Wednesday evening Lazy Day Farms ray gun truck LATEST update:

The Lazy Day Farms ray gun truck is on the bench being fitted for it's battery box and other last minute finishing touches. CLICK FOR BIGGER

As I mentioned before, these ray gun trucks evolve. They grow, change, then one day are finished and go to a shelf in a gallery or someone's home...

I am not totally pleased with the ray gun part of this piece (see previous post).  I DO like the mount and the brass bit at the swivel in the center, but....

So, I had to go over to Astoria today and was thinking about perhaps finding some bits at the Astoria Vintage Hardware architectural salvage store.  After I finished my Home Depot chores and bought food at Costco, I headed on into town to see what Paul might have.  Well BLESS HIM, he took me back to the back of the shop and opened a secret room to me where he stashes juicy bits and said "dig around in here, see what you can find".  WOW, how cool is that!  This is what I came out of there with:

new ray gun truck on the bench:

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This shows part of the process of constructing one of these things.  I see now that the ray gun pedestal (part of a vent from an old Spartan trailer) is way out of proportion, so, by now it has been modified.  This truck will be constructed and de-constructed many times before it is finished.

JET PATROL sold yesterday for a phenomenal sum!

RIVERSEA GALLERY please click the truck to BIGGIFY it.

Inner sanctum of Martin Horspool, Master Found Object Assemblage Artist in New Zealand

few are allowed this far into his studio.  I just happened upon this photo on his facebook page...THANKS MARTIN!

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Beauty music vid featuring Martin Horspool's LONELY ROBOT

A short vid from my friend Martin Horspool in Auckland.

This guy is the guru - the wizard of junk art.  This vid is from his latest show in Auckland, New Zealand called "THE TROPHY ROOM"
His website is HERE

Here's a nice article about the gallery and show I was/am in at present:

"Artifacts from a Possible Future" includes the work of one painter and four sculpture/assemblage artists who each share a common interest in culture, the objects that define civilization and societal detritus that may be treasured centuries hence. This exhibition explores the thread of continuation that connects us to history and propels us into an undetermined future, both as a society and as individuals. Included are the paintings of Brin Levinson from Portland; electrified sculptures by Joe Chasse from the Long Beach Peninsula, Wash.; metal sculptures by Jud Turner of Eugene; mixed-media assemblages by Dick Libby of Seattle and antiquity assemblages from Sue Bolton of Overton Park, Kan. All five artists are new to RiverSea Gallery.
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Available through
RIVERSEA GALLERY
$800.00

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First Saturday: Opening night for my ARTIFACTS FROM AN IMAGINED FUTURE at River Sea Gallery in Astoria Oregon

Here's my mug shot with two of my creations: Surge-Yo and Surge-Yo's Sister:

and here is a shot of the 
COMPACT ELECTRIC

New SANITIZOR brand ray gun ready for presentation! click picture to biggify

My studio is seriously getting FULL of this stuff!  

Trying to decide if I should start selling on EBAY

or build a custom display case to put it in my 

buddy's second hand store in Ocean Park, Wa.

Rare ROCKET BRAND ray gun for sale!

12 VOLT ROCKET BRAND RAY GUN FOR SALE:
US$550.00/OFFER/TRADE:

Here's the newest in the "Small Guys" series:TIMELESS SOJOURN:

TIMELESS SOJURN

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He's about 11 inches tall and about 6 inches either way by the 'feet'.  CLICK HERE for more pictures.  I am asking $199.00 for it with postage paid inside the USA, and arrangements for international shipping to be made.  Please contact me at joetruckATgmail.com, or leave a message in the comments.

LATEST assemblage art robot IT HAS NO NAME...poor little item!

Help me name this little item. Click picture for HUGE detail.

 

 More pictures HERE

Leave your ideas for a name in the comments and you could WIN A SLICE OF RAISIN PIE!

pre-assembly of latest "SMALL GUYS" 15" 'bot

This guy will now be dis-assembled for clean-up and polish before final assembly.  He gonna be cute!

I don't care for taking pictures inside.  I am happier with outdoor pictures...more later.

One of my favorite artists in the whole world writes:
"A reporter made a really nice little video in my studio.
You can see it on" 
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/photo-video/video/

SURGE-YO AND SURGE-YO'S SISTER RETURN FROM ART SHOW TRIUMPHANT:

It is always gratifying to do well in a show.

Surge-Yo garnered a FIRST in his category

while Surge-Yo's Sister came home with a SECOND.

The lamp shown in the previous post sold for $90.00.

 I am so proud of my little robots - they behaved admirably!

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SOME OF MY ART

RetroRocket lamp. From the base up, this piece is part of a cast metal Thunderbird car hubcap, a spherical thing that was part of some sort of color lamp, a 1964 Chevrolet horn ring with two old Ford hood ornaments mounted to it. The oblong black thing in the center is something that I found. The black question mark shaped tube is from an old lamp, as is the fiberglas lamp shade. It has a new light socket and pull-chain switch. I will return to post the dimensions of this, as it is in storage out in my studio. $245.00
The ROCKET brand ray-gun is one of my very favorite pieces, and has won several blue ribbons in local art shows. The base started life as a vacuum cleaner. I dissasembled it, removed the paint and buffed it to an aluminum shine, cut and fabricated portholes, and installed the machinery. Machinery? Oh my yes! Please have a look at this fabulous unit in action. The cooling tower with the rocket cut-outs in the sides was a large coffee percolator and has a 1963 Ford Galaxy tail-light lens on top. The adjustable mount for the clear ray-gun atomizer tube is from an old dentist's chair headrest and bicycle handlebar mount. There are several lights that flash and a busy engineroom when one peeks inside thru the portholes. It runs on 12 volts from a transformer. $525.00
The CLOCKPOT is an old silver(chromium?) percolator with a battery clock mounted and a clear plastic dome. Mounted on a finished oak board. Clock works too! $195.00
Groovy little clock-on-circuit board (2). I used to tear apart computers, printers, etc etc for the pieces for my art. I had these two great little hard-drive boards with PERFECT holes in them. One day I had an AHA moment, and here is the result. $40.00
Designed to be touched and fiddled with, LUCY'S TRAILER of course, has a little toy trailer, similar to the one Lucy could not help but pile full of rocks, to Dezi's grump. Right of the trailer is a little silver stash can that opens, underneath that is a secret place where one can push the paddle and the golden hasp opens to reveal...left of that is the antique volt meter that spins, an old Washington state tax token that spins, and a miniature address/phone book that pops open! On the left end is a Buick automobile hood ornament on a spring that spoings around when touched and a bit of spelter grandiosity. $195.00

To purchase or discuss, please email me joetruck@gmail.com

I made these boxes to be an arrangeable triptych. So that the buyer could stack or arrange them as it suited them. Now I don't like them. I guess what I don't like is the resin poured over the items to keep them in place. Are they art, junk, the art of junk, or what? I suppose I will post them at my ETSY STORE, but what do you think of it? Should I sell them individually? Bury them for some archaeologist to find in the future? They are supposed to resemble boxes from some old guy's workshop...oh yea, they ARE! LOL Tell ya what: if you like them, I will trade you to come repair my hot tub. How's THAT for the deal of the century?
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This is one of the pieces I am presently working on. I guess one could call it a ROCKET LAMP. The base is the die cast metal center section from a Thunderbird hubcap with a chrome sphere from something on it. Mounted to that is the horn ring from a 64 Chevrolet with two old Ford jet-rocket hood ornaments. The gooseneck and fiberglas shade are more found objects. This thing stands about 27 inches tall. I hope to have it lit up and posted for sale in my ETSY STORE soon...