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I dunno. I like it more because all of the lines that form the planes that would usually represent the accurate depth are there and in the right place but he shaded them differently. It looks like he flattened it on purpose.

That catholic schoolhorse But seriously, I like it.

I think its smart on your part to know when to walk away, Groyn. For the record I like her hair a lot.

http://vimeo.com/29589320 I'm sure its a repost but well worth the rerun.

If I wanted to be a union pipe-fitter or something then that would've been a good route to go. I know how to weld but I'm not a welder. I'm a metalsmith. I fabricate one-off or small series production work with a few friends. I run a small LLC that I own. I imagine the pipe welder has better bennies, job security and pay but that's just not what I want to do with my life. There's a glass ceiling that the welder hits fairly quickly that's not even a worry for me. I work as a tradesman and artist for myself. I am allowed more potential profit and the freedom to do as I please. I guess without the formal education, metalsmithing would've never even entered into the equation. I would have still been chasing that dragon; trying to sell paintings and hustling some shitty 9-5 grind. It helps to have a plan and a modus operandi when you enroll in that four year. Attending the cheap school helped me figure that out. I think a lot of art school programs are a joke. Don't get me wrong. Learning a craft and a trade was important to me. I could have learned all of this dolo. It just would have taken me much, much longer. The networking, the paperwork and the education made my world an infinitely better place. Just take your time. Do some research into the field, the school, the alumni, the faculty. It's not a race.

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I enrolled in community college at 30. I had been on a 15 year hiatus from education. I hate authority and a lot of the ideology that's settled into formal education. I tried to educate myself and I became pretty good. I was landing shows for my painting but I was sick of working service and construction. I wanted a career in the arts. When I enrolled in the local college I just took whatever I wanted (e.g. art history classes, swimming, marketing, small buisness, all kinds of art shit & welding.) Never got a degree. I did end up figuring out that I am and never will be the next white wall phenom; I had a good chance to take that style that I was raised on through graffiti and apply it to metal. I was accepted as a transfer student to a great craft school and got a bfa in metal. This education and ability to network with experts in the field was and continues to be invaluable to my everyday life and career. In short: Is art school insanely expensive-yes Is it filled w/TFK'S that I couldn't relate to at all-yes Did it teach me a better way to create and a way to get paid doing it-yes Would I take it back and learn it "on the street?"- fuck no.

That's cool. Rose bronze lost wax?

Armand, that's the freshest thing I've seen from you. Your lightsource is keyed in. Groyn with the detail.

Just starting at the beginning and being on some ultra mathuzalah type shit would be amazing. But if I had to choose a time period and place; I've always tried to imagine what it would be like be the kenniwick man or in the iriquois nation during the american revolution.

the teapot was fabricated primarily from stirling sheet metal. It cost around 1600$ when I bought material 2 years ago. Now the same amount of metal's 4 to 5 k. Its insane. I raised and planished the shape with hammers and stakes. I like the process a lot. I'm bumping this shit to the next page. So fresh.