http://www.michaeldrurystudio.com/engraving daily 0.75 2016-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467301035706-KMRDY4ET5KI0HS3L81K0/fairlight+portrait.JPG engraving - portait of fairlight This is a portrait of Fairlight, whom the the store on Christopher Street is named after... its my 10th portrait of a dog. I made a lot of progress working out how to depict the nose and what level of burnishing enables the charm to both sparkle and "read", especially from a distance. It is made of 14 karat gold, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467301035706-KMRDY4ET5KI0HS3L81K0/fairlight+portrait.JPG engraving - portait of fairlight This is a portrait of Fairlight, whom the the store on Christopher Street is named after... its my 10th portrait of a dog. I made a lot of progress working out how to depict the nose and what level of burnishing enables the charm to both sparkle and "read", especially from a distance. It is made of 14 karat gold, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467301269300-9I002BBGEOQFHB6FCW2L/fairlight+charm+back.JPG engraving - Portrait of Fairlight: Reverse This is the other side of the portrait of Fairlight   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1459357912971-HFD7K68NX2H5UZHB0KNM/IMG_0457.JPG engraving https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467301904454-8K78YG90WH9APA7NC3VE/mr+beezy+front.jpg engraving - Portrait of Hector with muzzle This is a portrait of the family dog who is promptly muzzed when he is taken to the Vet...He is a Chihuahua with a fierce streak who has actually put one of his canine teeth right through my thumbnail! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467302177311-33M6AR3W9NVOPED581MO/mr+beezy+back.jpg engraving - Portrait of Hector: reverse w/his nickname...Mr. Beezy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467488871104-FR431GBSS0GVA8K99H1U/bowie-hand.jpg engraving - David Bowie in Memorium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467495097318-8QPOTTV4MC7AT3562UNW/happy+hand.jpg engraving - Portrait of Happy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467491755173-HFIBWA1DEECNFUJNFN84/IMG_4917.jpg engraving - Portrait of Oscar iI't made of 22 karat gold with not too much back round noise to take away from the shine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467495500977-PZR17YLKOBP1N06FPK94/fizzy+hand.jpg engraving - portrait of fizzy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467495697572-GD48I0CXOI3L7B4TX2YS/kate+hand.jpg engraving - Portrait of Kate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467496525970-ULB945F5OTAKY4U97MHL/pedro+hand.jpg engraving - Portrait of Pedro, abandoned after being hit by a car and left with a shattered leg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467496317363-WB91H79Q1LE4NLKSMJ4O/olive+hand.jpg engraving - Portrait of Olive, who lost her teeth in a puppy mill, so her tongue hangs out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467496815476-7F9AXVUJI0FXH7YAWD4B/hector+hand.jpg engraving - Portrait of Hector, a chihuahua, who was leashed to hydrant in front of a vet's office with a sign on his neck saying "please don't take me to a shelter" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467497182360-I4NZMEAN01ZGTC4HIZCC/jasper.jpg engraving - Portrait of Jasper, a Bedlington Terrier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467497570102-TFV0M33L2CW1ZSPZIJQ6/jasper+reverse.jpg engraving - Portrait of Jasper: reverse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467497851770-0GCJRDSW9RW96HAEA127/pug.jpg engraving - Portrait of Pugsley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467495319089-CJ587ZDACVF6EX2ZVRUS/english+bulldog.jpg engraving - Portrait of Lord Overstone, English Bulldog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467499115863-XLYLJX1J3NVBMQU26PPD/visla.jpg engraving - Portrait of Mr. Keményfej https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467496100091-MYB348BV3JWC3BNR3KKR/bunny2.jpg engraving - Portrait of Bunza, a norwegian pygmy bunny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467494427237-4ZTU0QRPX7QQBYB9OMTS/armadillo+for+mayme.jpg engraving - Armadillo key made for a Texan http://www.michaeldrurystudio.com/blog daily 0.75 2016-06-30 http://www.michaeldrurystudio.com/blog/2016/6/30/my-pinterest monthly 0.5 2016-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467305139637-XZNJ66FQUWV5MCFW02AX/image-asset.png notebook - my pinterest board I don't actually love this ring and I have a feeling that those stones might dig into ones finger a little bit... But the way they are set at the corners of the "box" shape of the ring is truly high craft. Soooo... Bravo Armora! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467304824566-ZT57XIG79ML06UVS7TI2/image-asset.png notebook - my pinterest board This is pearl boy by SHINJI NAKABA. It is not easy to carve pearls...they are "chippy" so bravo Shinji. