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#1 User is offline   Jim Kelso 

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Posted 09 February 2008 - 01:37 PM

Brian Chan gave me a heads-up on this guy's work. Yikes!

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this one in copper, brass, mixed media

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Posted 09 February 2008 - 01:58 PM

Thanks Jim, This was interesting to learn about!

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Posted 09 February 2008 - 05:03 PM

Thanks for posting the link, Jim. I looked around his site. Jeff's work is wonderful!

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Posted 09 February 2008 - 05:41 PM

I went to an exhibition of his work a few years ago entitled "The Whisker Wars". Fantastic work, and very well made. Apparently, for some reason, he has quite a bit of difficulty when he actually tries to put one of his pieces on a cat.

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#5 User is offline   Jim Kelso 

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Posted 09 February 2008 - 05:56 PM

View PostPhil White, on Feb 9 2008, 12:41 PM, said:

Apparently, for some reason, he has quite a bit of difficulty when he actually tries to put one of his pieces on a cat.

Phil


Hard to imagine why. :D

Be sure to check out his "How to...Make a Samurai cat". Wonderful stuff.
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Posted 10 February 2008 - 02:10 AM

Seriously weird! I like it a lot - especially the mouse armor, wish I'd thought of it. Now I have visions of tiny little insect armor sets, fish helmets and fin gauntlets swimming through my already taxed brain. Now I'll never be right again. What were you thinking, Jim, putting us on to this?! :D
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Posted 10 February 2008 - 03:04 AM

The exhibit also included art deco style "rocketeer" suits for mice and cats. His French high-gothic articulated armour for a cat was one of the best pieces of metalwork I have seen.

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Posted 10 February 2008 - 01:52 PM

View Posttsterling, on Feb 9 2008, 09:10 PM, said:

Seriously weird! Now I have visions of tiny little insect armor sets, fish helmets and fin gauntlets swimming through my already taxed brain. Now I'll never be right again. What were you thinking, Jim, putting us on to this?! ;)


Tom, if any critter around there needs armor, it would be the banana slug! :lol:
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Posted 10 February 2008 - 04:40 PM

View PostJim Kelso, on Feb 10 2008, 05:52 AM, said:

Tom, if any critter around there needs armor, it would be the banana slug! :lol:


Now there's an idea! ;)
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Posted 10 February 2008 - 05:54 PM

View Posttsterling, on Feb 10 2008, 10:40 AM, said:

Now there's an idea! :lol:


The eye stalks are going to have to be constructed with a telescopeing tubes ;)
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Posted 11 February 2008 - 08:13 PM

View PostPatrick Hastings, on Feb 10 2008, 12:54 PM, said:

The eye stalks are going to have to be constructed with a telescopeing tubes ;)
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Yow! Now that I really think about it, the whole body of it would have to be like an accordion. :lol:
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Posted 11 February 2008 - 08:57 PM

Jim,

That put a smile on my face. How wonderful to be so free as to make armour for animals. The Tower of London has a few early examples of this type of work on an elephant and of course horses. Love the cat helmet!

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Posted 11 February 2008 - 10:26 PM

Knowing how cats feel about ANYTHING being attached or tied to them, it would really be something to see one in one of these outfits.... :lol:
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