Gallery--Metals, Gary Olds

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Miscellaneous Gallery

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X011. Hauling out a cedar tree just felled to create a better growing environment for remaining trees.

X010. Stripping the bark.

X009. Bark stripping almost complete.

X008. Pieces of stripped cedar bark hung before splitting.

X007. Splitting cedar bark to create thin strips for basket weaving.

X006. Closeup of M007, splitting cedar bark for weaving.

X004. A collection of split cedar bark ready to soak for weaving.

X003. Beginning a new split cedar basket.

X002. Progress on a split cedar basket.

X001. Finished wine bottle holder made of split cedar bark, with clay bead embellishments.

X00. Collection of split cedar baskets.

(Just a collection of fun odds & ends activity)

Baskets...

Brews...

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X021. Picking local hops from a friend's garden.

X020. Closeup of X021. Local Cascade hops from a friend's garden near O'Fallon IL USA.

X019. Preparing an ale wort.

X018. Checking an ale's specific gravity.

X017. The garage micro brewery.

X017a. Ale with its own special label.

X016. AThe finished ale project, ready for sampling.

X015a. Herbal tea with its own special label.

X015. Special home recipes of herbal tea blends with their own special labels.

X014. Fresh home-roasted coffee beans, ground using grandma's old-fashioned coffee grinder.

X013. Home-roasted coffee with its own special label.

Bees...

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X028. Two-hive backyard apiary.

X029. Closeup of X028.

X027. The arrival of bees, a 3 pound box with a marked queen. Russian variety.

X026. Bees clustered around a honey frame.

X025. A full honey frame ready for harvesting.

X024. Slicing honeycomb from a hive frame.

X023. Comb honey removed from the frame.

X022. Bottled honey and comb ready to eat.

Wood...

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X034. Turning wood on a lathe.

X033. Close-up of X034. Making wooden beads.

X032. A turned wooden bowl of beads and bobbles.

X031. A turned honey dipper fresh off the lathe, ready for trimming.

X030. A collection of turned wooden pens using a variety of woods--maple, cedar, walnut, cherry.

Paper...

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X040. Cutting local farmer corn husks for papermaking.

X039. Cooking the corn husks in preparation for pulping.

X038. Pulping in a Hollander beater in the back yard.

X037. A bucket of freshly pulped corn husk ready for pulling paper sheets.

X036. Freshly made paper sheets. On right, just pulled. On left, after drying.

X035. One use for handmade paper, dyed and arranged as a collage.

Faces...

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X045. Layered face. Distorted face drawing, 7 layers in relief, 3 inches deep.

X044. Black on black. Paper punctured with a needle to create shadowing. Seen from more than 6 feet away all you see is black. Titled Seth.

X043. Layered face. Exploring art in layers. Five layers of same image in relief woven with five layers of plain black paper. Four inches deep.

X042. Layered face. Exploring art in layers. Three layers in relief, three inches deep.

X041. Hobo series. Handmade, hand-dyed papers and other scrap ephemera. Doc, the Professor, and Sarge. Each 18x24 inches. Titled Life As A Humble Hobo.

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X056. Clay sculpture, titled But Is It Art?

X055. Clay sculpture, titled Hooded Old Man

X054. Clay sculpture, titled Beauty Is In The Eye.

X053. Hand-dyed, felted wool sculpture, titled Heiki.

X052. Hand-dyed, felted wool sculpture, titled Jim.

X051. Hand-dyed, felted wool sculpture, titled Frank.

X050. Hand-dyed, felted wool sculpture, titled Al.

This and That...

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X049. Watercolor batik on Ginwashi rice paper, holiday card 2019.

X048. Watercolor, holiday card 2016.

X047. Printed muslin, with embroidered embellishment.

X046. Scrap matboard, size 32x40 inches. Titled The Embrace.

Sculpture...