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467500169378-BUFNEFL1OA85AXTEZ4M4/image-asset.png notebook - my pinterest board A mourning ring for Charles the first from 1649 in enamel set in gold http://www.michaeldrurystudio.com/portraits-in-the-round daily 1.0 2016-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467312756660-YWCC1LOBG5LVWIJUJ5CP/new_york_couple5.jpg portraits in the round - New York Couple This is the first casting of a portrait I did years ago of two acquaintances.. largely from memory, They are in bronze with dutch grey patina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467312460281-LUEIRVKAN758PU9KXBBI/new_york_couple4.jpg portraits in the round - New York Couple detail 1 This is the first casting of a portrait I did years ago of two acquaintances.. largely from memory, They are in bronze with dutch grey patina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467312738982-12X4RMH4FSIKJAUUBNDO/new_york_couple3.jpg portraits in the round - New York Couple: reverse This is the first casting of a portrait I did years ago of two aquaintances.. largely from memory, They are in bronze with dutch grey patina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467313187875-KN09NNOWUDGHVUM6PKQA/new+york+couple+2.jpeg portraits in the round - New York Couple detail 2 This is another casting of a portrait I did years ago of two acquaintances.. largely from memory, They are in bronze with neapolitan black patina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467313349176-K4LHJ7V8SMD8YKA9O97J/new+york+couple+1.jpg portraits in the round This is another casting of a portrait I did years ago of two aquaintances.. largely from memory, They are in bronze with neapolitan black patina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467313457210-OR0ATQQVFEZVR50MPAS7/new+york+couple+6.jpeg portraits in the round - New York Couple detail 3 This is another casting of a portrait I did years ago of two acquaintances.. largely from memory, They are in bronze with neapolitan black patina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467313532491-2LJSI2ZBEA2RZIS62X2R/new+york+couple+10.jpg portraits in the round - New York Couple detail 4 This is another casting of a portrait I did years ago of two aquaintances.. largely from memory, They are in bronze with neapolitan black patina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467314445210-1UBLNBF1KYC9AVBUU2SV/portrait+of+the+foreman.jpg portraits in the round - portrait of the foreman This is from college when I was still working as a carpenter. I didn't like this person, he was not a kind boss. Again it is largely from memory, there was no way this guy would pose. I was fascinated by the prospect of rendering his enormous belly that his dirty tee-shirts rarely covered completely. I didn't photograph it at the time... this is the effect of exploding in the kiln and then sitting on my brother's shelf for a while. Luckily I made a mold of the wet clay, but I have yet to make a casting... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467316178978-Z12ME589GT3WVCWD0UXP/ian+from+memory8.jpg portraits in the round - Memory portrait of a friend This is a portrait of my best friend at boarding school. I made it a few years after getting kicked-out, without even a photo go by. I later reconnected with him in New York and we became collaborators in designing and owning bars and restaurants. Now he is a famous furniture designer-sculptor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467316369937-N8DBAFEI5IZY8JJCBFKZ/ian+from+memory9.jpg portraits in the round - Memory portrait of a friend; from right This is a portrait of my best friend at boarding school. I made it a few years after getting kicked-out, without even a photo go by. I later reconnected with him in New York and we became collaborators in designing and owning bars and restaurants. Now he is a famous furniture designer-sculptor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467316462981-A89S39P5JTLUP6I86IUL/ian+from+memory10.jpg portraits in the round - Memory portrait of a friend; from left This is a portrait of my best friend at boarding school. I made it a few years after getting kicked-out, without even a photo go by. I later reconnected with him in New York and we became collaborators in designing and owning bars and restaurants. Now he is a famous furniture designer-sculptor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467316673328-KMVL4GG65V29Z667SW5O/ian+from+memory5.jpg portraits in the round - Memory portrait of a friend; three-quarter from right This is a portrait of my best friend at boarding school. I made it a few years after getting kicked-out, without even a photo go by. I later reconnected with him in New York and we became collaborators in designing and owning bars and restaurants. Now he is a famous furniture designer-sculptor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467316695368-6VJDEYTPZRX97PC9AAI2/ian+from+memory6.jpg portraits in the round - Memory portrait of a friend; from above right This is a portrait of my best friend at boarding school. I made it a few years after getting kicked-out, without even a photo go by. I later reconnected with him in New York and we became collaborators in designing and owning bars and restaurants. Now he is a famous furniture designer-sculptor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467316786965-RKD8OYCS6CDVDSXX26XK/ian+from+memory4.jpg portraits in the round - Memory portrait of a friend; from below right This is a portrait of my best friend at boarding school. I made it a few years after getting kicked-out, without even a photo go by. I later reconnected with him in New