Woo Hoo! The BIG One is Finished
Monday, August 3rd, 2009Here it is…Las Tunas Grande…well actually this is only the left side of a much wider piece. Check out the full image and other close-up shots here.
excerpt of las tunas grande
As it happened my original sketch was a little too filled with fruit for the final scale. So, there are not 54 tunas on this piece…there are only 30. Which means only 505 spines were hand-sewn onto these tunas. However, I did make and stuff a total of 54 tuna, I just didn’t attach the spines. The tuna I didn’t use are now sitting in my studio waiting for another project. I need to sketch out my next piece (which will not be any type of cacti) and will post it as soon as it’s done. It will be a little while until I get to that as I need to finish other things life requires — I’m continually reminded that one cannot live on artwork alone:)
Hasta Pronto….I hope.
