Lately, as I've been working on the studio, and coming across sets of stuff bought for projects, I've often just got to work and done the projects. Some of these projects aren't too exciting (assembling boxes which then get used to transport stuff I _won't_ be using to various reuse and recycle places and to friends) but are useful. Some become art (a few of these were recently uploaded), or preparations for art.

One thing I came across is an old zodiac medal (Taurus) that I got decades ago and kept because I admired the design work. I had intended to try tracking down the company (Medallic Art Company) for more information. Well, I said, these days there is the internet; it's time to do that. And it looks like it may have been the work of Marcel Jovine. Go here: [link] and click on the picture to get the full-sized version. Jovine himself is amazing. Go here: [link] and scroll down past the Visible Man model kit (yes, he designed it) to his medal work. Then go back up and read the article, which begins:
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Only in America!

An enemy combatant, forcibly brought to the U.S. and held in a prison camp where he found life and love, returned to America after repatriation and became a talented toymaker, coin designer, sculptor, and an outstanding and most prolific medalist.
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