Hickok!

I finished this one a week or so ago. Its a little different regarding the arms. I have a ton of old wire laying around and wanted to try and incorporate it into my work. I'm happy the way it worked out. I also like the feet made out of speakers.

The head is a reconnaissance camera magazine from a U.S. Navy Reserve Patrol Squadron - I think that's cool!

Donation Robot continued...

The Donation Robot is moving right along. As I said in my 9/27 post, this is planed to be used in conjunction with fund raising at the Mosesian Center, and hopefully provide me with some advertising. As of now the only thing I have left is to finish the arms and then work out a minor stability issue. So far I'm pretty happy with how it's turned out.

Making a Series

I really enjoy making a series of robots. I find that having at least 2 of a type around is very satisfying. Here is the latest the I finished, the EE series.

They are all similar, but just enough different in detail to make each one visually intriguing.  I think that as I get into selling these works I am always going to want a few series around. One always makes me giggle, two even more so.

The Latest EE 1626

Here is the latest creation. I have been working on this one a while but was sort of held up by how to attach the big wheel to the body. I knew I wanted the main wheel, trailing wheel combo, but figuring out how to make it work took a while. In the end I fabricated some brackets to make it all work and am happy with how it turned out. I have two more in the works.

People's Choice Award!

I was quite flattered to learn that Weston #4 tied for the People's Choice Award at the members show at the Mosesian Center. How cool to have my work recognized by other artists.

Here is a screen grab of the award winners, congrats to everyone, it was a great time!

Donation Robot

I'm working on a large robot based on an idea that Kimberly Thompson, The Director of Exhibitions and Studios, at the Mosesian Center, floated by me. She suggested a Donation Robot to use as part of fund-raising events. It would help make donating fun and generate some advertising for me. I liked the idea and have been working it steadily. Here is what I have so far. 

I got the body from a guy in Northfield MA (thanks Zach!). Nothing like driving 90 miles to get a free piece of junk from someone you never met. The body is an old dental x-ray machine, the head is an old electric fence transformer. Now I need to figure out the arms and how to make it a little more interactive, but I love what I have to date. 

Members Show at the Mosesian Center

The Mosesian Center's members show starts next week and I have 4 of my robots in it. Once again I'm happy to have gotten my work in and really thankful for the support the center has shown thus far.
These are the 4 that got in.

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Weston #3

Weston #4

The Diver

This time around all 4 are for sale. I hope they all sell, I hope none of them do. I become very fond of them and have trouble making the decision to sell any but that time is here. We will see how it all turn sout.