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Here are some pics that Rich Chew very kindly sent me today. :)

Behold, a man and his carrot.

First up, we see the challengers. Immortal Pain, Wolfpaws, and me, proudly displaying what appears to be a balloon carrot, while Siegfried adds commentary. Notice the Tiffarella shirt. Y'know, upon reflection, that balloon could be a remarkable fascimile of the rare Malaysian Tangerine Viper.

I can swat a fly at 50 paces.

Mwahaaa! I've got a stretchy orange balloon, and I'm not afraid to use it! I think here I was bravely covering up my complete lack of a clue what to do for an art piece by clowning around with the props until something came to me. Either that or staring at Vince and wondering if he had an idea yet -- or whether I should shoot him with a balloon just to be annoying. Notice the carrot on the table, looking limp. I think there's a lesson there for all of us.

For this, I won?

"Catching Nemo" was a towering work. By which I mean, it was very tall. Given what I had to work with, and 20 minutes to do it in, I was actually fairly pleased. My favorite bit, actually, is the orange balloons wrapped around it to make tiger stripes. I'm still surprised that it won, but hey, the audience liked it and everybody had a good time, so I'm satisfied. :)

-The Gneech

EDIT: Fixed names of other folks in photos. Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] higginsdragon for the info!

Date: 2004-02-04 08:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nekomimikun.livejournal.com
Just call it abstract minimalism.

Date: 2004-02-04 08:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com
*plop* Thanks heaps....I just now coaxed my mind out of the gutter and now it's gone right back in.

You and balloons should NOT be allowed anywhere near one another ;)

Re:

Date: 2004-02-05 05:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com
Back when I was a bratty teenager, the fun thing to do was condom balloon sculptures. Same principle except for the materials. You reminded me of that. That and I had an irrisistable image of you as a lion running around yelling, "Snausages! Snausages!"

The pictures cracked me up because you're so dynamic and creative. I really needed a smile and you gave me one.

I just have to excise the urge to take up condom balloon sculpture again :P

Re:

Date: 2004-02-08 06:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] level-head.livejournal.com
Such simple art is a form of minimalism, of course. Perhaps you could think of it as a condominimum.

===|==============/ Level Head

Congrats on the win

Date: 2004-02-05 12:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kurst.livejournal.com
Yeah the audience had a lot of fun watching Iron Artist and your work there was wonderful.

Glad you were there and happy you had fun from the sound of it!

Good luck next year!

Date: 2004-02-05 04:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silussa.livejournal.com

I must admit, I didn't have a clue what one could do with balloons. So you certainly did better then I would have.

Personally, I was hoping for sand and food coloring this year.

Congratulations, Iron Artist Cartoon.

Other artists

Date: 2004-02-05 05:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yasha-taur.livejournal.com
The guy in the grey shirt is Brian Wear.

The lady is NOT Dark Natasha, not sure who she is...

Re: Other artists

Date: 2004-02-05 06:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-gneech.livejournal.com
Hmm ... I thought she was! Shows how good my memory is. I've got e-mails to various folks asking who's who, so I'm sure somebody will inform me sooner or later!

-The Gneech

next year instead of taking blurry pictures...

Date: 2004-02-05 04:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mammallamadevil.livejournal.com
I'll take better notes....(grin)...now, reading them afterwards is a different story....MLD

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