New Tutorial! Making Jumprings.

A lot of people seemed to find my making hearts tutorial useful, so I made a new one. This one is on making jump rings, but this time I used video instead of still shots.



There's a bit of background noise as Amanda is upstairs blasting Rammstein and doing dishes, but overall, I tihnk it turned out rather well.  Enjoy!

Men's Calendar project

The idea of the guys doing a calendar has always been a great one,but for several reasons,it kept going to the back burner,today it was brought back to the forefront again by some very persuasive ladies.Guys,we must make this happen!
The ladies are threatening to come after me if it does not materialize...and frankly,I'm scare of them!So,please save my hide and let's do this!

Builder's Studio Holiday offerings

I go by Buildersstudio
(buildersstudio.etsy.com) on Etsy (some of you I know
already know me), and I make a LOT of different
things. I live in Western NY State (we're getting
pummeled by cold, snow and the worse wind now!). I've
always been an artist as well, painted for a long
time, have this last year gotten into the ACEO (mini
paintings) movement, do scultures, jewelry, walking
canes, and on...

However. Lately I have concentrated on what might
best be described as "Retro Tech" items, like robots
and the like, make almost enitrely out of wood! You
know adult toys (NOT that kind!), statues maybe. It's
an ever expanding series. I've been a fan of science
fiction my entire life, reading even as a kid the
classic stories from Asimov, Bradbury and so many
others. Here's a group shot:


Now just before the holidays I have brought out a
related line of classic ray guns, FULL, life size, as
in 1:1 scale models, also wood, often in colors with
metallic finishes. Here's a pic:

Also, a small Omni Telescope:

Also ray gun Christmas Ornaments, as well as ornaments
of flying saucers, alternate universe dirigibles.


For this time of year I'd like to offer for my fellow
"club" members a members discount on orders placed
this week through Sunday 12/9/07, 25% off the list
prices (prior sales excluded and not valid with others
sales I run unless I can do it.)

If anyone has any comments, or would like to talk
about custom work or anything, drop me an email:
buildersstudio@yahoo.com. If I don't post again soon
then I hope you all have a great holiday season and a
Happy New Year!

Thanks,
Pete

This has been Pete from The Builder's Studio
Curious about what The Builder builds? Peak here...
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5130230
My blog has just started so I will be posting more soon!
http://thebuildersstudio.blogspot.com/

Consumption Bird Silkscreen print

This is a 12 color screenprint I just finished up titled "Consumption Bird". Its printed on 22 x 30 inch Stonehenge Rag, which is a beautiful paper. This was for sure the limit on my hand pulling capacity in terms of size. (My arms are sore after the final screen)




Here's a closeup of the head; all the little subtle layering really worked nicely on this, combining various shades of reds, blues and yellow metallics to emulate painting.

available in my Etsy shop.

MoE's own eddyizm has won a contest along with 11 other contestants
and will be displayed at the California Museum of Photography in
Riverside from Nov. 1st to Dec. 5th as part of the "Extreme Places -
new visions of landscapes" exhibit.

The press release is here:
http://www.eddyizm.com/exhibitions/Extreme_Release.pdf

and more info can be found here:
http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/

This is my winning entry:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6297219

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http://www.eddyizm.com

White Dogwood Woven Tote Bag

The tote bag is woven from an image of my original watercolor painting. It is 17 inches square, and lined with black fabric. It is listed in my etsy shop, with free shipping if you put MoE in the message to seller, and wait for a revised invoice.

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Miniature Limited Edition

I just completed this limited edition miniature book with a text from a short piece called "Snow Flakes" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Winter is coming!