I gotta love it when several of my artistic endeavors dovetail into one busy day.
Such was the case yesterday.
And it started off simple … and become more complicated as the day progressed.
Beginning with assembling an art piece.
I printed one of my Cold Spring Harbor 3:16 photos as a 13×39 construct. That’s because last year, I purchased an old frame from an antiques store that fit those exact dimensions. Hey, $5 is $5. I figured, let’s repurpose the frame, and save some money.
So I began to disassemble the frame.
I mean … it’s a nice piece for what it stands for, but the frame is more important to me than its contents.
This frame has screws in the corners, and all I need to do is unscrew the screws. Which … became a problem. None of my screwdrivers could fit in the tiny screw slots. The only thing that fit was a butter knife. Yes, I’m going old school and using a butter knife to take things apart.
Which worked well … until I disassembled the frame and heard a large snapping noise.
Yep. The glass broke inside the frame. Ugh. Last thing I need.
Now I have to get a 13×39 pane of glass. Well, if I’m going to do this, let’s go the extra step.
Drove to Hobby Lobby and asked them to cut a 13×39 piece of museum glass for this artwork.
The framer said, “We can cut it, but we can’t let you take the glass out of the store.”
Um … why?
“You can bring your frame to us, and we’ll put everything together. We would not want the glass to fracture before it gets installed.”
So you’re okay with me bringing in a non-Hobby Lobby frame?
“It’s fine. You’ve shopped here before, we know you, we appreciate your artwork and we’ll take care of you.”
Nice. David Green will hear of this. ๐
Drove back home, got the artwork and the remaining frame parts. Rails, screws, all of that.
Returned to Hobby Lobby. Laid everything out on their table.
Okay. I can live with this. I also had Hobby Lobby quickly frame up an 11×14 print of Cold Spring Harbor 3:16 for future use.
Now it’s off to downtown Albany and Albany Center Gallery. Today is drop-off day for the members’ show, and I’m still vacillating over which print to submit for the year-end show.
In the end, I decided on submitting A CO Railfan’s Dream, my ribbon-winning, Photo Regional-accepted collage of the Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson Railroad shot over the Sacandaga River. I personally felt this was my most successful image of the year, and it deserved personal honors as a submission to the Members’ Show.
As for that 11×14 print of Cold Spring Harbor 3:16, I then drove back to Green Island and dropped it off at the American Legion Hall, where it will be used as part of a Chinese auction / trivia event that coincides with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life program.
In other words, I’m fully into Charity Season after the close of Competition Season. ๐
Okay. Now to do more things. More things, more things.
A package arrived from Cincinnati. My print of The Three-Two Pitch has returned from its gallery show. This is good. I now have a “master print” that can be entered in future shows.
I have just enough time to do some grocery shopping, and then it’s time for BUILT.
Two of my artworks – the film collage Instamatic L-Ken’s and the mixed media What Time are the Fireworks at the Empire State Plaza? are on display.
I drove back to downtown Albany, scrounged around for a parking spot, and entered the church where this year’s BUILT event takes place.
Man, oh, man. There is just so much incredible art here. Amazing artists and creatives. I still can’t believe that my little projects are along these amazing paintings and sculptures and mixed media shots.
In the end, Instamatic L-Ken’s found a new home, while nobody placed a bid on the other Chuck Miller artwork. No worries, I’ll take it home and save it for another day. All is good.
But yeah, this was a busy and eventually fulfilling day for my art and my art projects. Artistic adrenaline, if you will.
Of course, ten minutes after I left BUILT, I’m already thinking about what I can enter for BUILT 2027.
Because … yeah … I think of such things.
And I’m definitely good with that.
Five wehole dollars?! What a great use!
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