Terry from Asheville forwarded a link to David Edgar's fantastic, plastic ichthyological creations. Check out the whole gallery at Mr. Edgars website. Thanks Terry!
I see things like this, and i just want to sit down and make myself a bunch of fishies. The paralysis that has me though is that i dont have a place for these and im not sure i'd be as keen on them as made by my own hand. i always wonder how real artists/craftsfolk get past that and make a niche in somethign that just seems so silly, but turns out so wonderfully, you know?
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I see things like this, and i just want to sit down and make myself a bunch of fishies. The paralysis that has me though is that i dont have a place for these and im not sure i'd be as keen on them as made by my own hand. i always wonder how real artists/craftsfolk get past that and make a niche in somethign that just seems so silly, but turns out so wonderfully, you know?
ReplyDeleteakb - I know what you mean. I think the key is just to be able to fail in a spectacular way and not mind it too much.
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