One of my good friends and fellow illustrators, Ian Wells, has long shared with me his encyclopedic knowledge of comics, animation, science fiction and movie poster art. I now call him my “culture dealer” because when I visit, he always manages to find new “must see” comics, movies. TV and animation series and other wonderful stories. He himself is a very skilled illustrator and designer (RISD Illustration Dept.) and he works in Adobe Illustrator Vector graphics as well.

A few years back, he asked me if there was a way to realize one of his illustrations as an actual sculpted form. I thought this would be a marvelous challenge, and so I set to work using my found object assemblage skills accordingly. I presented this to him on his birthday, and I am pleased to say that he was quite happy with the results!