✺ WINTER ‘19 ✺

THROUGHOUT THE DORMANCY OF THE WINTER, I SPENT A MAJORITY OF MY TIME WORKING ON A WOODEN BALD EAGLE.

RULER OF THE SKY, EAGLE SYMBOLIZES WISDOM. LEGEND OF THE EAGLE. THEY ARE SOUGHT TO BE THE MESSENGER BETWEEN HUMANS + CREATOR, SERVING AS A DIRECTIONAL GUARDIAN IN MYTHOLOGY. ASSOCIATED WITH THE EAST WINDS – THE DIRECTION OF SPRING, DAWN + REBIRTH.

THIS CONCEPT WAS ORIGINALLY STARTED AS A PERSONAL PROJECT. JUST SOMETHING I COULD WORK ON OVER MANY MONTHS WITH NO FIRM END DATE + I FOUND IT MUCH EASIER TO WORK WITH THAT MINDSET. THIS EAGLE HAS FOUND IT'S FOREVER HOME THANKS TO A SOLID PAL, BRIAN.

THROUGH THIS LAUNCH, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH STEEL WOOL OXIDIZING IN VINEGAR OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THE VINEGAR CAN TAKE VERY DIFFERENTLY TO THE SAME SPECIES OF WOOD DEPENDING ON THE WOOD GRAIN. WHAT'S LEFT IS A WIDE RANGE OF HUES FROM ORANGE - BURGUNDY - DEEP PURPLE. THE LONGER YOU LEAVE THE WOOL TO OXIDIZE, THE DEEPER THE COLOUR GETS. TRUST ME, IT'S VERY COOL.

ALONG WITH THIS, I AM CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH A LARGE INVENTORY OF SCRAP WOOD THIS SEASON. MOST OF WHICH WERE ODDS AND ENDS OF THE COMMISSION WORK BACK IN 2019. I HAVE YET TO PURCHASE WOOD THIS YEAR, WHICH FORCES ME TO BE CLEVER WITH THE MATERIAL THAT GETS CHOSEN TO WORK WITH.

SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT: WITH THE HELP OF MY FLOUR LOVING PARTNER, I HAVE FINALLY BROKE GROUND (OR SHOULD I SAY BREAD) ON FINDING THE PERFECT BINDER FOR SOME RAW PIGMENTS. STILL YET TO GET THE PERFECT TEXTURE FOR PAINTING BUT TAKE A PEAK AT WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE OVER ON INSTAGRAM: @sageandsapling

WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO: I HAVE BEEN LEARNING HOW TO BUILD SOME FOLD UP SMALL FURNITURE TO LAUNCH FOR THE UPCOMING BEACH SEASON. AS FOR MYSELF, WARMER WEATHER IS GETTING ME ANTSY ABOUT LONG HIKES TO HELP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RAW PIGMENT COLOUR WHEEL.

THANKS FOR TUNING IN. 

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