It's coming to Reno! In April! Just two months away!

I've been scrambling like crazy trying to perfect my competition piece. I don't want to say what it is now, but I'll tell you soon.

I cast my own forms, cast my own tails, tanned the skins at home, and am still going crazy with the base work. I have all of these ideas and not one of them is suiting what I have in mind. I have so many ideas that I'm up late at night (4:35am) sketching things out.

I've decided to enter in the professional division. A little intimidating, but I want to learn from my experience there. It took me almost two months to find all of the reference pictures needed for this project, and it took me at least 3 months to decide on the basic composition of my piece. Like I said, the base is killing me.

I've taken step by step photos of the mounting and casting process. After the competition I'll post them up on my blog, and show you the process. I'm jazzed. This has been an awesome experience. I can honestly say that I will be competing every chance I get. It's too fun not to.

I've learned a lot already with this piece. I can definitely say that I like to take my time and get it right with everything I do, whether it's a personal piece, or a mount for someone else. It's just better to take your time, and achieve what you have imagined in your head.

Well, it's 4:40 am, and I have a busy day ahead, so until next time,
Trina

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