3/4 of a robot done....

I am so letting the team down lately. Being a new (again) homeowner has really sucked up the free time for robot building. I have a robot about 3/4 of the way done, just no legs/wheels/locomotion for it yet. I have found that drilling through sheet stainless steel is a major PITA, even with a high end bit.

Since the weather here has been very mild for summer (not one 90 degree day yet) I have been outside a lot repairing landscape that has been neglected for a long time, moving rocks around and generally exhausting myself after a few hours. I need to put my sketch books back in my bag so I can doodle a little during down time at work.

Also, I 'won' back my robot quilt square (#263) that is now part of a 4 square collage of skulls (one from Snow Globe a Day and one from Sun a Day). The proceeds went to support Becky's Fund - a national domestic violence awareness charity. It was also displayed in Richmond at Gallery 5 as part of Noah Scalin's Skull Appreciation exhibit. It now resides in a hallway in our house with other fabric art and pictures.

Ok, back to work and hopefully back to robots soon!

#263 Robot Skull Quilt Square

Today's robot was done as part of Skull A Day's art quilt auction project to benefit Becky's Fund which is a national non-profit domestic violence and education organization. So far they have enough blocks for two quilts but the deadline is Saturday May 28th, 2011 so they can get more done in time for Skull Appreciation Day on June 4th.



12x12 cotton backing, cut felt pieces sewn down. This will be in the mail tomorrow heading to Virginia.