My dad and I used to eat smokey kippered herring on saltines, when I was a kid. The tins came with a key that would open the can. If you didn’t do it correctly, a little metal tab would snap off and it was difficult to get the can open.
This scene shows the ghost of Triton, haunting his old haunt. He’s accompanied by old friends. All the eyes glow in the dark. All the eyes except his.
A Jellyfish pinch pot bowl, measures 12″ across and about 8″ deep. I love making these.
Here’s another bowl/planter.
Jelly fish swimming in a cool, blue spoon.
Spoon, paper, resin
August, 2013
6.25″
$50+ flat rate shipping to the US (please email me (jim.doran@gmail.com) if outside the USA).
Paper jellyfish in epoxy resin in spoon. 6.25″ tall.
I’ve been experimenting with putting layers in lucite. This evil eye jellyfish is made from Tyvek and a Bones Bearing shield, paper and, um, hair. The resin gives the sense it’s really swimming.
This is for an upcoming visionary show in DC, which I’ll talk about shortly.
I found this blistex container on the street. These are the smallest jellyfish I’ve made to date.
I’m catching my breath and getting some work done.
Jellyfish are lucky, by the way.
Not far from the lonely swamp is shipwreck lake. It’s not uncommon for naive sailors to dock at this small town to enjoy its legendary hospitality (beer), only to loose their ship and sometimes crew during the night. No one is really sure why the ships go down…
Cocoa, Leezle and I gathered this evening to draw Jellyfish.
Happy Jellyfish night.
For Illustration Friday, adrift (India ink applied on acrylic paint with nib pen).
And here with a dime for scale:
We’ve been adrift like jellyfish in ice water. Baltimore has had two blizzards in one week – something that’s never happened before.
I am not teaching any classes at the community college this term, nor are any of my graduate school classes running. I’m using the time to paint more – including oil painting. So far, acrylics have been my favorite because they dry quickly. They can be mixed with water to resemble watercolor, but don’t run once dry. I’m interested to do some things with oils.
Stay warm. Can’t wait for spring.
