I have long been an admirer of Mike's amazing, mathematically derived pieces and Paul's heavily textured multi axis work. So I decided to combine the techniques of both into a "tribute" piece. Being me, I could not resist the urge to place the finished piece on a pedestal and add a finial. This took a ton of hours to design and layout. Turned on dozens of axises. Then weeks of painstaking carving, texturing, burning, coloring and other stuff. Nights of sleep lost and days passing in a haze while my wife despaired of me assuming I had lost my mind. And when I finally returned to reality and presented her with this, she was convinced that she was right. "What the (bleep) is that???" she asked. "It's a piece." I replied. "Of that there can be no doubt…." she answered.
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OK… It's all BS! The other day, I was visiting a friend who is a retired botanist and a total "plant freak". By his front door I noticed a large bowl full of these things. It's a seed pod from a liquid amber tree. It did remind me of some of Mike and Paul's work so I thought…. well… what the heck. OK… I was bored! Since I have also wondered at some of the fine miniature work I've seen, I thought I might give that a go. It's really too big to be called "miniature", being a full three and a half inches tall and, therefore, plainly visible to the naked eye. But it's as small as I have ever attempted. Here it is sitting on a nickel.
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Originally Posted by phil harold
Laugh at least once daily, even if at yourself!