York and we became collaborators in designing and owning bars and restaurants. Now he is a famous furniture designer-sculptor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467317086075-NWQA7NT9EMCR3YPPS00L/portrait+of+my+niece2.jpg portraits in the round - Portrait of my niece at three months; from right This just a little study in fired clay with some zinc oxide on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467317113348-CDYYEWNT5HA3VTNBX11B/portrait+of+my+niece1.jpg portraits in the round - Portrait of my niece at three months; from left This just a little study in fired clay with some zinc oxide on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467317162584-XRPJHUWRCO8EILEDWE3V/portrait+of+my+niece3.jpg portraits in the round - Portrait of my niece at three months; close-up This just a little study in fired clay with some zinc oxide on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467321301831-P4HCLFLGJT3Q08Y92D5H/lak%26trace%26co2.jpg portraits in the round - Portrait of a family as thier astrological animals This was a commission to make a group sculpture portrait of a whole family together and depicted as the Chinese zodiac animals of their birth years. The mother was born in the year of the monkey, and she is holding the youngest son (who was born on the year of the horse). She is also holding her eldest daughter's hand. This child was born in the year of the rat. She is also patting the rear end of the father who was born in year of the fire-horse The middle child is a boy who was born in the year of the rabbit, he is riding his father's back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467321324137-OCMTZSZF5J2GPPMAH17S/lak%26trace%26co3.jpg portraits in the round - Portrait of a family as thier astrological animals: from left This was a commission to make a group sculpture portrait of a whole family together and depicted as the Chinese zodiac animals of their birth years. The mother was born in the year of the monkey, and she is holding the youngest son (who was born on the year of the horse). She is also holding her eldest daughter's hand. This child was born in the year of the rat. She is also patting the rear end of the father who was born in year of the fire-horse The middle child is a boy who was born in the year of the rabbit, he is riding his father's back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467321361063-SM64Z87XH52MM8YMED8L/lak%26trace%26co_detail3.jpg portraits in the round - Portrait of a family as thier astrological animals: mother, daughter and son This was a commission to make a group sculpture portrait of a whole family together and depicted as the Chinese zodiac animals of their birth years. The mother was born in the year of the monkey, and she is holding the youngest son (who was born on the year of the horse). She is also holding her eldest daughter's hand. This child was born in the year of the rat. She is also patting the rear end of the father who was born in year of the fire-horse The middle child is a boy who was born in the year of the rabbit, he is riding his father's back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467321411355-7IQWVE1YDNQDONBO0S29/lak%26trace%26co_detail6.jpg portraits in the round - Portrait of a family as thier astrological animals: mother, daughter and son detail This was a commission to make a group sculpture portrait of a whole family together and depicted as the Chinese zodiac animals of their birth years. The mother was born in the year of the monkey, and she is holding the youngest son (who was born on the year of the horse). She is also holding her eldest daughter's hand. This child was born in the year of the rat. She is also patting the rear end of the father who was born in year of the fire-horse The middle child is a boy who was born in the year of the rabbit, he is riding his father's back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467321431737-G8E2OHL5PGCDELO82D7Y/lak%26trace%26co_detail8.jpg portraits in the round - Portrait of a family as thier astrological animals: father and son from left This was a commission to make a group sculpture portrait of a whole family together and depicted as the Chinese zodiac animals of their birth years. The mother was born in the year of the monkey, and she is holding the youngest son (who was born on the year of the horse). She is also holding her eldest daughter's hand. This child was born in the year of the rat. She is also patting the rear end of the father who was born in year of the fire-horse The middle child is a boy who was born in the year of the rabbit, he is riding his father's back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467321551697-DWEOOT8FSBFU0LHJ1K73/lak%26trace%26co_detail9.jpg portraits in the round - Portrait of a family as thier astrological animals: father and son from right This was a commission to make a group sculpture portrait of a whole family together and depicted as the Chinese zodiac animals of their birth years. The mother was born in the year of the monkey, and she is holding the youngest son (who was born on the year of the horse). She is also holding her eldest daughter's hand. This child was born in the year of the rat. She is also patting the rear end of the father who was born in year of the fire-horse The middle child is a boy who was born