ARTWORK 4-24-11

The month is almost over so I thought I'd share my April artwork.

First I wanted to do an update on my Fisher Price chatter phone that I've been constructing out of 100% recycled paper (scraps from the recycling bin). It was a bit tougher than I thought it would be! Almost finished.







One of the hardest parts of this project was searching for paper scraps that matched the original colors. If they were off by the slightest bit it looked goofy.

The wheels took two days to create. I wrapped the paper around tubes to glue and dry, and tried to do my best to duplicate the outer indentations. Anything curved is hard to replicate.







The last thing I have to build is the receiver which may take a bit due to the semi fluorescent red paper I'm going to be keeping my eye out for. It would be a lot easier to go out and buy some, but I've come this far and I'm determined to use only recycled paper.

Most of the drawings I've done this past month are just doodles in my sketchbook (which is almost full). I started the sketchbook in early July 2010 and am now on page 109. About 340 sketches so far. Not too bad.





I was in a Ghostbusters mood that day.







Easter coming up and all.









When I have drawing slumps (like writer's block) I draw designs.



I'm working on a monkey project.



One of my favorite Garbage Pail Kids!



I'm making a happy meal box for my next art show. I just got started. I changed the arches on the handle to my initials S P.



This is a character from Masters of the Universe named Rio Blast.

Nothing too spectacular but a lot of times it's the little drawings and doodles I do when I'm bored that people seem to really dig.

I'll post some more next month.

MR. POTTER'S PAPER ART 3-29-11

Taking a break from sketching, I spent the last week working on some of my recycled "paper art". I get a kick out of taking paper/cardboard scraps from the local recycling bin and creating 3-dimensional figures and objects out of them. With some scissors, a bit of Elmer's glue, and a LOT of patience you can make about anything.

I've posted some of my previous creations here on my funtime blog so I figured I'd share a couple new projects.

I made a generic Smurf with some blue and white paper I found.





I figured later on I could get fancy and make a Papa Smurf or Smurfette? Who knows.



I brought my old Fisher Price "chatter phone" to work one day to draw it and my co-workers got a big kick out of seeing it on my desk. It seemed everyone was happy to be reunited with their old pal (I guess every kid grew up with this thing).



I was working on the Smurf and I had commented to one of the new guys that I should build the chatter phone to scale out of paper. It would probably take a lot of work but I figured it would be a fun task to complete.
I spent the next three days measuring the original phone, cutting patterns, gluing, and assembling the pieces. I should have photo-documented the process up to this point but I figure I still have quite a bit of work to do. I've got the basic "body" finished and some of the smaller pieces drying. Here's some pics of the current state of completion:







Today I built the dial and started on the wheels.









I'll post more pics of this work-in-progress as it is completed. I've got some neat ideas for it!

A FEW GARAGE SALE FINDS

A few garage sale finds I forgot to post.



This is a Fisher Price movie viewer from 1985. You put these long yellow cartridges into it and crank the lever to watch a short cartoon. It's kind of fun because the speed of the animation frames is determined by how fast you turn the lever. Also if you turn it backwards you can watch it in reverse. I had one of these a few years ago with a bunch of cartridges but I gave it to my little brother as a gift so it was nice to run across another one. (The cartridge in it is Gummi Bears).



A bunch of Diener erasers. Grapes, strawberry, blue heart, apple, fireman, rat, and three yellow milk bottles.



A Frosted Flakes Tony the Tiger bank. No date on it, might be worth a little bit?