Reassembly Complete

I spent some time today in what's left of the workshop before my big work bench gets packed away in the POD. I will miss that bench.

I'm Thinking of Something Orange . . .

Hartz! Who Goes There?

With the fervent, though mismatched, eyes of adventure, Hartz fearlessly surveyed the horizon. What would tomorrow hold? 

Nothing this bot can't handle.  Bring it.

Day 336 - "No One Will Play with Me" Paint Session

My six-year-old was being ostracized by his two older brothers this morning, so I got out the paint.  Nothing cheers up a messy kid like the prospect of more messiness. 

Day 312 - Florida Found Robots

I have a $20 Walmart flip phone, and I used it to take pictures of robots when my sister took me to some flea markets.  Enjoy.  (If you squint, it might make the picture seem clearer.)

This is Clanky, a plastic robot syrup bottle.  My sister said it looked like an astronaut, but it's named CLANKY, for goodness sakes!

I got this fantastic Robot Mood Ring at a flea market (it's bright orange!).  The seller was all, "Okaaaay . . ." when I bought it, and I was all, "You're the one selling it, lady!"

And here's some robots AT my sister's house.  The JOY one is one of my very first, and, yes, that other one is a robot made from vintage harvest-colored Tupperware.

Day 255 - Board Games are All the Same

Hmmm. Col. Mustard with the leadpipe in the library? 

Day 236 - Blockhead

Day 227 - A Foray into Bitty Bot Color

Day 226 - Bitty Bug

Clock screw antennae, picture hanger wings, and colored film canister = My 1st Bitty Bug

Day 113 - ROBOT, ROBOT

For The Sketchbook Project.

Day 112 - Miss Sassy

New robot "born" today.

Click here to Adopt Miss Sassy! 

Day 111 - Crash, Jr.

Once you make one and a child claims it, you have to make another and another and another.  This little robot is made from a baby sock.  My five-year-old named him Crash Jr.

A whopping 4 1/2" tall!

Day 99 - Torn

After a stressful couple of weeks of art show preparation and non-stop adrenaline, I crashed today.  So while Day 99 isn't all that earthshattering, it's still something new. 

I tore out this robot silhouette from a post-it note.  That's right, no scissors were used in the making of this robot.  Fantastic, isn't it?

Day 82 - Chore Coins

I'm a parent first and foremost . . . at least that's my excuse for these not-very-exciting robot chore coins.  Hey, there's robots, and I had to punch all of them out--it counts.

 

Day 60 - A Waxy Mess

So I had this great idea to cut up crayons, arrange them in the shape of a robot head, and then "bake"/melt it in the oven.

Apparently, 5 minutes at 300 degrees is too long.  It turned into a big blob of liquid.  Once it cooled some, I salvaged this much of it.

Adding eyes still doesn't seem to make it look more like a robot head.

So I made it an odd robot munchkin. 

Make me feel better--pretend it's cool.

(Note to self:  Crayons and ovens need closer supervision.)

Day 22 - Robot Magnet

I made this magnet out of metal odds and ends.  Overnight, the glue I used caused weird, cloudy oxidation all over the face, so I felt like I needed to paint it.  Not as cool as I hoped, but orange can make anything at least a little better.

Day 5 - Chalkboard Roboto

 From banished, cheap tv stand . . .

 

. . . into legless, painted table top with pieced-together robot stencil . . .

 

. . . to finished Chalkboard Robot!