Post by dustypilot on May 13, 2020 17:33:01 GMT -5
My machine has been getting a workout for OPP (other people's projects). Yesterday, I made something symbolic for my wife and I:
STILL WE RISE
It was time for a little art therapy. I have been thinking about this piece for a while. This 36" x 18" walnut trunk used to be part of a walnut tree outside my office. It was thin, burned around the edges and cried out to have something symbolic made with it.
"Still we Rise" is the Phoenix rising from the ashes post tragedy. The Phoenix represents the attitude my wife and I took after the Tubbs wildfire took our home Oct 8, 2017 (along with about 6,000 neighbors here in Northern California). We decided we can grieve later: we have a job to do. It is flying around the vortex of a knot chasing the name and date of the fire off the left side side leaving our home safely in his wake. The edges have powder post beetle damage representing the ongoing battle to keep from succumbing to the hopeless rot that can still rear it's ugly head from time to time.
Hand painted and covered in several coats of shellac it will proudly hang in my shop as a symbol of resilience.
Fire was 10/8/17. We received our occupancy permit in the rebuilt house on the same spot exactly two years later on 10/8/19 and here we shall remain.
Oh, and I originally had a Shark. Good enough machine for most of what I did. But I had an opportunity to visit the mother ship/homebase for Axiom when taking a class and check out their stuff. An AR8 Pro V5 now proudly adorns my rebuilt shop and I really like it!
STILL WE RISE
It was time for a little art therapy. I have been thinking about this piece for a while. This 36" x 18" walnut trunk used to be part of a walnut tree outside my office. It was thin, burned around the edges and cried out to have something symbolic made with it.
"Still we Rise" is the Phoenix rising from the ashes post tragedy. The Phoenix represents the attitude my wife and I took after the Tubbs wildfire took our home Oct 8, 2017 (along with about 6,000 neighbors here in Northern California). We decided we can grieve later: we have a job to do. It is flying around the vortex of a knot chasing the name and date of the fire off the left side side leaving our home safely in his wake. The edges have powder post beetle damage representing the ongoing battle to keep from succumbing to the hopeless rot that can still rear it's ugly head from time to time.
Hand painted and covered in several coats of shellac it will proudly hang in my shop as a symbol of resilience.
Fire was 10/8/17. We received our occupancy permit in the rebuilt house on the same spot exactly two years later on 10/8/19 and here we shall remain.
Oh, and I originally had a Shark. Good enough machine for most of what I did. But I had an opportunity to visit the mother ship/homebase for Axiom when taking a class and check out their stuff. An AR8 Pro V5 now proudly adorns my rebuilt shop and I really like it!
