Part 1 – Looking backwards on a wonderfully successful project!
Trying something a bit different for this one. As opposed to starting at the beginning and taking you through the process, I wanted to start with the finished product then add more details you can read through if you are interested. Let me know your thoughts on this in the comments!
Recently I have been taking online classes through the Deaf Children’s Society of BC to start learning American Sign Language (ASL). It has been an amazing experience and while I am far, far from being fluent, learning has been a lot of fun! Dellalee Piper is an outstandingly patient, kind and talented teacher and made every engaging and most importantly fun!
What does all of this have to do with Dragonflies made out of metal? Well, during the classes, there were the standard ‘I’m learning a new language’ trope of ‘What did you do this weekend?’. Let me tell you, there isn’t really an ASL sign for ‘blacksmith’! That lead to me sending a link to Dellalee for Hammer and Pen Co. and she immediately emailed with ‘Can you make me a dragonfly?!?!”. Naturally, I said yes! The results were better than I had expected (one of these days I’ll have a little faith in my abilities, I swear!)
A huge thank you to the always talented Aaron as well! This was the first completed collaboration between the two of us and I can see many more in the future. His knowledge of insect biology and proportions as well as the ability top sketch the wing details really made this possible.
So…if you want to take a look at the details on how this project progressed, I’d love to hear from you!
Lets be honest, I’m going to post it regardless…but I would love to see if there are folks looking!
As always, take care and keep making!