I have this new theory. Well, new for me at least.
Nobody makes anything new. It may seem new, but its really just something old that was copied, then to get far enough away from the old version to seem new, the artist copies themselves, over and over again. It gets so far from the inspiration/copied work that it seems new, and might as well be new, but its not.

I guess this is important because it allows at creative person (me) to stop trying to do something new. Its not nessecary to tear your hair out try to avoid pre-existing ideas.

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What did you do today?

I scared the crap out of my neighbours. If you never hear from me again, I've been deported for suspicion of terrorism.

this is harder than it looks.

I wanted to make the box without using any nails, only glue, but when you want all the sides to be a perfect 90 degrees, it's really hard. i did one thing right though-- if you ever need quick drying glue (and you dont mind it drying black), used JB-Quick. It's a quick drying epoxy to be found in a hardware store and it will hold minimal weight in 4 minutes. Still, using the clamps and glue to make this box took longer than I thought it would so if you're doing something similar, leave yourself plenty of time.

Oh and don't tell anyone in the sculpture studio that you're not a scupture student. Just say you're making a sculpture. It's not lying, it's omission. Don't be afraid to ask for safety advice, and be sure you know how the machines work before you use them. Beth and I were in there 2 years ago when a girl cut off two of her fingers, so be safe. Wear shoes, safety glasses, and use the machines as you're supposed to.

Here's the progress on the box. It's nice and smooth, with rounded edges. Next steps- 1) make the top and bottom of the box 2) cut the logo out (negative) of a piece of sheet metal, and burn through it onto the box 3) make the box insert with the remaining info about the wine

2 legged dog. Walks like a human.

So lots of people were asking on monday...

So lots of people were asking on monday how I made my wine bottle look the way it does. Well I had to do it all again, because I decided the logo should be in the same frosted vs shiny contrast effect on the bottle. First I stripped all the old frosting off the bottle with acetone (use in well ventilated area if you want to remember how to do algebra tomorrow). Then...

http://chrissilich.com/blogfiles/mybottlehowto/

Do not try this at home if you want to maintain your sanity-- those tiny letters took forever

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This isn't actually big fire, but its the same colour, and it has a nice cork cover, so I left it on for the time being. I'll get my own when I get my transfers for the logo.

So I have my ideas about the wine bottle and case pretty much set. First the case. My wine is Big Fire, so my theme will be fire. First of all, I don't want to use the normal sort of media. I hate fitting in with all the other designs, thus the type-only egw logo, and the vote poster that didn't use the vote/voice alliteration or a check mark. And I love exploring ideas in different media applied to the same problems. So my media on this one is fire and wood. So burnt wood. I'm pretty good at working with wood because I built a home theatre projector with wood and I got some good fire experience in boy scouts. Anyway, I've been experimenting with my new toy (propane torch), and how to mask my logo on a piece of wood to burn it on there. Below is one of my experiments.

My new toy


Before


Burnt


Result... not what I wanted



I figured out how to fix this problem. It's a bitch to do, but I have to cut the mask out of aluminum flashing-- metal sheets used in air conditioning. They tend to lift up the same way the lighter metal did, but I can hold it down with a pair of pliers and at least they won't catch fire, fly away, and threaten to set a big pile of leaves on fire. No photos, but it works, trust me.