"Kill Da Wabbit"

Toby will die and be eaten if we the internet population do not come forth with the desired ransom. Who is Toby you ask? Well for a $50,000 dollar ransom the owner of Toby the rabbit has held his cute and cuddly friend as a hostage. The site has already generated over $17,000. The owner of the rabbit insists that if he does not get $50,000 by June 30th, 2005 he will eat the rabbit.

Elmer Fudd would not be so cavalier if he had caught that “wascally wabbit”. No Fudd would have had a hasenpfeffer dinner party. I can just imagine Fog Horn Leg Horn, Mr. Wily E Coyote, Yosemite Sam, and Daffy Duck sitting around the dinner table devouring Buggs Bunny. The basic desire for justice would far out way any sympathies they may have felt for this tasty creature. So I say in the name of poor old Elmer Fudd let Toby have it, “kill da wabbit”.

Now that we have gotten our introduction out of the way

Here are the Projects I am currently working on.

ABC Blocks for Isabella:
I have the letter A and part of C done for a set of blocks I am making for my daughter Isabella. I am planing on creating the alphabet and the numbers 0-9. I am carving the letters out of cherry and finishing the wood with a natural oil finish. I may paint portions of the blocks but I am still undecided because of the toxins in paint. I will post pictures of the blocks as I finish them. I may also use the blocks in a print I am working on. I was thinking about inking them up and printing from them.

Series of Prints:
I have started a print that will be the first of a series of work that will focus on life before and after our baby.
I am depicting Diana as a Picasso / Rockwell Kent, like Character, pregnant and miserable. She is sitting on the ground nude with her knees apart and looking down at her stomach. She is Very Pregnant The stylization is not very becoming she is seen as very solid and stone like. this is not a moment of joy. The dogs are Comeforting her, Cinder lays on her leg while Griffin sits close but looks off into the distance. In the background is our half finished house and an airplane jets up into the sky.
I am on that Airplane and it is going back to Charlotte while my wife pregnant and homeless stays behind until I can send for her. This is the first of the series. I will post the progress as it is made.

Picture Frames:
I am making Picture frames for my art work. I want to replace the metal frames the pictures are framed in now. I have two frames built one is on the second coat of oil finish and the other is on the first coat.
The molding for these frames came from our house in Minneapolis. I was going to keep building frames until the stock was all gone, but as I think about it I will keep it for the series I am working on that relates to this time and place in our lives.

More Projects:
Tea Bar
Personal Website
Designing this Blog :-D
Cha Sears Gallery Site
Ediiting Isabella Video Footage
Church Logo
How to make more money ;-)

Okay I have more projects I want to work on but I have to stop somewhere.

Dropping the Kids off at the Pool

Okay here it comes. My first blog entry, while taking a crap coincidentally. Yes it is true, I thought the set up process on blogger would be more involved so I thought I would finish registering my blog while I let the brown come down. Hmm... I never thought of myself as a multi-tasker until now. I know how disturbing of a mental image this is, but in some twisted way it is a fitting metaphor for this blog. Yes from time to time I will be taking, or should I say leaving, a mental crap in the proverbial cesspool that is the internet. No not the normal kind of crap one may find. The usual perverse or inane banter will be left to more adult sites. My little commode will be filled with thoughtful and meaningful discourse interjected by a something like a good poop joke (everyone loves a good poop joke). I will most likely comment on topics and ideas that make up who I am and what I do. First off who I am: Christian, Husband, Father, Friend and Dog Parent. Secondly what I do. I am a: Craftsman, Artist, Designer, Print Maker, Carpenter, Furniture Maker, and all around "Fun Have-er". I hope this blog becomes a place where I can at-least put my thoughts and ideas into words and at best be a place where people are challenged to creativley think about christianity, family, and art.