Process: Sprout Model

Here's a sneak preview of part of a piece I'm working on for the CB Arts Festival. This slideshow is of the making of a model for the cast concrete base of a piece called "sprout". The model is made of styrofoam and modeling clay and was really fun to make. I've carved models out of wood for previous pieces, but the relative ease of working with clay, particularly the ability to stick material back on if you remove too much, has me sold.

Fester

This morning, before the day's rain moved in, Oliver and I set up the new art festival tent in the yard to get familiar with assembling the 900 or so parts that make it up. It went together great and took only a little longer with Oliver's help than it would've alone. He had fun digging holes under the tent to look for worms.

I'm looking forward to the two festivals I'll be participating in next month, and setting up the new tent made me realize just how soon August will be here. The first fest is the Crested Butte Arts Festival taking place on Elk Avenue in Crested Butte August 1st and 2nd. The second event is the Telluride Festival of the Arts taking place in Telluride's Mountain Village August 14th, 15th and 16th. Click the links to their websites for lists of participating artists and schedules of festival events.

I'm working on some new pieces that I'll be showing at the CB festival. You can check back here in the coming weeks for some sneak previews of the work. I'm very psyched that once again my old friend Richard Harrington will be participating in the CB festival and staying with us for a few days. Rick is an amazing painter and printmaker whom I met many years ago when I lived in Rochester, NY. We used to spend a lot of time whitewater kayaking together, something he still does a little of. He will be in a double booth this year, space #43 & 44, on the corner of Elk Ave. and Third Street. I'll be right next to him in booth #45. Come check it out.