Accidental scanner cutup.

Art as always a possibility.

After most of a year of looking for Jacaranda mimosifolia, hoping one would fall over naturally (I don't cut anything down - I lie in wait, like a vulture for things to fall on their own), one finally did. Things worked out for me today, big time.

Very eccentric rings around this very off-center pith. The rings are enormous, too. They must be 3/4" in diameter at their largest side.

2007

newspaper collage on index card

Criss-crossing trails from Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer larvae.

The cut was diagonal through the log. If I do more of this, I'll need to learn to start the cuts straight, or figure out some guide system.

No idea at this point what's hiding inside this thing.

Very green in the center.

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By Gianpaolo Rende

Pretty much all cleaned off now. Most of the crap on the table is either powderized bark, or the powdery waste of the Eucalyptus Longhorned Beatles who ate about 1/4" under most of the log, excreting it back as powdery, Eucalyptus-scented powder.

I like the warmth of the brown areas. They almost glow.

Art as always a possibility.

--or it could get ugly! Need to build up upper pecs & whittle away the midsection--Damn I looked cutup when I finished ups temp work--gained back 10 lbs--but added strength-oh well something's lost & something's gained in living everyday lol ( what 60s icon sang that? )

Art as always a possibility.

Apocalypse of language

2006

newspaper, magazine, and photograph cuttings collage

2007

newspaper collage

freckletown

ink, oil pastel, oil paint, linseed oil on computer print out paper with cutup poetry text made with black ink

This section of the Eucalyptus log was red inside, and had checks that make it look a bit like a citrus fruit, or melon. Neat!