Monday, June 30, 2014

Lovely Summer Evening...


Outdoors with a Sakura watercolor box and water brushes, a wee block of hot press watercolor paper, and a Ninkasi Total Domination IPA = a lovely summer evening.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Toys: Rude Maggot Figurine

I tried out a variation of Rude Maggot in clay this weekend. Slopping along in purge fluid, and such fierce bristles!

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Misc. Sketches


Oddly enough, sometimes I actually get
project ideas from flailing about in sketchbooks.This may not be one of those weeks. Fun,though-.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Sculpture: Larval Heart

    ©2014 Montgomery J. Nelson

Larval Heart
Maquette/Modello--Clay sculpture with Metal-B silver coating. I hope to do a 
larger version in wax for a bronze.

Sculpture: The Embrace

    ©2014 Montgomery J. Nelson

Larval Love?
Maquette/Modello-- Clay sculpture with Metal-B Bronze. The next step would be a larger
wax version for a bronze.

Toys: Resin casting Paratrooper Maggot

   ©2014 Montgomery J. Nelson

I made my first EasyFlo 60 resin Paratrooper Maggot today. Colored with black Poly-Color.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Toys: Maggot Paratrooper


PARATROOPER MAGGOT!
Why wait to fly until eclosion and your adult stage? Join the Airborne Maggot Corps!


Sculpting Paratrooper Maggot out of sulpher-free clay


Following the method for silicone mold-making from the Brick In The Yard Mold Supply web site.
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BITY's PlatSil 73-20 Poured.
The next step is to cast them in resin. I'll be using BITY's EasyFlo 60 with PolyColor pigment.
I've found a source for parachutes, so the Airborne Maggot Corps will soon be operational.