December 2005 Archives

Now who would try to steal a 3 ton Henry Moore sculpture?

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- British police hunted for three men on Saturday who stole a huge bronze Henry Moore sculpture worth up to 3 million pounds ($5.3 million) and a spokesman said they feared the piece would be destroyed for scrap.

Police said the 3.5 meter long (11 feet, 5.8 inches) sculpture, "A Reclining Figure," was stolen from the Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire, north of London, on Thursday night by three men who drove it away.

I'm reading Ted Godwin's book, "The Studio Handbook for Working Artists". It's a survival manual which covers several questions the working artist might encounter -- questions which aren't covered in art school. Like me, Godwin converted his garage into a working studio, and has many helpful hints for me in my own conversion process. I'm glad I picked this book up. I'd strongly recommend this book to anyone who is looking to sell their own art.

Some of the topics he covers are: dealing with copyright issues (from a Canadian perspective as well as U.S.); making crates for shipping art; how to frame and present your art; how to deal with galleries; photographing and inventorying your works; etc. Great stuff!

Hope these will let a little light in. They certainly are keeping the cold weather out. That's reason enough for them to be there.

The studio loft is now entirely insulated, and so is the overhead door. It's also just about completely covered with this foil-coated vapour barrier, and there is now so much light up there, that it looks almost livable, despite the short height of the storage space.

One of my other projects is to build a small climbing wall up the inside of the studio. I left a section of floor out of the loft, and am putting in some 3/4" plywood, and some climbing holds. First I'm going to start moving some junk from the main floor and stow it away.

This will also give me the chance to photograph my paintings before I put them into storage.