Ain’t this somethin’? These two bronze alien figures are the same casting, but with two different patinas, which were put into the surface with various acids and whatnot, something you wouldn’t want to try at home. These reside here, and I’m no longer doing bronzes, although I have a few still around that I’m willing to sell.
Unfortunately, they’re not priced to sell — sculpture is profoundly and obscenely expensive to produce. These little 12″ high torsos cost me something in the neighborhood of $2,000 apiece, and I could not do it for that cost now, it’d be more in the neighborhood of $7,000 cost, which puts the retail at $21,000 following the standard art gallery BRONZE sculpture formula of 1/3 to the artist, 1/3 to the gallery and 1/3 to the expense of producing the piec.
I’m still able to make a decent omelette, and if you attend a workshop in person, you’ll have a chance to sample my specialty, the Indonesian Omelette, made with homemade peanut butter or the nut butter of your choice. If you’re still drinking coffee, I’ll brew up some Turkish to go with the omelette.
Again, if you attend a workshop in person, you’ll have an opportunity to have luncheon among the African Dance Masks that Claude and I have assembled over the past fifty years, all of which are actual dance masks, not made for trade. These are given incensing and smudging, and of course the obligatory chants, not recorded, live. Real masks must be fed.
You’re gonna see this photo in quite a few places, anything that relates to the current situation in Washington — if it’s starting to get under your skin, imagine how Trumpie-Doodle must feel today!
Here’s Dokk and me cooking for 25 guests, one omelette at a time — it took a total of two hours to serve the whole gang, but boy, was it worth it! The difference between a handmade omelette and something that comes out of a commercial kitchen is worlds away, and compared to a home cooked omelette of the usual kind, even further away.
People having this much fun make me suspicious — they must have been able to shut out and compartmentalize the Trump crap so they could concentrate on the important issues, like producing seriously great art!
Okay, I’ve left myself zero time to do more. I’m off to breakfast and the morning show.
See You At The Top!!!
gorby