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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 30 May 2012 09:23:49 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Journal</title><subtitle>Journal</subtitle><id>http://www.marthacroasdale.com/journal/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.marthacroasdale.com/journal/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.marthacroasdale.com/journal/atom.xml"/><updated>2011-04-30T04:00:36Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Jim Garrison's sculpture "Precious" in progress.</title><id>http://www.marthacroasdale.com/journal/2011/4/29/jim-garrisons-sculpture-precious-in-progress.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.marthacroasdale.com/journal/2011/4/29/jim-garrisons-sculpture-precious-in-progress.html"/><author><name>Martha Croasdale</name></author><published>2011-04-30T03:43:20Z</published><updated>2011-04-30T03:43:20Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;"><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><img style="width: 300px;" src="http://www.marthacroasdale.com/storage/post-images/wbprecious1.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1304135099523" alt="" /></span></p>
<p style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;">Jim's sculpture is coming along well. The figure is made of bronze. He carved the egg in Styrofoam, which I used as the pattern to cast it in glass.</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>The Big EGG.</title><id>http://www.marthacroasdale.com/journal/2011/3/30/the-big-egg.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.marthacroasdale.com/journal/2011/3/30/the-big-egg.html"/><author><name>Martha Croasdale</name></author><published>2011-03-30T19:30:19Z</published><updated>2011-03-30T19:30:19Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>The Big EGG is going to be part of a sculpture called "Precious" by Jim Garrison which will be entered into ART PRIZE 2011 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.&nbsp;</p>
<p><span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.marthacroasdale.com/storage/eggweb28.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1301517189400" alt="" width="234" height="176" /></span></span>Jim is working hard on the bronze sculpture, while I am working on the glass egg. Here is the Big EGG coming out of the Kiln after a month of annealing. It weighs about 65 pounds. The next step is to finish removing the plaster/silica mold ( The white stuff).</p>
<p>Then on to finishing the surface.....</p>
<p>Check back later for more progress on the Big EGG.</p>]]></content></entry></feed>
