Most of my artwork commissions or presents start with a random conversation. This one was my from lovely friend Joyce.
When she asked I did not realize that she was asking just for the wood. I didn't have my reading glasses around me and I trusted Siri. The dumbest of the non AI assistant from Pear Inc. Coz the apple is rotten by now. I mean how long you can keep an apple with a bite on the side. I nerd digress...
Anyhow, today while checking if I got the number right, I realized that she just wanted just the piece of wood. Too late? 😅
As usual I make a page for (almost) every piece of work because the “how you made it”, usually follows "I love it and...". So here it is.
so the first objective was to use the planner to remove the rough sides and straight up the piece.
I designed it and then I started carving
Joyce wanted Mahoney as color but I had copper and a plethora of other LGBTQ+ colors, so copper it is.
After the pouring was done, I used the blowtorch to remove the bubbles and the vibration of my annoying sander to smooth the copper colored epoxy.
I then lasered my signature Hawaiian plumeria flowers (Vickie later will paint them in her signature shading) and et voilà
If you wonder what's the bottom wave/smudgy shade. That has her last name that can be seen at an angle. I figured if she doesn't want it, I can easily cut it off.
that's it! Now I earned my coconut!
here is the final work. Great painting from Victoria as always!
