Math kills creativity

For the past few months I have been taking an online math course, mind you this is the second time I have had to take it. This is a result of me failing the first time around.
Math isn't something I have EVER enjoyed or had an easy time understanding, so for the sake of my fellow creatives out there I'll spare you the nasty details of this drab and tiring  subject.

Im fully aware and accepting of the fact that math in its self is EVERYWHERE and in everything. However this doesn't change the fact that I have fought the subject in school my entire life. even if your not the creative type I think a large majority of people dislike foreign world that mathematics is....
So I've been taking an online class... on the upside, I'm actually kicking ass this time around!
 I'm much more devoted to getting through this stupid subject so that I am one step closer to getting my BFA.
The downside of course is that I'm finding my 'creative drive' is, for a lack of better words, slowly dying.
I'm sure you have had enough talk about math, and let's be honest no one wants to read about it, let

flying machines and the empty hand

Working full time can inhibit my desire to create sometimes. thankfully my day job is a creative environment and as a result gets my mind brain storming on my own projects. 

As I continue to work on these sculptures the progression has been slow but steady. I dream of one day making a living selling my own work. So for now as I work my day job and begin class again soon, I have to keep pushing to complete these pieces. 

I was happy to finally start putting on the clear coats with my flying robot piece. This was the crash test dummy of sorts.While figuring out how to utilize Apoxie Sculpt  as a sculpting medium and jumping back into the 3D art world it was a bumpy road at the beginning. 

We'll enough reflecting about my life and it's mediocrity let's look at some pictures!

I wanted to give this fella a sense of age and neglect, the weathered look in addition to the graffiti and buffed out graffiti was the solution I thought best fit.

Along with giving this piece a proper mount, I'm planning on installing a power source within the main body which will enable me to install three LED's for his optic sensors.

 This next piece I will show you bellow is one that I'm having quite the debate on what exactly to place in the hand of the robot.

While it may involve some 'pill' shaped device , I'm still debating what exactly little blue (possible name) will be holding /dropping. 

I still need to get the arms epoxied into place... I've got a lot of work to do but the finished product is within sight. 

As always thanks for reading.

-C.H.

A bit of a set back

over the past few months I have been working on two new sculptures using an apoxie clay. I tend to wait for the clay to cure before I carve it using a dremmel. As a result of its rigid body, when the clay is cure it is much more resistant to breaking. 

yesterday I was vacuuming out my studio area, the dremmel produces a lot of dust and shavings. In my attempt to get every bit of apoxie particles out of the carpet, I brushed the temporary mount that my flying robot was drying on. Hearing a crash I turned around to see the piece had fallen to the floor....I can't describe how frustrated I was with myself for being so careless as to allow the vacume hose to knock over this piece.

Three arms were damaged in this unfortunate even, all will have sections that require me to resculpt and color match the paint.

overall this project has been a re-introduction to sculpting , so my time spent remembering my skills I use to once have quite refined has been a challenge. With set backs it's hard to stick to this piece getting completed. I mean, I was giving it a first clear coat when it was knocked over in between drying periods. GRRROOAR (it sounds like the appropriate noise to make at this point and time) 

I must press forward! and in my persistence through the creation of this piece I have made improvements. 

90th annual Spring Salon

to my great amazement one of my pieces was accepted into the "Spring Salon" in springville Utah. I' couldn't begin to express the sheer joy this brought me. Here is the piece that was accepted that's currently up at the springville fine art museum up until the end of June I believe. apologies for the blurry pic but I did want to show it up on their wall.

and one of the piece before being framed

lately I have been doing a lot of homework and haven't had any free time to post any updates. With the semester finished I will be posting more often. 

Thanks for stoping by 

Holding hands too much

Lately t seems to be I am more hungry to create when I have other responsibilities. Whether it be writing papers for my English class, or cramming in all my math homework at the last moment.  School has been quite time consuming to say the least.
As I've continued painting and adjusting the sculpture I've started another one to work on while the paint dries in between coats.

This will be the arm design for the robot pictured above. While I was carving it and sanding the finger the hand broke at the wrist and I had to epoxy it back together. I guess he's not the 'hand holding' type. I'm also thinking of having him interacting with an organic or a little robot on the ground bellow.

I threw up a little graff on the flying robot, just for kicks. Although I don't think I will keep this particular mark on it. Maybe just maybe I will tag the hell out of it, giving him a more neglected but colorful back story. (Enjoy that play on words?) I know I did.....sort of

Flying robot update

For the past eight months I worked on my "Digital natives" series and until recently I continued working in 2d. I encountered an interview with a custom toy artist that introduced me to a product called  Apoxie Sculpt. Ever since then I have been working with this medium and have never been more excited about getting back to my roots in sculpting. 

Here is an update on my latest piece, hope you enjoy!

First coat sanded then Primed then sanded again  

Repainted with enamel based paint

Before any painting had been done

Sculpting again

It's been awhile since I've posted anything, due to classes and a number of other things. However one of those things is featured in the following pictures. Still a work in progress, I've found a new sculpting medium that has enabled me to sculpt with restrictions. The last time I was working in the 3d  medium I was using ceramic clays. To say the least ceramics were great however they weren't very forgiving. This Apoxie sculpt  is a completely different story and I've been reunited with my true passion. I can sculpt the basic shape and once the mixture is cured I begin carving sanding and so on!

Semester starts

With school back in motion for me I'm finding it harder to find time to work on my art. As frustrating  as this may be I force myself to paint and continue producing work. Hope you enjoy these new pieces as much as I do!

I have been battling this piece for almost six months, I still don't really enjoy it but adding I. The 8bit fade on the cloaked figure has been a reason for me to save this and push through the anxieties and not destroy it by ritualistic death by fire! 

Used a fountain pen for the inking on this, more sketchy and splattered but I'm digging it.

Last but not least here's an early concept drawing for a future piece.

A new year start

Changed my mind on this one and decided it needed to be filled in with acrylic 

Second piece of the year signed today 

I'm really enjoying these flying pieces that incorporate my earlier works involving pattern and repetition.