I’ve been carving and painting...

I’ve been carving some spoons and working on the skull painting.

 

I’m Working on: A Wild Man, A Penis Spoon, and Some Paintings

I started working on my plaster wild man again. And the basswood decorative penis spoon is progressing. I’ve also been working on the two acrylic paintings that I posted on 7/14.

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Here is an example of a more conventional decorative spoon that I carved several years ago.

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A Spoon and Other Stuff

Tonight I started carving a penis-handled spoon out of basswood. As one does-.

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And I’m still working on these...acrylic on canvas.

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 Improvements to the studio this week!
White walls- Tusen takk Bestemor!
I bought a carton rack from Uline that I thought might work for storage of panels and canvas. Love it!

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Three Paintings and a Carving

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Kabutomushi: Black on Black

A 24x30 acrylic painting in progress.

Kabutomushi: Back on Black. A sister painting to the black on black Histerid beetle I painted.

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Below is the Clown Beetle painting.

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Fars Dag

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Relikvie Til Huldrefolk: Skalen Til En Prins

Almost finished with “Relikvie Til Huldrefolk: Skalen Til En Prins“ 24X30 Acrylic on canvas.

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I just have to finish the crown of this poor relic Prince of the Huldrefolk- perhaps some long-forgotten line of Nisse royalty?

Blanketed in Anguish

I started this project back in 2016 and I’m back at it, gooey fabric hardener, icky blanket textile and all.

“Blanketed in Anguish” Sculpture, Found textile, Plaster, and Aluminum armature.

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Google is making changes to Blogger again, that may or may not work for my minimalist tech device ownership. We’ll see-.

Seax and Axe Wood Block

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Seax, axe, and floral patterns. Drew and started cutting this wood block for printing today. Shia plywood. 

Ink and Watercolor Cards

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Some quick Sumi ink and watercolor sketched cards for Barnebarn.

17.Mai Guest Artist

Atelier Luteiventris had a guest artist at an easel for Syttende Mai this year. Gratulerer med dagen Bjørn!

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Simple Wood Block Printing

Today I carved a simple nordic design on a Shina plywood block for hand printing. I wanted to make a card for Barnebarn.

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Shina plywood is brilliant. The suppplier for the US is McClains in Oregon.
https://www.imcclains.com/

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A pretty basic design, drawn directly on the plywood and carved quickly. I love the wood grain pattern.

Rosemaling Project Installed

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Well that took a few years to start, and a couple days to paint. And today we installed it on the house.

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Cedar Sculpture

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Cedar and Red Soapstone. Approx. 10x31”

Maggot Puppet

From my 2014 Notebook.

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I acquired the balsa blocks and started shaping it back in 2014-2015, then never went further.

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Today I took up the project again! That 2014 notebook has come in handy recently.

BTW, why yes, that is a Lie-Nielsen block plane. L O V E it!

Yellow Bird Man! Another Little Basswood Carving

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Rosemaling Plank Painting

2014. Sketches from my notebook.

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Today. Board painted and Rosemaling plan drawn in pencil, waiting for paint to arrive.

Basswood and Bjorn

Carving more small head sculptures in Basswood this week.

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These little heads have been fun, and I’m getting a nice little group of them.

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Bjorn spent some time in the studio last weekend and he got to try a small plane. 

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The Valkyrien and The Berserker: Guest Artists

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Natalia and Bjorn have both joined me in the studio recently. Could anything make Bestefar happier?

Carving, Painting and Drawing

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I started another little Basswood sculpture. I also completed a small pencil sketch on Claybord and started a India ink, pencil and watercolor drawing on multi-media board.

Sculpture

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Basswood head painted with acrylic.

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Two maquettes in progress. The homage to Brancusi, et al on the left I imagine would be about 6-8’. The piece on the right you’ve seen before. Below is a Birch branch I found and loved. The cardboard pieces will be painted Basswood. I’m still working out a base.

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More Basswood Heads

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I’m still working on the helmeted head, and today I started another one from 2x2 stock.

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And CORGI friends!! Jyn and Sabine joining me for a break in the studio.

Oseberg Viking and Demon Cranium

I finally finished a couple of carvings today. I painted (stained?) the 12” Oseberg-style Viking with diluted Norwegian Orange acrylic. The Basswood Demon Cranium was painted with heavy-body acrylic.

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Painting Study

Kintsugi repaired bowl and a skull with a gold tooth. Pencil and watercolor on Strathmore Multimedia Board.

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This is a study for a watercolor I’ll be doing on Ampersand Aquabord. I expect the final version to be a bit darker, and I’ve decided to move the gold tooth to the other side.

Sketch and Maquette

This is a sketch- and now today- a maquette (or modello) for a multi-stone garden sculpture I’d like to do.

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I think granite would be cool, and then paint the ravens and Odin with red Lithichrome paint.

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The maquette is in gray/brown air dry clay. Should be about the right color when dry. I’ll paint the ravens and Odin with the red acrylic, and then put it all together on a base. At that point I’ll decide if I want to go garden-size. I was thinking in the neighborhood of three-ish feet tall.