Thursday, July 27, 2006

FFCBC - Parade

The parade was yesterday. Here's our rig.
I got a couple of friends to help me out, tossing candy and wearing masks. I'll link to a story, if one becomes available and find some pics of the parade; later.

I'm not done with the bass, yet; I'll be at the Big Tent, working on some more pieces of the diorama. Will post.


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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

FFCBC Bass Presentation update

Pix click to enlarge.

I'll be setting up a mini-studio at the site of the weigh-ins; working on the finishing touches of the big bass sculpture, doing some beadwork on a large painting, throwing paper and paint at a new mask sculpture and building and painting a new canvas. It's going to be a busy few days. Come down and buy the artist a beer.

Me and a couple of buddies will be premiering the bass in the parade, tommorrow. Then it will be at the tent, for a while.

Bass sculpture built for  display at Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship by Eric Keast; Broken Vulture Art.Bass sculpture built for  display at Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship by Eric Keast; Broken Vulture Art.

Bass sculpture built for  display at Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship by Eric Keast; Broken Vulture Art.Bass sculpture built for  display at Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship by Eric Keast; Broken Vulture Art.

Bass sculpture built for  display at Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship by Eric Keast; Broken Vulture Art.Bass sculpture built for  display at Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship by Eric Keast; Broken Vulture Art.

Bass sculpture built for  display at Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship by Eric Keast; Broken Vulture Art.


Some setup pics from FFCBC site, two days ago..

Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship; Broken Vulture Art.Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship; Broken Vulture Art.

Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship

My friend, Brent Micheal Davids is an internationally known composer, who composes for screen and stage. He is available to MC composing workshops for filmmakers.





Saturday, July 22, 2006

Another bass update! Less than two days left.

First:
- A great article on why you should reconsider using "MS Word" documents. Security and formating reasons; good read. Just say no to "Word" documents.

- A webpage about a fish to amphibian "missing link" fossil found on Ellesmere Island, way up North, in the Canadian Arctic. LINK.
{Excerpt} "Tiktaalik was discovered in Devonian-aged rocks of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. This land is ideal for fossil hunting because unlike much of the rest of North America, there is very little vegetation due to the extreme winter temperatures, the short growing season, and the permafrost. With rock faces exposed, it's easy to spot fossils eroding out of the sediments."

- Native-Art and Can-Con bonus!:

CBC Radio program Between The Covers is now posting their readings,online (link), a week after they are broadcast, for a month afterwards.

This means that you and I can catch up on the bits missed from Graham Greene's reading of Thomas King's mystery novel, The Red Power Murders(Amazon.Ca link), which are available for download from the CBC; July 17 until August 4.
[These are RAM files, which mean that you will need Real Audio Player to listen.]


I met Mr. King while he was a professor at a St. Paul (Minnesota) college about ten years ago, through another artist. I think we had lunch and he took my pic for his "Lone Ranger Project": A collection of Native artists, photographed wearing the black mask. I'm still waiting for that book, Tom. He has since moved back to Canada and teaches in Guelph, Ontario, is still writing and doing radio. I missed his first "Dead Dog Cafe" radio series, because I was still in the states at the time, but I have been listening to installations of "Dead Dog, In The City" on CBC Radio.

Alright; back to the fishy business. Pics click to enlarge.

Bass sculpture for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championaship; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art
Filling the voids in the mouth.

Bass sculpture for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championaship; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art
Taping the first lower rear fin on. I didn't know it, at this point, but I was making a huge booboo. You can see the placement of the fin, here, as the first of a pair...
BUT; there should only be one fin, there.

Bass sculpture for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championaship; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art
So; of course, I papered it on and let it dry.


Bass sculpture for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championaship; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art
After tearing off the dried fin, I reattached it in the anatomically correct position...

Bass sculpture for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championaship; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art
and bridged the gap.

Bass sculpture base, for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championaship; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art The stand.

Bass sculpture stand, for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championaship; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art detail

Bass sculpture for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championaship; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art
The Bass is mounted. Finally.

I forgot to take my camera with, my last few hours at the studio, last night; so, I cannot show you the first paint and eye details - but I will get those pics soon.





Friday, July 21, 2006

More bassy pics; only a few days left until the FFCBC tourney.

Pics click to enlarge.

After the styrofoam was removed and initial stapling and papier-mache was added to renew the structural integrity of the paper, I added a 2"x2" 'spar' from one side of the bass to the other; through a flap that I cut in the side. It is held in place by "gorilla glue" and one 1/4" tack (in this pic).
Broken Vulture art Bass sculpture for Canadian Bass Championship, Bingorage studio, fort frances, Northwestern Ontario.

Broken Vulture art Bass sculpture for Canadian Bass Championship, Bingorage studio, fort frances, Northwestern Ontario.
Tail taped on.


