BOOKS ARE HERE.

Hello!

So 300 books are now in my possession of But By This Path. If you are interested in purchasing one, you can and should contact me at joshjaehnig@gmail.com. I am currently in the process of setting up an a store on Amazon.com. If you have any questions ask away! I would love to hear from everyone! thank you.

100 year old plaster crucifix

I was hired to fix up an old Catholic crucifix for a church in Hancock Mi. The story behind it is that it had hung in the original Catholic church in downtown Hancock, near the first hospital and school, which were located between Finlandia's Old Main and the Hancock Middle School. The crucifix was then taken and stored in an attic, then when the Church of the Resurrection was constructed, it was re-donated and stored in their attic for 20+ years. Now they took it down and want it made presentable so that it can be hung once again for the 150th Jubilee of the Catholic Church in Hancock.

Here are some pictures what the cross looked like when I got it, and my progress to the finished thing. Later tonight or tomorrow I will have a picture of it hung in the church completely finished.

A 4 foot statue of St. Anne is next.

before-when I first got there

before

before

a little sanding

base coat

all done

One Issue of Life

I was looking through an issue of Life Magazine from the 70's and I noticed it seemed like 1 of every 3 ads were for cigarettes. So I cut them all out and made this.

Collage
9"x11.5"

Good News!

So I applied for a scholarship to get my new book published along with copyright and ISBN, AND I got it! So, soon books will be available. The files and everything are on the way to the printers and hopefully, by mid-summer, books will be born!

Some Illustrations from But By This Path

I fixed up some of the things on the books that I was not satisfied with and sent another order out. They should be coming in tuesdayish.

Here are a few of the pages seen in the book. They have no text on them. Just illustrations. Hope you enjoy.

BOOKS ARE IN!

Hey!
I haven't posted anything here for a while because of my final senior project, which I have described in previous posts but I'll tell you again. Its a book about a WW2 veteran and his struggles through his post-war life.

Mostly what I wanted this post to be for was a declaration! I'm super excited to announce that a few of my dumby books came in they look really good. I'll be making a few corrections and re-ordering them, but if anyone is interested, sometime in the late spring I should have some for sale!
I'll keep you updated and here is a picture of the book!

An Old Collage!

Hey. I just found this online at the Ironwood's Daily News site. It's the first collage that I had seriously messed around with. Its about 20"x25" and is on a wooden panel that I had originally started painting a Popeye the Sailor Man on, along with some figure drawings from a life drawing class, and it all just ended up being this. I entered it in the Finlandia University Juried Exhibition a couple of years ago. Maybe 2009?  It won 1st place in the mixed media category.

This is the photo from the exhibition. It was part of a slide show so I wouldn't be surprised if it started changing into other images. Sorry if it does.