{"id":1420,"date":"2018-03-30T22:05:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T22:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolfcatworkshop.com\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=1420"},"modified":"2018-03-30T22:13:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T22:13:27","slug":"hexagon-dog-for-giant-robot","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"http:\/\/wolfcatworkshop.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/portfolio\/hexagon-dog-for-giant-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"Hexagon Dog for Giant Robot"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was invited to participate in a curated show at Giant Robot Store<\/a>, the theme was Year of The Dog in celebration of the Chinese new year. I decided to experiment a little bit with adding some relief by gluing a cut out to the main surface instead of carving out pockets the way I had done with the red cat pieces<\/a>. I also wanted to get away from the usual square format so I went with a hexagon this time.<\/p>\n


\n\"hexagon<\/a><\/p>\n

All the wood used is birch plywood. I made the hexagon by gluing two pieces of 1\/4″ birch plywood that I cut on the laser cutter, the dog was cut out of 1\/8″ birch plywood. The blue background was painted with gouache and the dog with rapidograph ink. For the red border I used acrylic ink.<\/p>\n

\"hexagon<\/a>
back view – note the hanging hole I’ve started using<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of the back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve been “signing” the wood pieces using the laser cutter. The wolfCat workshop stamp and website are engraved. I know this will be mostly hidden for the life of the piece but I like that it adds a little touch of professionalism.<\/p>\n

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Year of the Dog Flier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, this is the flier image for the show<\/a>. The main image was done by Theo Ellsworth<\/a>\u00a0 (on IG @theoellsworth<\/a>) who is an artist I really like and feel honored to be on the same show with. The show was curated by Cassia Lupo<\/a>\u00a0(on IG @cassloop<\/a>\u00a0thank you so much for the invite Cassia!).<\/p>\n

Overall I’m pleased with this piece, the palette is somewhat consistent with other things I’ve done before, and I’m pushing the size up a little bit (about 11″ by 10″). Sometimes I feel like a make a lot of hand-sized objects that look good as online pictures but not as impressive when seen in person. I think making bigger things is healthy for me.<\/p>\n

Happy new year!<\/p>\n

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