Time is flying by here, but I have some very exciting news. I will be joining PFATT in February. This is a tremendous honor. There are so many wonderful artists on the site. I have to admit, I feel like a waterboy being selected to the football hall of fame. They have asked that I expand on my line of tin tinkering. So, I have been busy studying the antiques, and designing reproductions with my own touch. I have also been working out new items. If you need a roiling pin holder or a dickensesque chamber stick with a vintage glass globe, check back next month. I have also hooked up with a couple from California who will be hand forging brackets and bases to go with my lanterns and lamps. I am very excited about this partnership. They are very good to work with in designing just what I need. I think these lamps and lanterns will give your home a nice early American primitive touch.
On the sculpting front, I am hard at work designing new Belsnickles for 2012. I am also introducing a few new one-of-a-kind figures. Be looking for my Tommyknocker in the future. I am very excited to have found some nice antique and vintage accessories for him. Don’t know what a Tommyknocker is? If you like mining history, look it up. I am also working on some large rabbits and pumpkin heads who will help me cultivate a new crop of some of my favorite crew. Be looking for characters to pop up from my favorite fairy tales and celtic legends too.
I have also decided that I needed to do something special for myself. Something that didn’t have me sitting all day and night. I started a martial arts class. It is 3 nights a week right now, so my art is pretty much reserved for weekends. I really needed to do this. Aside from needing to strengthen my body, I needed a stress reliever. Plus, there just seems to be more and braver criminals around these days. I think that exercise that gets you in shape and allows you to toss a full grown man over your head is pretty great.
Until next time….
