Cody Goodin - The artistic and spiritual journey of Cody Goodin

Mystery Mondays, that sounds rather generic I know.  But, I thought I'd try something fun to start the week off.  I am always trying to find ways to inspire and encourage me to make art consistently instead of when ever the energy or mood hits.  It seems it is easy to get complacent after something like major surgery.  There are no excuses at this point now.  I am feeling much better, with a nice bit of energy to start my days.  But, I seem to give in to laziness and use my being a bit tired to just give up the ghost.  Anyway, I am digressing just a bit here.  Mystery Mondays came out of my noticing other artists sharing a bit of their creative processes.  Like Sketched out Mondays that Michael DeMeng does, so I thought it would be fun to give you all a glimpse into my little world.  I will tell you right now, that I am off in a hundred different directions with my sculpture right now, so who knows what will actually end up on...

As promised, here is the finished version of one of my UFOs.  This isn't such a great photo of it but, hopefully you can get the idea.  I call this piece "Spirits of the Grove" and represents the souls of the trees that are released after being chopped down.  I have a great bit of anger towards reckless clearing of our precious trees even in the city where they are needed the most.  Power companies justify it by saying it interferes with their power lines.  So, this is my humble healing piece for the trees that I am sending out into the universe.  I love trees and respect them for what they do for us and the planet. Below is the pre-finished version to refresh your memory of where it started out it's life. Don't forget to enter my July giveaway that was listed in the previous post.  Just scroll down and you will find it there.  I hope you all have a smashing weekend coming up.  Stay cool if you can and go forth and create.

Wow! what a difference another week makes.  I am feeling a lot better since my surgery about a month ago.  It has been a long haul it seems to me.  But, I know our bodies need plenty of time to heal from major surgery.  Despite the ever present exhaustion and other physical unpleasantness, I am feeling more like my old self.  So, I have been cleaning up my home studio so I can be inspired to work on art again.  I am in big withdrawal from sculpting and such.  But, I needed to make room to move and spread out a bit.  Still need to clear off my work table a bit.  But, I have plenty of projects in the works to keep me busy. Now on to the give away.  I am so excited to see the new followers.  You all rock and make my day everyday.  It is so much fun and an honor to share my world of eclectic fantasy with you.  Whilst cleaning and listening to my Itunes library, I came across a selection of patterns I've been ...

I don't know about you, but I have been on this kick of returning to unfinished objects de art or UFOs as I call them.  You know some great idea you have at one time and just didn't finish or take it to it's obvious conclusion.  Here are two such examples.  I brought these home from my away from home studio back in May after our last open house.  I started these last summer when I was just messing around with some stuff. As you know I am into this Icon kick of late.  These are some little sculpts made from some of my own molds attached to a small 6x6 inch canvas.  The background is actually made with graphite blended into a clear molding paste like stuff.  A friend of mine gave me some to play with.  She uses this stuff in her theater design job for doing texture on sets and things.  It is interesting.  Anyway, I am going to transform these gals into pieces based on the idea of the number three.  You know the three fates...

Wow!  That didn't take long.  So let me introduce you to the Cosmic Clown.  He is the one that like to play tasteful jokes on you as you travel your spiritual journey.  Of course I don't think the jokes are always in good taste.  But, he says that's a matter of opinion.  Usually his which ruffles me sometimes.  He is a poly clay head and attached to a funky piece of willow branch.  He has an assortment of fibers and beads I received in a door prize bag at our last meeting with the Indy doll group this past May.  I attached glass marbles as his little magical orbs along the bottom of the branch. This one was a great deal of fun to make.  These pieces aren't all that sophisticated but, they make great blank canvas' to play around with.  I thinking of offering this as a class.  Anyway I hope you like both posts today.  Now I need to go and declutter my worktable a bit so I can start some new ...

Oh, how sweet it is to finally get back to posting.  It seems like months even though I know it's only been a few weeks.  I have been through my prostate surgery and am recovering at home.  I will be returning to work at the art store next week.  I am not feeling ready for that but, I can't do without a paycheck for long.  Anyway, here is one piece that was almost finished before surgery that I finally did complete today.  She is old woman of the willow.  I am not sure where I am going from here creatively speaking.  I am not feeling overly enthusiastic to get into it again.  I am sure that is due to the surgery and recovery process. Old woman of the willow is a polymer clay sculpt over a willow branch and then painted and glazed.  I added a bit of fiber to give her the feeling of some sort of greenery.  Not really sure about that one, but it is OK. Here is a close up of her.  I really liked doing this sculpt. ...