I have a fair number of very interesting mold making projects on the go right now as I’ve just gotten my hands on a pile of new polymers, but in the mean time let me share with you how my bordering on obsessive-compulsive self-portrait is going. I spent yesterday and this morning screwing in about five hundred brass wood screws (the parts cost on this project is higher than I’d anticipated) and following that up with about a thousand nails — I’m estimating that there are about eight thousand in the entire project. I’m very happy with how it’s turning out and the effort is definitely worth it. I’d love to do a piece like this on commission and I may try and pitch a hardware store chain on doing it as an advertisement. I am not too proud to take corporate sponsorship and am happy to have Rona or Home Depot be my Medici family.
On one hand the whole thing is a little mind numbing but at the same time it has a certain zen relaxation to it as well that I appreciate and take my mind off the pain.
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Your Leonardo reference made me hard.
Seriously though, looks amazing. Any thoughts on doing a similar project, just on a smaller level? Something with pushpins or sewing pins maybe?
Wow man that is a pretty neat effect. What was the inspiration for that?
For some reason it reminds of the digital rain effect of the Matrix. I like it.
LOVE IT!
Shannon, your creative talent astounds me!
amazing. looks like sequins!
Is that signature done with screws and wire? Love it. Amazing how our eyes and brain can put together such a rich image from screws and nails. Would look awesome on a super smooth, glossy piano-like black substrate!
It looks AMAZING!!
i love this! i would really like you to put up a how to for something like this!
That looks so cool! To lower the costs, maybe see if there is a Habitat for Humanity ReStore in your area. I work at one in SoCal, and we sell nails for $0.50 per pound, which is probably cheaper than you’re paying right now (thought prices and merchandise will vary by store). Plus-all the proceeds from ReStores go to fund building costs of Habitat for Humanity homes, so it’s a good deal on hardware and lots of other things you might find cool, and it’s for a good cause. You can check https://www.habitat.org to locate one.
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