Saturday, April 14, 2007

Shock Rotor

I've been working on this thing since October. Or not working on it. Or working on it when it's not well below freezing out in the shed. And certainly not when it's nice and sunny out... it's taking a while. A couple out in Washington wanted a charcoal-on-canvas drawing of motorcycle parts to hang over their mantel. A few emails later, I had the job. It's not a small piece, and neither charcoal nor canvas are forgiving of mistakes, but I'm having a good deal of fun with it.


The working environment — the shed was the only place I could fit a canvas this big. The brown bottle contains Skullsplitter, which I highly recommend, if you're the sort that takes such recommendations. Right next to that is the enormous compass I bought for this project.


Progress to date. For those of you completely unfamiliar with motorcycle parts, that's a rear shock overlaid with a brake rotor. More parts will be appearing in the days to come.

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