Sometimes life is too busy, and I need a spare set of hands. Summer is when I do a lot of carving at the Farmers' Market. Winter is when I finish off painting and carving work still left undone from last summer and take on commissions.
Last August I showed a sketch of "Spare Set of Hands" at my blog, saying it would be a while before I had it carved and painted. Now I have completed the piece. Here is a picture of it carved, waiting to be painted.
This piece is what I would call one of my visual jokes. Maybe it's just a little bit disturbing. Last year for the first time I began to have arthritis pain in my thumb joints. I need some protection, where are those guard dogs when I need them? Wouldn't it be nice to just be able to get a spare set of hands? ...
Yes, I feel the same way. Wouldn't it be nice if drawing it would make it so! (Er,... looks like you're still short a hand...)Never too many.
Posted by: Robin Kent | February 17, 2012 at 05:49 AM
Yes, the carving work, the realization of the drawing, is quite laborious.
Posted by: Mary Shelley | February 22, 2012 at 05:01 AM