business card TRAP!

This is a business card holder I made for my booth at the Spectrum Live show.   It is made out of pine from an old door I garbage picked.  The bow and locking bar are bed spring wire from a discarded bed spring.  The pedal is scrap plastic and the spring is old wound up electric wire.  I luckily had access to a laser cutter for the lettering which I did in Adobe Illustrator.

I ended up putting some loose cards next to the holder after noticing some peoples apprehension. 

Joe R. Lansdale's God of the Razor

Back in the mid to late 90's I was at a convention with the company Imajico.  We were there promoting a series of 1:1 scale monster models(pictured below).  Also at the convention was author Champion Joe R. Lansdale.  I am a huge fan of his writing so approached him about turning his character God of the Razor into a model kit.  He agreed.  We set it up with Imajico.  I did a rough sculpt for Joe's approval at which point everything at Imajico fell apart.  We then set it up at a little garage kit company called Death Inc.  I did a series of sketches and Joe picked the one he liked.  I did another sculpture which was probably 10 inches tall including the base.  The sculpt was cut apart properly and  I sent it off to Death Inc. for molding, casting, etc.  We waited.  That fell apart and I never saw the sculpture again.
Some time passed and I called up Joe to take another stab at the character.  He said sure.  I set it up with my pal Markus who owns a comic, gaming and collectible store - GROUNDZERO COMICS.  I did another sculpt complete with elaborate base.  The piece was broken down into 42 pieces.  We didn't advertise right and ended up selling 0 kits.  I was actually kind of happy we didn't sell any after realizing what it took to make a 42 piece model kit.  I did get to talk with my favorite author and made him a few finished and painted pieces. I walked away with a smile.

BMO

My daughter and I love Adventure Time! It's hard to pick a favorite character on the show. They are all so good. She particularly likes BMO (me too). So I made her a BMO for her birthday. He stands just shy of 8 inches tall and has interchangeable faces.

Stooley McGhouley

SPECTRUM FANTASTIC ART LIVE!

THE SPECTRUM SHOW WAS UNBELIEVABLE!