Wire Dreams:

I hit the I5 early this morning heading North to Burbank. I prefer easy traffic and getting there early to the stress of prime time commute. I got onto campus by 8 for a 10 o`clock appointment with Nancy Nichols, my stop motion student.

I buy decaf and a croissant in Woodys, the Woodbury cafeteria, and spend an hour 15 working on the Stop Mo Expo web site (should have it up this week).

Today`s assignment, when I get to the Senior Animation Lab, is to help Nancy create a down and dirty low cost wire armature.

It is not going to be elegant and does not even exist in the same universe as the work of Ian Mackinnon and Pete Saunders but it is a start down the road. And all with no welding or no machining, just wire and plumber`s epoxy.






I do not take time to take a finished photo with face and feet but you get the idea

The time goes far too quickly. Nancy handles tools well, kudos to her father for teaching her how to work on cars. I am going to have to schedule a longer chunk of time next time around but we get a lot done. Not bad for our second meeting. And when we are done she has 2 armatures and can start doing animation tests.

I am back on the I5 heading South by noon. The traffic is very light. I listen to a book on tape (Rockford files) and I get into Orange County by 1:07 PM. My son Tobias is home doing math homework.

I eat a little lunch, (left over stir-fry that I cooked 2 nights ago). I am at my daughter`s school for her 2 PM pick up 15 minutes early. I come home and take a nap until 5 and leave Raven to make pizza.

Tomorrow morning is Tom Sito at Laguna College of Art & Design. Then Thursday, the dreaded 16 hour Thursday. The nap is not a luxury it is a preemptive strike.  ¶ 5:51 PM