Showing posts with label mac tonnies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mac tonnies. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Alien face



I had so many soldering problems tonight with this one for some reason. Oh well, will try this design again later on. The making of the face went pretty well except that he looks a bit annoyed. I soldered posts onto the back of the eyes and attached them like rivets to the street sign.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

ring a Day #59



Made from some scraps on my workbench. Wish I had some more of those m&m's!! I'd also like a do-over on the weekend. I hate it when I get a headache that takes over the whole weekend. Feels like such a waste to not be productive over those two days! Now, it's 11:00 pm on sunday and I finally feel good again,DRATS!

On a more pleasant note you have to check out this painting done by Chris Butler in honor of our friend Mac, it's fantastic!! Also, Mac's last book "The Cryptoterrestrials" is due to be released this month. I can't wait to read it.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Mac Tonnies 1975-2009


Hello again all. We wanted to give you some more info. about Mac and a few more pictures. It was a week ago today that we lost the great Mac Tonnies. He passed peacefully though in his sleep sunday evening due to a problem with his heart. Mac had told us once that many years ago he had some irregular heart beats. Tests had been done then but nothing was found; obviously there was a problem! Also, Mac did not believe in taking up land for burials so his body will be cremated and the ashes spread at Kauffman garden here in Kansas City. It is a beautiful garden located near the art museum and the fact that there is a cat that lives there makes it a perfect spot for Mac. He loved his cats and that was almost always a topic that we talked about. When I got my 2 new cats this year I think he was just as excited about it as I was. When Bryan and I would go to visit the kitties( before we could bring them home) he would tweet to us to take photos.

We put together a collage yesterday to hang at the coffeeshop where we would all hang out.We have been there every night since finding out about Mac sharing stories and just being a comfort to each other. I took these next few photos last night. Dave shared some drawings with us and his business cards that Mac drew for him. The little crop circle figures were part of Macs collection that his mom graciously let us pick a momento from. His parents definitely want to see Mac's most recent book published so rest assured that it will be taken care of. There have been some great remembrances of Mac but I would like to point you to Chris's blog post here because I really think it describes Mac well.





Thank you for all the comments left here. It was most definitely an honor to have known Mac, I will miss his witty comments on my blog and we are all going to miss that great smile of his at the coffee shop! I was teasing the other guys in the group last night that one of them is going to have to start reading up on Mac's interests to keep that element in our conversations. I would like to try and post on this blog the types of artists that he posted on his. He introduced me to several folks I was not aware of. Our last conversation the night before he passed was about art. I had picked up the latest issues of Hi Fructose and American Craft before hitting the coffee shop and we were just sifting through the magazines oohing and ahhing over all the great stuff.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Our Friend Mac


Bryan and I could hardly believe it when we found out that Mac had passed away this week, how could that be possible. We had just been hanging out with him saturday evening at the coffee shop,drinking coffee and talking art and whatever else popped up.

We wanted to share some of our photos with all of you. This is the way we knew Mac on a daily basis. He was always interesting, fun, and a great conversationalist!















We went out this evening and had dinner at his favorite restaurant then walked over to the coffeeshop for a couple of espressos in his honor. None of this seems real and we half expected to see him come strolling by the front window. We will certainly miss him!!