Another art piece

So, these past few weeks Kharma has thrown some really nasty poo piles at me. My application to grad school was rejected, found out I was essentially 'hung out to dry' by the faculty person I had been working with since August, two cars that I was seriously interested in purchasing we sold while I was testing driving them, my Yoga instructor is moving, ugh.....

The Dalai Lama was just in the Seattle area and my little brother along with two other people I know (one my Yoga instructor) went to see him. I told the other friend about my grad school issue and she says 'the Dalai says to spin around 21 times'. So, later that afternoon, I spun around in my office 21 times. At about spin 16 I was thinking 'this is dumb and I'm getting dizzy'. Then it occurred to me that I knew 3 people that saw the Dalai, and 3 into 21 is......using higher math....SEVEN!!! Hhhmmm?!?! Isn't 7 a lucky number?? Sure as heck is......

And that is what inspired this interpretation of a Lotus flower and a heart on the ground aluminum panel. I finally used the metallic purple and thought the red heart fit well into the bottom of the flower.

The Cycloptopus

Used some leftover aluminum from welding class for this one. I showed some of the 'scratched' aluminum panels before with the Testor's modeling candy red paint. I tore painters tape and then sprayer white over that, the tape peeling back and showing the 'torn' effect as well. The cycloptopus is just a taken on the Simpson's alien characters, because I like them. The Simpson's too.

Not sure who I'll give this too, some unsuspecting character I'm sure.

"Salsa del Diablo" dispenser

Well, finished up the gold leafing and striping this weekend. Turned out pretty good and hopefully Mari Kemper will let it be displayed at the Chuckanut Brewery here in Bellingham, WA. It's slated to open on Memorial Day weekend, fingers crossed. It's hard to see the 'process blue' stripes outlining the flames, but it's the same paint scheme as the hot rod wheelbarrow I did last fall. The gold leafing is red tiger verigated and looks pretty good with the black outlines.