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Bass in tophat.


Cool old Ford Econoline van that -presumably- the FF high shop will be rehabbing.


Sunset; outside my studio.



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Eric's got the mad Canadian Tire Bucks.
Wikipedia Canadian Tire Money article.

Excerpt:

Contrary to popular belief, the man on the "money" is not Canada's first Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald; he is actually a fictional creation named Sandy McTire.

It seems that Can. Tire stock took a leap last week, because an american investor made known his desires about CT selling off its credit card division and selling properties it owns article.
CT says it's a bunch of bad noise.



Fishosaur; inspired by a news story.




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New native blog

Larry Mitchell, at The Native Blog
found this new site; Voice of a Native Son.
Thanks for the find, Larry.

Voice of a Native Son is angry and smart. Here's a taste:

the no-frills version of America as a colonialist and imperial state that has managed to effectively surpass ancient Rome is without question a factual reality borne out by the incipient horror of the facts. Ask any honest person Indigenous to the Americas, your local history teacher or any Iraqi citizen not yet killed by American military personnel. Not that this reality is much talked about let alone discussed as serious history. It isn’t. But the factoid that America as a democratic, humanistic beacon of enlightenment is a patently false facade perpetuated by openly bigoted Europeans emotionally driven to purge the historical record of their monstrous deeds towards their fellow human beings goes unmentioned. Americans, desperate enough to deny their own record of Indigenous genocide, African slavery and imperialist control over other, significantly weaker nations and populations readily adopt and adapt to state propaganda that frankly, tells them that they are good people doing the entire world a favour.

A direct link to this posting.



Studio moment.



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Fisherman and trout (acrylic painting, metal and papier mache).
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Canoe and Heron (acrylic painting).
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Update stuff

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Beaded bottle; with leather and shell.


Beaded bottle; with leather and shell (detail). [Good closeup pic]


update: May 28


Adding first background colour to new canvas.






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Explosive potatoes invade Canada

Workers flee explosive chips - Yahoo! News UK

Workers find fragments of World War 2 ordnance in potatoes from France and Belgium at a McCain, Scarborough, Ontario plant; including a whole grenade.
Cops called, Hilarity ensues.

Why is Canada importing tarrarist potatoes from France and Belgium?

* Found at Fark.com

random pics and service industry

I used to be in the service industry -and may be there again, someday (yikes)- Here are a couple of sites by those who have to put up with us.


Click the owl for WaiterRant. A consistently updated, well-written piece about running a high-end restaurant.


Click the Emo war memorial for Pizza Man, an occasional funny blog about the adventures and gripes of a pizza delivery guy in Minneapolis.



Tickle Mishepezhou for rants about customers at Angry.Net

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The question is, not: Are you paranoid?

It is: Are you paranoid enough?









Native American Vampire story.



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Update on Display-piece and big canvas. + New, free Native Art (INUIT) e-book.

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Display set-up at Clover Valley Farmer's Market.


Priming the large canvas.



In a previous posting, I linked to Clint Leung's free ebook on Northwest Coast Art @ Free Spirit Gallery.ca. Now, he has released his free ebook on Inuit Art: An Overview of Canadian Arctic Inuit Art.
Adobe reader or other PDF reader required.



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attack gecko

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Creating new display piece for my Farmer's Market booth.

Clover Valley Farmer's Market, Fort Frances.


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Using pencils as doweling, to tack styrofoam.





Papier-mached joint; detail.


Antlers added.


Papier mache mask added.


Papier mache mask; detail.


Reinforcing papier mache joint with wood piece.


Half done.

Update: May 15, 2006.


Bracing the crossbeam.


Papier mache, over the turtle glyph.


Profile of the crossbeam.


Pillars mached; drying on my workbench.

I am not sure if I will paint the arch. I kinda like the colour of the kraft paper, as it is; looks like sandstone or khaki.
I will paint some pictographs on it, though; maybe the mask, too.

:Eric



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Some random Internet goodness: Webby Awards and Free Native-Art 'ebook'.

The 10'th annual Webby awards have been announced. If you are looking for a quick way to get a feel for the best: services, website designs, news and "cool stuff' available out there, this is a good place to start.
Webby Awards


Mr Clint Leung -regular Bingorage reader & commentor- has written and released a free "ebook" An Overview of Pacific Northwest Native Indian Art , at his Free Spirit Gallery Site (Download Page).
[PDF reader required; such as free Adobe Reader]

Clint also writes an excellent blog Inuit and Native Art Bulletin, focusing on Inuit and Northwest-Coast art.



This is a picture of a bronze piece, entitled "Frog Moon Walking Stick" (43" x 10 1/8"), by my old acquaintance, Ed Archie Noisecat.

I haven't seen him in a long time, but it seems like he's "out there", somewhere, producing new work. Ed's a Salish sculptor, painter and designer. You can see more of his work at his site.



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