I Was A Nazi Stormtrooper — Cooking Lessons From The German Front In My Head

Went out looking for frames yesterday afternoon for the now completed 'Fifty Fivers'. Found lots of great quality glass frames for cheap prices, but I need 25 of them. I wasn't too interested in paying out that wad of cash until I had explored all my options, so I didn't leave with a big cart full of them. I did pick up a few items here and there though. Purchased a clear slip-sleeve book to house the 50 burned Arnold secondary works. These are the sheets of paper that were used underneath the 'Fifty Fivers' as they were burned. Each sheet had a black & white image of Arnold being sworn in as California Governor Novermber 17, 2003.


I attached to each of these 8.5" x 11" sheets cut off portions of the color chips I used on the main pieces. I affixed the chips with melted canning wax. I used this same wax on the 'Fifty Fivers' as well. In the bottom corner of each work I dripped some wax and placed a nickel on it face down. Once all the wax had cooled I popped the nickels out. The wax took the impression and now when the light hits the work just right you get a relief of Jefferson. I also made 50 - 1" buttons out of the remaining materials — Arnold head tracings with a small hole punch circle from the color chips in each. These I will attach to a specialty postcard and mail out to my correspondents to commemorate the completion of the work.

Their Pieces, Their Parts, Their Memories And Their Logic

'Fifty Fivers'

'Fifty Fivers'
December 17th, 2005 — 12:00 Pacific
A performance piece by Thomas Arthur Schaefer

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11:10pm
Terminus

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6:42pm
Finish with a dash of fire.

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3:32am
Finely sliced notes...

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3:09am
I'm even trying to cover the facts... just like others. The paper riddled with lines for cutting, hides a fiver benith its flesh.

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2:52am

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2:17am

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1:34am
I still hate drawing this shit!!
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1:25am
I absolutely hate drawing Arnold. If I did this same drawing I'm doing, the number of times I'm doing it... and let's say that I only draw it once a year.... I'd be 78 years old when I was finished. Arnold... screw you and your arms. They are too big. They are.
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12:01am
It begins.

In Recognition Of The Extra Effort

Ahhh... Tuesday the 13th — What a wonderful and cursed day. The luckiest day of them all I suppose. I don't have much planned for this evening... I think I'll continue work on the 'Fifty Fivers'. Unfortunatly I'm at that juncture where I'm not too sure what to do with them next... but I have a few clever ideas.
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The Sewer Grate Cover Removed, We Settled In For The Still Of Winter

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Personally, I fantasize about having a reason to be in Sacramento now... job has been killed as of 7pm. Brilliant... no reasons given.


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My Warhol Look —