It turns out that commissions seem to come like stereotypical buses – none for ages and then two at once. I had the pleasure of accepting two very different commissions last week. The only thing was – they were both last minute with a very short time constraint. I did some juggling and evening work but fit them in and delivered both on time. Here’re pics of the projects:
It has to be said that the coronavirus isolation rules haven’t affected my working life unduly. I’ve always worked from home being lucky enough to have my studio at the bottom of the garden. Unfortunately, it has meant that I’m no longer able to host studio guests which has led to some quiet evenings. At some point, I’ll look into providing remote access via IT solutions, but there’s no one to watch at the moment.I’ve restocked some of my laser-cut mini- tags in the hope that we get to have a Christmas stall again this year. Yesterday, I drew a mandala and then transferred it to Illustrator to convert it to a 3D layered laser-cut version:
I’ve had fun creating my cuboidroids, and as my confidence has grown so have my modelling skills. The third cuboidroid in my series is perhaps the most whimsical to date… ‘will you be mine?’
The arms took a fair number of prototypes to get right, as did the ‘hands’. I eventually settled on the hexagonal shape and added the internal thread. This will give me the opportunity to add props using bolts that screw in. I’ve also added extra elements to reinforce the droid bits:
Now I’ve done the prototypes, I need to perfect the smoothing of the various components, perfect the paint jobs and come up with more characterisations. Not much then…
