Okay. Normally, when I work on any DIY / arts and crafts / restoration project, I take a ton of photos, document everything on my blog, post the blog, and then work on the next project. This time around … I tried a new tactic. As I began work on another drive-in speaker restoration project,…
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When the Second Feature Starts – The Drive-In Theater Wall Art Project
A few years ago, back during the COVID-19 pandemic, I dabbled in restoring drive-in speakers and turning them into swank art projects. It went well for a time – heck, one of them sold at an art auction a few years ago for big bucks – but eventually I stopped repainting the speakers, and went…
Read MoreThe Yonder Farms Mask Rack
A couple of weeks ago, I was at a local farm stand. Amongst all the vegetables and mums for sale, I found several old farm crates. I asked if I could purchase one. $5 later, it was in my car. Take a look. Now that looks nice. It’s just a simple pine box crate. Nothing…
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The “Alliance for Progress” Pillow
It is official. I have been cooped up for too long. It’s gotten to the point where I’m making homemade pillows. No, I’m serious. Chuck Miller has stitched together a homemade pillow. This COVID-19 quarantine sequester has turned me into a hobbyist that crafts in realms I haven’t experienced before. At one point in time,…
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A Saratoga Water Memo Board Collage
I’ve been bantering around this idea for a while, and I finally came up with something solid. A few years ago, I created an art project which combined a Saratoga Vichy water crate, nine empty bottles of vintage Saratoga Vichy, and electroluminescent wire. The artwork was entered at the Saratoga Springs Trask Art Auction (it…
Read MoreThe cork and the magnets arrived in the mail…
Sounds like the start of a very weird poem, doesn’t it? Okay … background. A year or so ago, I started messing around with a Dremel tool – to the point where I started “power carving” the end of an old Coca-Cola soda crate. Not bad, eh? And then I put the artwork aside and…
Read MoreResults from the 2018 New York State Fair
So let’s recap. After getting shut out in 2017 – and in 2016 – and in 2014 – one of my pictures broke through and made it to the walls of the second floor of the Harriet May Mills Art Center at the New York State Fair, effectively stopping the #syracurse streak. For now. Whether…
Read MoreThe postcards finally arrived from Syracuse … and …
So six postcards arrived in my mailbox Saturday evening. Three from the photo discipline, three from arts and crafts. Let’s check the arts and crafts section first, shall we? The first card I checked was my Saratoga Vichy Table, a piece of furniture that was crafted from two Saratoga Vichy crates. And the piece was…
Read MoreMy crafted entries in the 2018 New York State Fair are…
While I hope to break the “Syracurse” that has stymied my photographic entries in three of the last four years, I have found success in another avenue at the New York State Fair. In 2016, The Cathedral of St. Philco – a dollhouse made from an old tabletop radio cabinet – took third place in…
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I need a Saratoga Vichy table…
Last year, I built the Saratoga Vichy Crate Art Project, where I took an old Saratoga Vichy wooden crate and some vintage Saratoga Vichy water bottles, and electrified that bad boy to look super-Saratoga-Vichy-awesome. That being said … this artwork needs a table. I can’t just get a folding stand and put the artwork on…
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