Finished job at Art By Commission

Hi! We just finished an Affinity style commission for someone! It's on Art By Commission.

The process photos will follow.

Bet The Farm barrel commission

Lana and I recently finished a project for Art by Commission, if you would like to see it, you can view it at Art by Commission. Our piece goes on display July 3 at Bet the Farm!

A bit of industrial design

Lana and I have had some bed issues here, the previous mattress was shot as was the box spring and cheap frame. The problem was the frame couldn't support the bed and everything sagged in the middle. After a bit of deliberation, we decided to build our own bed with a platform so a box spring wouldn't be required. We both studied the look of some modern beds and thought their designs and shapes were quite nice and the construction of them seemed easy to emulate. We made a little plan and headed to Home- Depot and got the supplies.
2 (2 x 8)
2 (2 x 12)
3 (2x 6)
brackets
plywood and wood screws

All in all it took and day to get together, we ran into a few problems but were fairly easy to fix. The main problem being that the jerk at home-depot who cut the wood for us was incompetent, our boards were not all perfect. It was important for us to not have any screws or nails of brackets visible, so everything for structure is contained in the bed. The only thing left I suppose is to stain/poly it. The little sawdust left on it makes us sneeze!

Note the delicious Ikea wastebasket (named Fniss)!

Bedside table. Bedtime stories...

Look, Ma, no metal fixings!

Art by Commission

You may have noticed our new link in the right-hand sidebar--

Brett and I are getting ready to start marketing our new project Art by Commission, and staking out a small place on the internet with the AbC blog. Basically this idea is to do some more traditional art-- still life, landscape, and portraits for anyone who commissions us. Each commission will be evaluated on a case by case basis; we will cater as much as possible to a patron's wishes.

There are more printed things to come, but currently we've created this flyer for hanging up in public places.