Friday night the 6th I finished all the preliminary work on the latest rolling ball sculpture I’ve been working on, the so-called “martini” sculpture. It’s not quite finished, however. From here it goes on to the wonderfully talented Tina Hanagan who will design a custom stained wood base for it. It’s going to be awesome when it’s done.

Here are photos of the finished wire work. You can click on them for complete, larger images.

I dropped it off at Tina’s on Sunday, and was very impressed and excited to see that she had already begun work on it. Upon my last visit Tina had used some graph paper to mark the location of the feet of the sculpture along with some other significant points. Based on that information, she had already begun to draw myriad circles, triangles, and other schematic-looking designs. “Yeah,” her husband, J.J., said, “she’s been talking a lot about it. ‘Should I do something that complements it, or that’s a counterpoint? What kind of wood should I use?'” He laughed, “I suggest stuff, and then she does the opposite of that.”

Dudes, this thing is going to be so cool! I can’t wait to see what she comes up with! She has already started blogging about it based on the first visit I made, and she’s even put up some pics! Check it out!

It was kind of weird dropping it off, though. I was goofing with it, showing J.J. how it worked. We ran the marbles through it a few times, and I said, “You know, I didn’t think much of it the other night when I finished it. I just kind of shrugged my shoulders and went, ‘Well, I guess it’s done,’ and went to bed. I think I’m kind of starting to like it now.”

I’m not sure what’s up with that. I don’t dislike it at all, but it didn’t affect me right away like when I completed the first sculpture. I really can’t figure out why that might be, although finishing the second was definitely not like sticking my neck out for the first time and seeing if I was even capabled of one. I’m getting pretty jazzed now that Tina has her hands on the whole thing, though, and I think it’s really going to be outstanding once the entire piece is completed. I think I’m repeating myself there, but, well, I’m pretty stoked!

For anyone keeping track, recent sculpture music has been:
The Replacements – All Shook Down
Dusk Till Dawn – The Soundtrack
Random songs off of my playlist from Project Playlist