Chrsitmas Tree Topper!

Multiple pieces of different gauge wire, with different malleabilitys were used in the completion of this piece! It will be a Christmas gift to Kelly's Dad!




Wire formed Tree Topper!

New base of Operations

Well, it's been a rough coupla weeks. I (and Kelly & Mack) moved into a town house!
Lotsa back breaking lifting of furniture, aggrivation with transfering utilities, cable, forwarding mail,. . et cetera.
This is the first real day off I've had for about 4 weeks. When I'm not at my actual work place, i'm working on moving & settling in bull shit.
*I use the term day off lightly, I've been up since 8:30 and hung pictures and mounted shelves*
I'm getting off topic as I have a tendency to do, any ways,....
I have a garage again,...finally a place to craft things. . . .
well sorta, I still have to make a run to my parents place to pick up my tools...
So at the moment I have a place to remind me of what I can eventually have.
I don't think anybody actually reads what I type here, so I doesn't really matter what I say-(type) just as It probably won't matter what I do in the garage. I have a horrible feeling that I'll get all my tools from my folks place and have my creaive arsenal at the ready, . . . .and then,... NOTHING. I'll have nothing to do. No things to make for anybody. Aside from projects for me( which, since I have all of my wire sculptures packed up in boxes. All of it's been projects for me)

Kinda like Batman in the BatCave, . . . with no crime to fight.
In other words, pretty fuckin' lame

Hopefully the aggrivation & hard work will pay off and not be in vain.

Probably not though :(

Any way here is my BatCave so far -( more pictures to follow)

Busy Barrel

A plastic water cooler bottle (with the neck cut off) + a length of climbing rope + some squeak balls from the pet store =

BUSY BARREL!

I took these pcitures a few years ago, when I still had my dog.
He's alive & well,..just not hanging out with me any longer, . .
Anyways,I'm getting off topic and startin' to ramble

Anybody who's had a Border Collie knows that they are really intelligent.
An intelligent dog tends to get bored, . .
A bored, intelligent dog, if not properly stimulated will wreck your house. Which may hurt your dog in the process. So I made my dog Wilson-(pictured below)this Activi-Toy (a trademarked name) the Busy Barrel -(also trademarked)

Tactical Flask

I repurposed some lengths of ballistic nylon straps & plastic buckles from a broken child's racecar themed shopping cart from my local grocery store, to make a tactical rig with belt loop for my flask.

Now I can get boozed up anywhere all Batman style.

(More) Thinking outside the box

A section of mailing tube, some scrap canvas and some A.T.G-( pressure sensitive glue) and you get cup holders for an Ikea Futton, . . the canvas worked out well, because it had a very similar look to the cushions and was a sturdy material!

Thinking outside the box . . . .

I've been told that I "MacGyver" things very well. Also known as "jack-assing" things together. This skill set is mostly born out of necessity, . .
Usually in response to having fix other peoples screw ups, and being surrounded by lazy people. I work in retail, . . So I've been in plenty situations where I had to make things work with out the proper tools and or materials.
It just recently occured to me take pictures of these instances



A few spoons repurposed for key hooks!







No mixer? No problem
(Dewalt beats Cuisinart any day)





A few hair ties, . . . and viola! An adjustable G.P.S mount for the car!

Duck (Duct) Tape: Part 2

Best Halloween costume ever!
Ironman's gauntlet made of of Duck Tape! Used app. 3 rolls of red tape, a few l.e.d's one store bought and modified toy arc reactor, and a lot of time!

Duck (Duct) Tape!

RedBull Robot

This piece was put together in a few hours with scrap wire I found. I was drinking a Red Bull whilst making it, and thought it'd be interesting to give the finished form a shield & sword, . . . but I went with armor instead. Kinda reminded me of Transformer -( the Michael Bay kind, . . . which wasn't intentional)

Wire Hands (again)

Wire Hands, . . . again.


My Leatherman Charge. I used it for a majority of the sculpting of this piece.




Me shaking hands







*I tried several times to edit my previous post and add these 2 pictures,
but alas I was not able to. I could add them but not post?!
I'm pretty sure no one will care all too much or at all!

Fauxtography ( Fort Washington Park)

Kelly & Mack & I at Fort Washington State Park

Dog vs Vacuum

Pure Awesomeness

this would make an awesome tattoo

BATTLE FOOD!

PORK & BEANS

Hot Dog Super Hero: PORK

and his dynamite lovin' sidekick: BEANS!




Pork's arch nemesis the WICKED PICKLE, (to be seen in a later blog)
Here Pork is battling Wicked Pickles minions,....the equally evil, and easily stopped GURKIN Troops

Narcoleptic Beast of Burden

A Bull, . .dozing off, whilst driving a bull dozer





*The idea for this came from Kelly's Step Mom. Thank you Jen*

Hearing things wrong can be funny!

I love the band Foreigner!
And I love their song Juke Box Hero!
I hear things wrong on occasion,.... this was one of those times!

I'm gonna rock ya, then quench ya thirst, and then I'm goin' save the day!
(puts me to mind of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
Juice Box Hero!



Juke Box Hero An AWESOME song
(copy & paste the below link into your browser and enjoy,
or go to iTunes and buy it!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7tzi8wkYgI

Confused!

The conflicted Platypus. Living in 2 worlds,...but belonging to neither

Even more CARTOONS!!!!

CAMP FIRE TORTURE!



TORPEDO!



HAPPY CORN, . . . . this corn makes me smile!



I got this idea from Kelly's stepmom Jen,..I recently showed her and Chris-(Kelly's dad) my work and they liked it a lot
The horn isn't french in type,...but that's what makes it funny to me!
And hopefullly you fine folks out there in the internet land!



You'd be angry too,..if dog's pee'd on you!

Hay! Yo! (yo) What's Up?

I got the inspiration for this at work. I work at a craft store. And as I've mentioned in earlier posts, we sell dumb things. We sell bails of hay,...and I saw one of my co-workers pushing a cart of it around. I said to her "HEY" and then realizing what I said-( I apparently am funnier to myself then anyone else) I began to laugh.... so I probably looked kinda insane.

Oh well,...

if they can't take a joke

fuck'em!

A Candy Bar

The ButterFinger dropped a tray of drinks because he's got, . . . well, ya know.
And the Snickers,...well,... you guys probably get it