Dave Haldiman

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Must have liberal democracy and progressive policies. Nature is my church. Science, art, humor, Tao, kindness, acceptance. Ret'd ad producer and motion camera. Here to learn, laugh, meet, interact, care. And to fight the MAGA oligarchy and AI.

Cast photo from the movie "Clue."
A chalice shaped, lathe turned piece, made from red cedar and clear epoxy resin. The cedar has many streaks and waves of dark reds, magentas and yellowish tan. The resin has formed its own streaks, revealing gaps and knots in the wood.
A round bowl made of cherry burl wood, with wild patterns of various browns and tans in the wood.
A photo of a box of Captain Crunch's Caunck Crunch cereal.
Two adult swans and their three cygnets have paddled up to the camera and seem to be posing, with their wings swept up and back, and their heads turned. The pond's surface is smooth, reflecting trees off-camera. But there's a net almost enclosing this part of the pond; the adults are at an opening that might or might not allow them to leave the pond.
On an aged wooden bench there sits a bowl of around 4 dozen freshly-picked red raspberries, close to the camera. In the near background, a few inches from the bowl, a fuzzy-haired gray and white mutt stares into the yard, as if keeping watch over the berries.
Photo of a hand-made, double-prow boat, 16 inches long, carved from spalted hard maple. The sides are about 3/8 inch thick and sanded very smooth. It's finished with semi-gloss polyurethane. There are elaborate patterns in the wood made from fungus that grew throughout the wood-soaked log from which this was made. Also, small grooves and spots made from insect larvae.
A close shot of my scraggly, undeniably cute mutt, Baxter, on a basement couch. He looks concerned, as there had been plenty of thunder booms that evening. Also, he could be modeling the "before" picture of a dog shampoo ad.
Titled "Season of the Trees," this is a wall-hanging sculptural piece made from a single, eight foot 2 by 4. The bottom part is a vertical wooden zipper over a brown-stained piece of wood. It "opens" to a spreading wedge of blue-stained wood over which are set many freely-shaped ovoid wooden blobs colored with two shades of green. This is meant to be a leafed-out upper portion of the tree. 26 inches tall.
A yard sign that reads "Do You Like Butterflies? And Bees and Moths? There aren't many around here any more. Please, do not spray pesticides on your lawn. If you need weed-killer, just spot-spray them. Spread the word. Thank you."
Extreme close-up of spider legs.
A photo featuring two female lions and a little cub, all with their mouths open and eyes squinched, as if laughing.
A close up photo of a mutt looking at the camera, a long growth of hair on his head teased into a mowhawk.
Photo of a curvaceous, free-form, hand-carved cherry burl bowl. Some bark has been left on part of one side. The burl grain makes swirling patterns in the wood. Finished with semi-gloss polyurethane.
A photo of two large, approximately round, rough chunks of cherry wood on a much-used work bench. Both have many knobs of burl wood. One has been very roughly and somewhat carved out, in preparation to become a bowl someday.
Photo of four pieces of wood cut from a cherry log. A bit of burl and some decay are visible.
A flying saucer at a high altitude above the Earth.
A nine and a half in tall candle holder for three inch candles. The base and top are circular, made from cherry wood. The column is fluted, made from cherry wood with burl and translucent green epoxy resin.
Photo of a classroom map from the 1950s, titled "World-Relations Climate." It shows all the oceans and continents, except Antarctica, with currents and climate regions defined with colors, arrows and lines.
A salt-and-pepper colored mutt pauses during a walk on a sunny morning. He's pushed his head through a short, white, ornamental picket fence and is fascinated by small, ornamental deer that appears to be looking back at him.
A close-up of a salt-and-pepper standard schnauzer plus other breeds dog pressing toward the photographer (me), with a gaze that could mean I love you, I love treats, I love belly rubs, I love ear scritches; really, all of that, I think.
An almost unbearably cute mutt looks at the camera with his tongue lolling out the side of his mouth, in a hotel room.
Some clever, creative person took a Bob's Big Boy figure and added "Las Vegas Elvis" dark glasses and turned up lapels. Then put the figure on the corner of a building roof, where there was a large surveillance camera and an American flag on a pole. The resulting look is both funny and ominous. Photo: Dave Haldiman, Los Angeles, late 1980s
A photo with four logs of weather-aged and gnarled mulberry wood in the foreground, each weighing between 40 to 70 pounds. A chainsaw sits on some winter browned grass behind them. In the background are large logs from a downed tree, from which the foreground logs were cut.
A photo of two of William Wegman's books, featuring his dogs, Fay Ray and Man Ray.
A photo of radio DJ Wolfman Jack emoting into a mic at station WNBC
A candle holder for 3 inch diameter candles, made of cherry wood and green-dyed epoxy resin. The stem is made from a branch that had lot of bug activity and some burl wood on it, with the translucent resin filling in the gaps and cracks. This was turned on a lathe to produce a convex-curved shape.
A photo of trump spokesperson karoline leavitt.
A small octopus looking out of a bivalve shell.
A promotional still for the movie Angel Heart. Robert De Niro as the devil looks at the camera.
Illustrated cover of the children's book Little Kid, Big City
An ancient sandstone bust of the 14th century BCE Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten. He has striking features on an elongated face.
Mad Magazine cover with Alfred E Newman and the classic line, "What, me worry?"
An advertising picture of Groucho glasses, with a man wearing them and the item in its packaging.
The cover of the Miles Davis album "Kind of Blue"