Broken Vulture art Bass sculpture for Canadian Bass Championship, Bingorage studio, fort frances, Northwestern Ontario.
Tail partially papered; right gill taped on.


Broken Vulture art Bass sculpture for Canadian Bass Championship, Bingorage studio, fort frances, Northwestern Ontario.
Right gill papered; some reinforcing papering added.


Broken Vulture art Bass sculpture for Canadian Bass Championship, Bingorage studio, fort frances, Northwestern Ontario.
The bony part at the back of bassies' top jaw added

Broken Vulture art Bass sculpture for Canadian Bass Championship, Bingorage studio, fort frances, Northwestern Ontario.
The pair of fins directly under the gills and the fin behind the gill added, upside down. Bottom fins tied together for stability while drying and 'parallel' appearance.


Broken Vulture art Bass sculpture for Canadian Bass Championship, Bingorage studio, fort frances, Northwestern Ontario.
Details looking good. Must finish throwing paper tonight and start painting.
Laterz; check back soon.





Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Updates on the Bass, other stuff

National Fim Board Cartoons have been released for public download and viewing. All Canadians around my age, who grew up watching CBC will recognise classics like The Cat Came Back and The Big Snit. You can search the films by Director, Title, Production year, +.


Star Wars in Paris; photo gallery

Doctor Steel; because you've been bad.


Pics click to enlarge.

The fish jaws needed to be detailed

Bass sculpture; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario.Bass sculpture; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario.


Bass sculpture; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario.Bass sculpture; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario


Bass sculpture; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario


Dorsal fin being cut out.
Bass sculpture; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern OntarioBass sculpture; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario


Bass sculpture; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern OntarioBass sculpture; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario


Cutting the paper off the form. Scary stuff.
Bass sculpture; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern OntarioBass sculpture; Bingorage Studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario






Friday, July 14, 2006

More random stuff

An interesting birding blog that I ran across.

Pics click, to enlarge.

A "before and after" imagining of the bass project. Good old MS paint.

Papier mache bass sculpture, styrofoam form. Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario.


Papier mache bass sculpture, styrofoam form. Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario.


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I wanted to see how these antlers would look on this mask, so I needed some way to stabilise the rack. I used modeling clay to hold them in place for a moment, but they were far too heavy. I eventually sawed off the handle on my snow shovel and screwed the rack onto that, so I could paper the mask on.

The antlers are really big and heavy; slightly atypical and asymmetrical.
I'm surprised that a hunter would have tossed these out, but I found them at the town dump. Dad and I were in the metal section, getting rid of some junk from the shed.

They were a little banged-up, but they went straight into the pickup as soon as I saw them.


Papier mache and antler sculpture. Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario.

Papier mache and antler sculpture. Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario.



My ten thousand "page-views" rollover.
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My photo-hoster, Zoto.com had been upgrading or backing up their servers, and not all pics were available; looks like everything's back up.





Monday, July 10, 2006

Hot Glue

"Hot glue" should be considered a dangerous "gateway material".


Why has "Monitor Abuse" become so prevalent in today's society? Especially amongst the elderly monitors?
What can be done?



Pics click for enlargement

Abused monitor, Win95 machine; Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, Turtle Island, Third Rock from the sun, Sol System, Milky Way, local universe. Don't panic.Abused monitor, Win95 machine; Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, Turtle Island, Third Rock from the sun, Sol System, Milky Way, local universe. Don't panic.

Abused monitor, Win95 machine; Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, Turtle Island, Third Rock from the sun, Sol System, Milky Way, local universe. Don't panic.Abused monitor, Win95 machine; Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, Turtle Island, Third Rock from the sun, Sol System, Milky Way, local universe. Don't panic.


Ya really should click this, if any pic.
Abused monitor, Win95 machine; Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, Turtle Island, Third Rock from the sun, Sol System, Milky Way, local universe. Don't panic.

Abused monitor, Win95 machine; Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, Turtle Island, Third Rock from the sun, Sol System, Milky Way, local universe. Don't panic.Abused monitor, Win95 machine; Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, Turtle Island, Third Rock from the sun, Sol System, Milky Way, local universe. Don't panic.

Abused monitor, Win95 machine; Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, Turtle Island, Third Rock from the sun, Sol System, Milky Way, local universe. Don't panic.Abused monitor, Win95 machine; Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, Turtle Island, Third Rock from the sun, Sol System, Milky Way, local universe. Don't panic.

Abused monitor, Win95 machine; Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, Turtle Island, Third Rock from the sun, Sol System, Milky Way, local universe. Don't panic.Abused monitor, Win95 machine; Bingorage studio, Broken Vulture Art, Fort Frances, Northwestern Ontario, Canada, Turtle Island, Third Rock from the sun, Sol System, Milky Way, local universe. Don't panic.