in the year of the rabbit, he is riding his father's back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467321881064-UGE0DTKW7DIDLI4E62C0/lak%26trace%26co_detail14.jpg portraits in the round - Portrait of a family as thier astrological animals: father and son strait on This was a commission to make a group sculpture portrait of a whole family together and depicted as the Chinese zodiac animals of their birth years. The mother was born in the year of the monkey, and she is holding the youngest son (who was born on the year of the horse). She is also holding her eldest daughter's hand. This child was born in the year of the rat. She is also patting the rear end of the father who was born in year of the fire-horse The middle child is a boy who was born in the year of the rabbit, he is riding his father's back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467322116466-J9ZA4WRPNMKTFRXGZ2RE/lak%26trace%26co_box1.jpg portraits in the round - Portrait of a family as thier astrological animals: box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467482018064-AN67PUWQ4RUN2APBGQHM/lak%26trace%26co_box4.jpg portraits in the round - Portrait of a family as thier astrological animals: box opened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467322354544-VO4I8TONIGZ67XF40ZXF/homeless+person+sleeping1.jpg portraits in the round - Street Person Sleeping This is a portrait of a man that I photographed for an assignment in a photojournalism class. the strange rendering of his hair (which was long, grey and grew only on the back of his head) The object it self is actually a pot pipe, and the hair was the handle one held whilst lighting the bowl... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467322770107-JB79QY4DGBCXMUPPRO1P/homeless+person+sleeping2.jpg portraits in the round - Street Person Sleeping: right side This is a portrait of a man that I photographed for an assignment in a photojournalism class. the strange rendering of his hair (which was long, grey and grew only on the back of his head) The object it self is actually a pot pipe, and the hair was the handle one held whilst lighting the bowl... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467322784554-94542FQIJ4ZE3JXYQPVM/homeless+person+sleeping4.jpg portraits in the round - Street Person Sleeping: left side This is a portrait of a man that I photographed for an assignment in a photojournalism class. the strange rendering of his hair (which was long, grey and grew only on the back of his head) The object it self is actually a pot pipe, and the hair was the handle one held whilst lighting the bowl... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467322787777-XZOIOXGI7VD79IOMYNB5/homeless+person+sleeping6.jpg portraits in the round - Street Person Sleeping: from below This is a portrait of a man that I photographed for an assignment in a photojournalism class. the strange rendering of his hair (which was long, grey and grew only on the back of his head) The object it self is actually a pot pipe, and the hair was the handle one held whilst lighting the bowl... http://www.michaeldrurystudio.com/contact daily 0.75 2016-07-02 http://www.michaeldrurystudio.com/about daily 0.75 2016-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467410331906-5R3AIO1PF6USE18Y7MD2/image-asset.jpeg about An IPhone picture of a Melinda Hackett drawing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467397446931-9ZHAU5BACZQL6MNAZ84D/old+Hunter+MFA+building about The old Hunter MFA building in the 90's. I made tiles for the Double Happiness in the ceramic studio there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467408253411-DTVK1NKVMZREJEDYEETJ/image-asset.jpeg about This is a double landing staircase I put into an 1840's laborer's house with 7 foot ceilings. This is the view from the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467397602740-AF35TW1XX9OI28084Y1A/image-asset.png about The entrance to Double Happiness, 173 Mott St. The entrance to Wyanoka, which was separate, but connected to DH by an internal staircase, was to the left of the "Indian Head." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467406332844-W1X5A70J1AJGJN3ON27S/image-asset.jpeg about This is shelf with small models from MDMH. The upper shelf has bronzes with black patina. The lower shelf has ceramics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467483930842-YRKDACK97PK29BDH26RA/eames+model+for+a+chair about A Model for a chair made by the Eameses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1467408481926-JNG7QYYNXE6Z2JYSU598/image-asset.jpeg about This is the view from the living room with the stairs to the basement I put in underneath. I had to try to match the weird vernacular, and to cut away a lot of the floor from the room above to provide adequate headroom for people descending the stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1459380940050-12ZG6XJBGSFDTR9PUUTD/IMG_2992.JPG about http://www.michaeldrurystudio.com/about-1 daily 0.75 2016-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56fbfca22b8dde16fb582028/1459462884134-4B8PUBD1V03PI8SHN2H5/alloyed+gold+ingot.JPG about A 22K GOLD INGOT COOLING AFTER BEING ALLOYED WITH TRACES OF COPPER AND SILVER. ALLOYING IS DONE ON CHARCOAL WHICH PERSERVES PURITY http://www.michaeldrurystudio.com/block-test daily 0.75 2025-05-09