• Home
    • Recent
    • Calendar
    • Register
    • Login
    Iron Heart Forum
    Iron Heart Forum

    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    Craft Works - Let's Get Creative!

    General Chat
    157
    1.5k
    461.1k
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • J
      Jett129
      見習いボス
      Joined:

      Just curious…Do you sketch these out beforehand?

      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • ?
        A Former User
        Joined:

        @Jett129 No. It just evolves until the paper can’t take any more. Each peace is essentially a conglomeration of multiple compositions, hopefully woven together through time into a unique and fascinating paradox of figure and ground. It’s not a good way to have an art career, but it produces some unique artifacts that I’m proud to have had the opportunity to create. Thanks for asking!

        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • J
          Jett129
          見習いボス
          Joined:

          The center of the piece looks more symmetrical and uniform than any of your other compositions,which made me wonder if there was some planning involved. Your artwork never ceases to amaze me,

          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • ?
            A Former User
            Joined:

            I should’ve described myself better, apologies. There is definitely planning involved between layers, as to what to do next in order to unite the previous layers into some vaguely coherent whole, but most of the peaces I’ve posted here all began as something else and evolved into their final composition serendipitously. That will change in the future as I begin new ones and try to integrate what I’ve learned in the process of finishing the old projects, but I still have a few that I’m working on where I’m just making it up as I go. The symmetry is useful for the last few that have come to completion because I was attempting to channel a psychedelic zen garden and the pareidolia and implied order is useful to the experience, even on a base geometric level.

            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • J
              Jett129
              見習いボス
              Joined:

              Thank you so much for the detailed explanation. Hopefully someday I’ll be in Colorado when you are and I can buy you a beer.

              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • ?
                A Former User
                Joined:

                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • CutlasshoundC
                  Cutlasshound
                  見習いボス
                  Joined:

                  Put some swarovski crystals on my daughters denim jacket….....

                  She’s only 3. Amazed she didn’t harass the f**k out of me the entire time

                  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                  I ain't got time to bleed.

                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • GilesG
                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined:

                    Boom

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                    last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • Matty123M
                      Matty123
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined:

                      Well done @adam313

                      And @Cutlasshound

                      Maybe so. Maybe not

                      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • ROmanR
                        ROman
                        Haraki san Prodigy
                        Joined:

                        Nice job @Cutlasshound .

                        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • ?
                          A Former User
                          Joined:

                          Beautiful @Cutlasshound

                          Many thanks @Matty123

                          Some daily zen

                          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • ChrisC
                            Chris
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined:

                            @Cutlasshound:

                            This is the look of a thoroughly successful project. Nice work, @Cutlasshound.

                            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • ChrisC
                              Chris
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined:

                              For whatever reason, I've been making tables recently.  Julie wanted something to go over the dog's kennel to make it less ugly and more useful, since it takes up a fair amount of space.  So I made what she requested.  There are some things I'd do differently, were I to build another, but it turned out better than I expected.

                              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • AnesthetistA
                                Anesthetist
                                見習いボス
                                Joined:

                                Pretty impressive project @Chris. I think it turned out really well.
                                Woodworking has always been something I wanted to try but dont have near the space or time or skill quite frankly.

                                Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                IG: bluehandsslim

                                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • GilesG
                                  Giles
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined:

                                  That looks great Chris….

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • CutlasshoundC
                                    Cutlasshound
                                    見習いボス
                                    Joined:

                                    Sweet!

                                    Looks great!

                                    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                    I ain't got time to bleed.

                                    last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • SeulS
                                      Seul
                                      Joined:

                                      @Giles:

                                      That looks great Hank….

                                      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • ChrisC
                                        Chris
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        Joined:

                                        Thanks, guys. Like I said, it turned out better than I expected.  Don't be fooled, though- I'm still generally useless.

                                        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • PalmerP
                                          Palmer
                                          Iron Heart Deity
                                          Joined:

                                          Here’s an oil painting I just finished this evening.

                                          Land Of The Free
                                          Oil on canvas
                                          24 in x 36 in

                                          Bonus pic: Wearing my hickory stripe apron. The stripes do a great job of not showing stains.

                                          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • GilesG
                                            Giles
                                            IHUK Crew
                                            Joined:

                                            @Palmer:

                                            Here’s an oil painting I just finished this evening.

                                            V nice…..

                                            @Palmer:

                                            The stripes do a great job of not showing stains.

                                            Which is exactly why railroad workers used to wear hickory stripe…

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Copyright Iron Heart 2025.