Just a quick update tonight, as I’m working against a tight deadline, and wanted to get this up before the rest of the week slips by. I got some time with the sculpture on Friday night, and spent it working on the final spiral at the base of things. t was a lot tougher than it looked. I don’t feel I did my best work on the exit ramp for it, but it is functional, and not terrifyingly ugly, so I call it a success!

Here are a few other views:

This last photo shows the final piece of track that I have to put in place. So close! Or so it seems. It will likely take me at least an hour to form and join this little smidge of track up to the rest of the sculpture. The work that makes all those angles look nice and the marbles roll well seems to take a lot longer than it should.

Gotta go, kids. Not much time to blog this evening. I do have plenty of cool creative news to present, however, so I hope to bring you more before the week is over with. I’ve gotten together with my friend and fellow artist Tina Hanagan for some initial thoughts on making the base for this piece. I’m happy to say she’s very excited about it, as I am. Initial tests on some of her existing work indicate that this thing is going to look truly smashing with the addition of her talent to it. Stay tuned.