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T Moses
Trad climber
Paso Robles
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J-Lo said:
"Although I don't know if it qualifies as art, I've found expression in designs that were functional, or wearable, or climbable, etc."
I've always thought that there was a blur between fine craftsmanship and artisticness.
Some of the stuff I am currently working on. The signs are a colaboration with a co-worker:
Eagle:
Eagle Castle Winery Sign:
Unfinished. When finished it will be rust color (actual rust) with textured aluminum backing the letters. Kind of like the eagle on top. For those of you in SLO county this will be on the 46 coming into Paso from the coast.
Vine Sign and Ornaments for Eagle Castle Winery:
'55 Chevy Motor:
I could spew for half a page on the car but I'll spare ya.
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T Moses
Trad climber
Paso Robles
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One more:
Full on custom BBQ. Built to customers size requests. Probably the first and last BBQ I'll build. A lot of hours fabricating. I came up with a couple cool features for this build. Replaceable grill rods that float for heat expansion. Ratchet system for holding grill in place but also allowing easy adjustment up (You can use one finger to spin it up). Actual bearings on the crankshaft for super smooth movement. I made bearings for the grill to ride up and down on too. They keep the grill from tipping side to side.
I even rolled and welded the hand wheels myself.
Last and greatest of all:
From the Great Artist Himself.
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MisterE
Trad climber
Bellingham, WA
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Jazzy Woodpecker
A woodpecker that lives somewhere near
has taken up an odd habit.
It flies around to various metal
objects and taps out its
once-wooden staccato beat.
A small aluminum plate attached to
a telephone pole, 3492234765,
is the tinny high-hat, then
a quick flight across to the road "T" sign
for a 10-minute slam
of the mid-cymbal range,
so off it must be jazz.
I get out my drum, laughing
and begin to play along
Flickerbird with Ashiko accompaniment.
The little bird seems to prefer
the 10-12 fast beats
with a 16-20 beat spacing.
Soon, it flies away.
I set down my drum,
thinking the show is over.
Then:
From the huge steel powerline supports
above my property,
I hear the structurally amplified
and familiar rat-tat-tat-tat!
For the phonic finale:
amazing reverberation
for a smallbeak's effort.
-EW, Nason Ridge 2005
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Louis
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When I have time, I like fooling with watercolors.
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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awsome metalwork! i really miss my shop, with the right tools steel is clay in your hands!
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T Moses
Trad climber
Paso Robles
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Got excited posting my own stuff and forgot to complement the posters preceding me. Lots of cool stuff and talented people.
Mike. Post up sumthin'! I know photography can be very artsy. My brother prefers his 35mm. He learned from one of the old school. He told me about some of the 'dark' trickery employed in photography (pun intended).
Euroford. I saw a "Euro ford" once. The 1965 T-5. The European versoin of a Mustang. Nowhere did it say mustang, just T5. Nice engineering.
I always get a little nervous when building something totally new. Will it work in reality? It was such a cool idea and it worked on paper. That's what goes through my head as I'm building stuff.
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WBraun
climber
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T Moses
You are a damn good welder artist.
This is great thread, so many creative people with diverse arts. I love it.
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justthemaid
climber
Los Angeles
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I agree. There's a lot of talent floating around in here.
I'm actually a glass artist for a living.
...and I'm dabbling in painted glass lately.
Sorry- the resize didn't cooperate.
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WBraun
climber
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WOW, that is just awesome glass work, again WOW!
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Ammon
Big Wall climber
El Cap
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 5, 2006 - 08:29pm PT
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Very nice!! And, yes.... I agree. Lots of talent in tacoland.
Mike, you should upload a song for us, you are a great musical artist.
Cheers!!
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CorporateDog
climber
Middle California
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My first love was detailed pen-and-ink stuff, but since I don't own a scanner - well, oh well.
Lately I have been into more three dimension art stuff - the first photo of a familiar place was one of my attempts of "drawing" with glass etching gels.
Photo number two is a "Black Death" plywood sculpture I made to cover the uglya## gable vents on my cabin.
The last photo was my first ever attempt at chainsaw art. Wifey wanted a carved bear - after finding out that most look like crap and those that don't are big bucks - I said what the hey - give it a try - the worst I can do is make kindling.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Love the painted leaves Skip!
I can't wait to see what you are doing with the staining when you feel like you have it down, if this is your playing around, LOL.
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justthemaid
climber
Los Angeles
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All right. Corporate Dog gets my vote for most innovative use of scrap wood.
That chainsaw bear is pretty cool for a first attempt. I see a future for you in the chainsaw art world.
...and the horse was actually a first attempt too.
This was my second attempt:
The center heat cracked in the kiln during the last firing and it was too much work to redo, so I just leaded it back together. I actually think I like it better that way.
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Ridges45
Mountain climber
Prairies
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There are many of us who can appreciate things other than good beer!
I've posted before about a piece of art that isn't mine but that captured my attention. It's a summitstone by DSD. Found this while out climbing. Cool little piece of art. You can see pictures of DSD's work on "summit stones by DSD" on the blogger.com site and also at the clubtread site. My own art is in picture taking which can be a creative effort to!
Nice use of colors!
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feelio Babar
Trad climber
Sneaking up behind you...
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Hey just the maid,
That is a beautiful piece of glasswork!! Bravo!
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Dragger
Mountain climber
Bay Area, CA
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A Valley Dark
The rock swallows the sun
A final act of anticipation
A cool breath whispers from the valley floor
And the dull clatter of evening presides.
The valley grips and caresses
Pulled by a curious magnetism
And glued to the steep
As the black takes over
It cradles us and rocks us with generosity.
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Hardly Visible
climber
Port Angeles
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Crimpergirl,
I really like yer watercolors!
About the only thing I do that could remotely be considered art (other than climbing rocks) is residental woodworking. Here's an alternative that I came up with to your standard jail bar type pickets found on most porch railings.
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Ouch!
climber
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This is a self portrait sketch. Note the eerie resemblance to the characters in the bottom picture.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Bump to a great thread.
There's more out there right?
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handsome B
Gym climber
SL,UT
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Some sketches from the fall.
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