Things with Wings

My last few weeks were beeswax obsessive. I have a deer project I am still working on, but this is one of the many small pieces dipped in beeswax. The drops on the wings get me pretty excited. BEESwax on a cicada, a buck made of BEESwax, what more could you ask for when it comes animals being sympathizers for each other?


A friend from the local bar brought me a hawk one Wednesday evening. I thought he was lying, until he and his kids walked me out to their pickup. I had one day to cast it, resulting in a not so perfect mold (seen below).


This is a porcelain wing from the mold.


As I hurriedly packed all my pieces, I couldn't not stop and take the image of many brittle baby birds snuggled in foam cut out for fruit.

Some of my favorite videos from Cub Creek

This colt was born in the summer. As the year went on I got to see him grow. By the time I left Virginia I could not tell the difference between him and the older horses from far away.


Like the horses, I saw these cows every morning and every night. To me, it seemed that calfs grow slower than colts. Calfs are funny and awkward. Their adolescent stage so well relates to humans as adolescents.
If you look among the tree trunks you can see the cows standing in the shade. The humidity is able to be seen between the hills. I think the excruciating heat is audible and able to be felt at the end of this video.


There is a peacock farm across the road from Cub Creek. The year and a half I was there I never saw a peacock until the last few days....I saw this one every day. He liked to hang out with the guinea hens. Here he is flaunting his feathers to them. I'm not sure if this is pissed off or flirting.