Another little gem for sale.
These little paintings are so much fun to make. They're reverse painted on glass, which means that I have to work backwards — painting the details first, like the stars and clouds and then working my way back to the final background black coat. It's opposite the traditional
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It's an original miniature painting, reverse painted on glass. It shows a water planet surrounded by dark nebula. It's about 8 3/4" wide by 3" tall and is for sale!
Reverse painting on glass is an extremely old technique, but only a few people practice it anymore
Enjoy The Full Story...And so goes the whole dynamic of the developmental process. You can never say for sure when the thing will be done. You'd think people who are in the business of education and science would understand this concept, but they don't seem to... or at least the ones who hire us don't seem to.
When we first got approached by the group that wanted the orrery, they were looking
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I've had a rough summer. First a huge contract got "deferred." We had already bought supplies and equipment in order to make their fast completion date. They say don't count your chickens, but this chicken had been laid, hatched, and had a pretty significant foundation of feathers... The economy hit the client hard, so the client hit us hard. ouch.
Then we had the awful fires. I had never
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This is the table top for the orrery that we're building. An orrery is one of those old fashioned models of the Solar System with all the planets on arms above a table. You've probably seen one in an old museum or library. No one in the world seems to make them anymore, except us!!!
So this is the table top for ours. Each piece is about 3 feet
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Sometimes, I really miss the standard job. I feel like crap today. If I had a regular job, I could declare Sunday a day of rest and vegetate, watch movies, play videos, nap with my kittens.... But I don't have
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