Sewing together inflatables requires a lot of planning. For my new work I have finished most of the planning and have transitioned into fabrication. This new work will be purple, orange and pink. It resembles a pile of fabric now but soon it will be roaming the streets of Vaasa.

The rest of my luggage arrived this morning and I unpacked needed supplies into the studio. The lighting from the window is great and movable track lighting will help me get the rest of the studio lit. Now it is time to get to work.

Mollie Oblinger brought her students from Eastern New Mexico University to see the studios and work of the current resident artists at the Roswell Artist in Residency Program.  I just caught the group as I came home from substitute teaching.  Since I had finished putting the top on my new inflatable suit, Walking Fish, IContinue Reading

This is one of four large “fins” that will be on the new inflatable suit I am making. I will continued with the internal structure and will attach the fins as I go up the outside of the suit. The pieces are constructed separately to cut down on the amount of fabric that needs toContinue Reading

I busted out some new purple nylon to make a new inflatable suit. After setting up my machine I realized that the purple thread that I ordered had too much bonding on it making it too stiff to wind on the bobbin. I cut a few pieces of fabric and reordered thread. This suit shouldContinue Reading

I put the final coat of paint on the frames. I am waiting for a plastic blade for the table saw to cut down the acrylic sheets. Then Mimi and I will frame the prints.

After gluing the frames together with strap clamps, I cut into the corner joints with the table saw. I planed down scrap wood from cutting the rabbit to 1/8″. These thin strips were pressed into the cuts made by the table saw. This makes a strong joint that has more area than using mechanical fasteners.