all found object assemblage classes with a big dose of sculpture. I’m good with the found object part, not so much with the sculpture, but I gave it my best effort.
Story Tellers
From a pile of junk and a flurry of arms and legs, I created Mr. Songbird.
Sail Away
Day two was titled Sail Away and involved sculpting an entire body AND making a little wire boat. Tory was a great and patient teacher and I managed to create a companion for Mr. Songbird, but her boat, well, it sunk.
Please meet Miss Pennington.
The good news is that Mr. Songbird and Miss Pennington hooked up at the end of the second day, although Mr. Songbird’s nose put out Miss Pennington’s right eye.
Santos
On our final day, we created a Santos. Fortunately, we only had to sculpt the head!
Then we got to dress our Santos, which was great fun.
The finished crew of Santos (mine is on the far right).
Post Script: After three days of classes, we spent a couple of days in Cleveland sightseeing, then we rented a car and drove to Chicago, where we spent a few more days.
During the ten days I was away, I spent an entire 30 minutes in my travel journal. A whole 30 minutes!
