Catch me if you can

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Ben Aragon

>Mike,

Crazy looking, I like it. Looks like which came first the chicken or the egg.

Ben

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John Lucas

>Mike your having way to much fun. I'm afraid to tell you any of my jokes. You wouldn't be able to post the photo of the piece on this web site.

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Mark Kauder. Phenix City, AL

>Mike....Buddy....You're off the meds again aren't you?

Mark

(Pretty cool though)

LOL! I love him!

Carole in VA

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Keith Tompkins

>Mike, It's good to know my safety net is in good hands! LOL Is the hat wood?

You are truly a sick man! Nice work

RevDoug

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Truly ingenious!!

Molly Winton

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RonZ

>Wasn't it 'my dog he got three legs....'?

Cool stuff!

Thanks all

Mike Schwing from Md.

>People ask me all of the time how I think of the things I make. In this instance it was the result of a business meeting. Whenever I conduct a meeting I start it off by telling a joke. I was scouring my brain for a good, CLEAN one, because this meeting audience contained a few Congresscritters, and couldn't think of one. So I called my Dad, and he told me this old joke about the 3 legged chicken. I'd heard it before, but as soon as he started telling it to me, out of nowhere in my brain came the 3 legged chicken egg. Like a lightbulb! Ding!

Not all of them come that way. The EYEpods were the result of a dream, I literally woke up with the image in my brain. Some are results of lunchtime collaboration with coworkers, and some are the result of conversations with folks online, like Keith, Mark, Andi, and a bunch of other people, too.

I didn't really spend much time on this particular guy because its summer and I'm rushing to finalize my KC instant gallery selections. But it was fun to see it emerge from just a paper sketch into a 3D object.

Keith - regarding the hat. My original idea was to have the top of the egg cracked where it had been hollowed and a yellow periscope poking out looking forward. I was walking through a Michael's Crafts last week and I spotted this little hat. Immediately I knew it was going on top of that egg.

In the last 20 hours, since I posted this thing here and elsewhere, I've been called crazy, nuts, and insane more times than I can count.

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tek-Brunswick, Ohio

>You have a day time job too? Mike there is a term for people like you. It�s Savant-? Hmmm! Now I just can�t think of the part that comes after the hyphen. LOL Maybe you will run away with a prize. I enjoy your work. Tom

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George Van in WI

>Mike, it's a good kind of crazy, nuts, and insane!

I'm glad your thoughts came sleeping or while talking with your father, thought i would have to take up bike riding again. Enjoyed your post.

You really have an unusual imagination. Nice Job.

Pete Lamberty

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RonZ

>Perhaps some time off of work might help? =o)

Weird, but cool!

Paul Porter in Phoenix, AZ

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Chris Wright

>Hey Mike, cool piece. I know the feeling about the crazy comments, more than one person on the different boards has asked if I am in therapy. ;-) A little bit of crazy is better than a lot!

Insanity/Genius is alive...

keith zimmerman, Normal, IL

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Bob R WestMac Turning

>In the old days we said he's sick. Today they say he nees a lot of HELP. FAST.

Thats what they said about Dali

Mike Schwing from Md.

>Salvador Dali, absolutely one of my favorite artists. Extremely cool imagination, but was he nuts or did he just see things a little differently?

I get a real kick out of using my imagination to drum up an idea I haven't seen done before and then challenging myself to see if I can make it.

I'd like to nudge the members of my turning club in the same direction occasionally with a challenge or something that wouldn't require too many specific tools. Any ideas on that guys?

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tek-Brunswick, Ohio

>One of the techniques Dali used to come up with his ideas was brilliant. He would set himself up in his favorite chair to doze off. He would hold a fork in his hand hanging over the side of his chair. On the floor under his hand he put a plate. When he dozed off he would drop the fork, the sound of it hitting the plate would wake him up. Hopefully he was dreaming at that point of sleep. He would then sketch what he was dreaming if he though that it would make a good piece of art. There has been some research done on dreaming. It doesn't seem to matter how free of thinker you are. The least imaginative people have dreams as bizarre as the most imaginative folks. Most dreams are forgotten soon after awakening. If you have an inspiring dream, it's best to sketch or write down the idea before you lose it. Some people even keep paper and a pencil on thier night stand for that purpose. I should do that one of these days.

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Jennifer@Indy.USA

>Mike, I've been off the computer for a few days soaking up a bunch of hours in the shop...and I must say, I'm glad I popped in this morning to see your chicken! Have not seen any running around my shop, however. I think I may need a hallucinogen to come up with some of the things you do! I applaud your creativity! It must feel great to let it go like that! I really feel sometimes like I have a big cork in my creativity and need something to get it to POP! I can't wait to see your work in Kansas. I'm bringing an extra card for my digital camera because I know it's going to fill up fast!

Crazy Chicken!!

Jen :)