Shelly Loke

Here is a bit of what last summer was.  Toooooo-Busy!  But I did get to art a lot.  Here is a sampling of my new works with hypertufa: a portland cement, sand, and peat mix.  The sculptures are suffering their first wintering and next year they will be set in place to grace the garden.  The dinosaur planters will be filled with various sempervivum and hardy sedum.   I can’t wait!  If you ever get a chance to play with hupertufa then do so.

This guy was my first attempt at a standing hypertufa. His back will be filled with soil and planted up. I left his eyes and mouth open so that I can plant plants inside of them.

What he could look like next year!

Beware, the hippo is the most dangerous of animals. This land hippo is particularly sneaky.

These were a bit tricky as the fingers would often break off when I cut the glove off. I found if I let them cure for longer then it helped, but still I had to take my time when de-gloving them.

This guy has a wire frame underneath. I built him up in two sessions so that I could have a stronger frame

It is quite a bit smaller than usual this year.  In fact it is down right tiny.   But it was delivered by a chicken with beefy arms.

Did some sketch card drawings this weekend.

At the Grafton Arts Mill we are supporting Kaiden as our charity this year.  We were asked to make ornaments that will be sold for $5 and all proceeds will go to helping out the family.  Check them out:

Kaiden

I have made my prototype.  A mini-book ornament.  More illustrations inside.  Can be enjoyed just as it is or if your feeling creative get out the colored pencils and glitter!  I may even do that for a few of them myself.

A mini-book ornament

They will definitely be in the gallery by ‘Small Business Saturday’

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I have been working on a custom illustration.  My challenge, a field sketch drawing from an alien world.

familiar yet strange.

a balance

I am currently running a kickstarter program to fund the printing of one of my favourate pieces.  Go take a look:

Octopus in Sunflowers!