Studio selfie ⚒️🏃🏻‍♂️ I’ve been working on this Hal Finney relief for over a month now. Gives you time to think. We have so much to be grateful for with Bitcoin, and to Hal, we owe a great deal. Wish I could have met him. For those just seeing this, I’m planning to auction this piece off on @Scarce.City for the 4th annual Running Bitcoin Challenge benefitting ALS research. This is a relief carving in reclaimed slate, and the panel is almost 2 feet tall, so my largest relief yet. Stay tuned for more updates and wish me luck. It’s going to be a race to finish this in time for the auction mid January..

Carving update ⚒️🏃🏻‍♂️ Made some progress on the left hand but still not finished / happy with it yet. I’m moving on to the left arm and other areas for a bit though. Done for today. Back at it tomorrow.

We picked up some stone today. Carrara marble on the left that I’ll be splitting into smaller pieces. Persian red travertine in the middle. Likely going to make that into a planter. Italian ice alabaster in the back right… I’m thinking a melting fiat ice cube theme🧊 for that one. And a small block of New Mexico travertine that’ll likely end up as another planter. Successfull haul.💪

Currently on my way to grab drinks with friends. Been working nonstop on this piece and need a mental break. 🧠 Unfortunately I am a sculptor which means that even when I’m not in my studio, I can’t help but analyze my work and plan what needs to be done next. Is the angle of the calf right? Oh yeah the inner thigh probably needs to be brought in a bit more sharply. How am I going to make the hair look right? Gonna need to test that texture before I do that. That right shoulder definitely needs to get pushed in more so I have more room to work with when I carve the head. Shoelaces!!! View quoted note →