Some updates as well about the project.
School has been kicking my butt as expected. Im heading to Sacramento next month because I curated my first exhibition at our country's largest ceramic arts gathering. Ill be showing my sculptures in 2 shows there as well.
Im presently writing proposals for two artists residencies this summer. One in Montana and one in LA.
As I've been doing this ive been staring at my bike longingly. I really miss working on her. Id love to have her done before my residencies so I can take her to them as the coolest transportation vehicle around. (Also ill see you all in OC for a bike ride when I land in LA)
But we will see if she's ready. It feels impossible to balance 12 hour days in the studio with time for myself to have fun.
Enough of the rambling.
I brought her in to school to strip the paint since we've got a 3 million dollar ventilation system. Yeeeehaw. She got lots of attention while in the building. Turns out our ceramic tech is neighbors with a guy who has quite the antique bike collection. He said 600 bikes!? So i have to hunt down this soon-to-be-friend-of-mine-against-his-will. Lol.
Can you tell i miss having my local bike friends?
I've uncovered some killer original paint on the chain guard. Pinstripes included. I dont want to talk about how many q tips soaked in nail polish remover that ive gone through. Haha. But it looks sooo good. Unfortunately the paint on the frame is absolutely gone. So the chain guard being so well preserved is just a lucky gift.
Ive been sanding down the bondo on the fenders
@Floyd worked so hard on. Then ill get to stripping the paint off the actual metal parts of the fenders.
She came to us missing the front fender, so he constructed his own to model after what it should have been. The back fender was also cut near the battery box, and he welded a found fender on. Again, she's never going to be a perfect original example. I dont need her to be. I really enjoy the story behind her.
@Floyd and I have built so many memories with this bike. I will forever feel a huge sense of honor for this bike to have been gifted to me.