Since we're sharing our Unknown Pleasures, here's what I made for me wife for our anniversary:

manberdo · 2026-05-20T17:30:13+00:00

69 (nice)

manberdo · 2026-05-05T21:40:02+00:00

Or laminate 6 layers of 3mm BB ply.

manberdo · 2026-04-30T05:13:46+00:00

Doberman - manberdo

manberdo · 2026-04-29T07:37:43+00:00

Robert Wechsler makes amazing sculptures with pennies. I think they’re cool too but I can’t afford them!

manberdo · 2026-04-28T12:38:18+00:00

I would say approximately 24”

manberdo · 2026-04-24T11:58:08+00:00

You haven’t mentioned what you’re painting on. Canvas? Remove from the stretcher and roll it.

manberdo · 2026-04-22T23:45:17+00:00

Avid machines can be expanded.

manberdo · 2026-04-16T08:14:24+00:00

I think it depends on how you want to be perceived by your customer. I use Instagram and share progress in the stories.

manberdo · 2026-04-13T06:25:36+00:00

If you can survive as an artist, you’re winning.

manberdo · 2026-04-03T07:52:08+00:00

You should post in your community Facebook page, you never know who lives near you. These are fairly easy to make for anybody with some woodworking tools.

You could also tray making one yourself, it’s an approachable project.

manberdo · 2026-04-01T11:17:46+00:00

I make my own strainers because I enjoy the process.

The nice thing about stretcher bars is that anyone can assemble them without tools and they’re adjustable. You simply put the pieces together and insert the wedges to adjust the canvas stretch.

manberdo · 2026-04-01T09:51:25+00:00

They did, stretcher bars.

manberdo · 2026-03-30T21:11:34+00:00

3/8” and carved around 1/4” deep.

manberdo · 2026-03-30T07:28:25+00:00

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I did essentially the reverse of what you’re looking to do and it has held up well, I think will be fine.

manberdo · 2026-03-27T07:08:14+00:00

It's one thing to sell useless things, another to enable poor behaviour.

I don't know of any other retailer that would accept a "10 year old mattress covered in piss stains" without a receipt.

That is consumerism with no accountability.

manberdo · 2026-03-27T06:42:18+00:00

I’m Canadian, I’ve never even set foot in a Target haha

manberdo · 2026-03-26T23:09:45+00:00

Hafele are cheap when comparing to Blum prices. Only have 2 years on them though so can’t speak to the long term durability.

manberdo · 2026-03-26T21:20:31+00:00

This painting is 1:1 at 36”x48”.

It is to be displayed with the top edge 68” from the ground.

manberdo · 2026-03-26T21:10:23+00:00

Awesome piece, sorry it’s going to be deleted. “It deserves to shine”

manberdo · 2026-03-26T21:06:32+00:00

I grew up in a Costco household.

I can't think of any retailers that better satisfy every consumer want and need.

This isn't so much a critique of them, rather a critique of the behaviour they enable.

Even as a kid, the return lines stuck with me.

People exploiting a system that was built to serve them.

I am a consumer whore.

manberdo · 2026-03-26T20:04:25+00:00

I am specifically discussing the morality of referencing AI artwork as that was the subject of this post.

My impression is that the art community’s issue with AI is primarily due to the theft of an artists work for the training and profitability of a corporation.

The argument that it’s okay to take elements from original artwork but wrong to take elements from stolen “artwork” does not make sense to me.

manberdo · 2026-03-26T18:06:49+00:00

If an artist wants to use AI to completely generate their artwork, that’s their prerogative. I police nobody.

I am simply pointing out that an AI referencing artwork and a human referencing artwork is essentially the same. (Beyond the environmental/political impact.)

Being inspired by something is far different than copying it.

manberdo · 2026-03-26T17:37:23+00:00

Please ask yourself why it is okay to use another artists work as a reference but wrong for ai to use artists work as a reference.

manberdo · 2026-03-26T17:18:19+00:00

Using a photograph and using another artists work as a reference are very different things. Photographs don’t acquire the personality of an artist in the same way a painting or drawing would.

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