Lego Lamp - The Path of theZodiac

This is a project that I put together in the fall of 2016 for the annual Gallery One Member's Show.

It is a floor lamp constructed of thousands of Legos, and telling a story....

There is a large blue tree and a certain path from the bottom to the top wrapping around it.

The path passes many figures as you travel it.

They are part of the story....

the "medium" is colored plastic from Denmark.  Ha!  I crack me up.

Gallery One stuff

 The Gallery One is a local nonprofit Visual Arts Center that has been in Ellensburg for 50 years.

I'm a resident artist (although I think of myself as a craftsman) and I have been the Treasurer for about 8 years now.

"E" for Eburg

 This is a picture of some of the Umqua Bank staff as they presented us with a large donation.  Is was a large amount of money and a large check.  It wouldn't fit in the night deposit slot.

Me and Yuri, a family friend, pretending to be sugar skulls.

Me and Caldawg out front.

The third floor looks like this.

Jeweler's Bench and tools.

Part of my studio

Toolie the Toolbox

You lookin' at me?

Alexandrite - 14k

This is one I made for my wife.....

This stone can display different colors in different lighting situations due the internal structure of the crystals that make up the gem

Construction pictures:

A large slug of 14k Gold

Cut into three pieces.

lots of cutting...

Yellow Sapphire - 14k

Yellow on Yellow

 Yellow Sapphire set in 14k Gold

Yes, sapphires come in many colors.   Also, nearly colorless.

Construction pictures:

First, a hammered texture ring shank. 

The little dot is where I plan to drill.

Drill Drill Drill.  This is not a drill.

Blue Sapphires - 14k

This is a simplistic and very old style of ring

Twin blue sapphires terminating a spiral of forged 14k gold

Construction Pictures:

Scrap Gold

after a lot of melting, annealing and rolling....

The long piece in the center here will become the ring shank

Creating a cup shape to accept the bezel settings.  
The tape is to minimize scratches if (or when) I slip with the flex shaft.

Win! - Gallery On Visual Arts Center - Ellensburg Wa

14K gold Scorpio ring. 

Click here to see the construction and more pics

notice my right hand..."E" for Eburg.  Keepin' it real.

I usually use the money to buy tools.....

I've won a couple of times before.....

I won three that year.  I felt sorta bad, for those who didn't win.  It wore off pretty quick.

Wood Gavels

I was supposed to be making 'wood worker's mallets'.  Mine turned out a lot more like gavels.

 

I had a couple of them laser engraved, as gifts for my lodge brothers.