paper pieces

for our last body of work tracy and rebecca have "teamed" up and having us just make one body of work. for this we are picking fourteen artists who's work we admire and are similar to the kind of work we would like to make. we will have a "virtual gallery" of our 14 artists, with images of their work that best represents what we are interested in it, and then the 15th artist in the gallery will by us, and our work. so i have been playing with paper, im not sure of the exact makeup of the paper but it is fiberous and easy to work with. using thread i am sewing them into little balls, and am planning to make a neckpiece out of it. im trying to just work quickly, not feeling "precious" about anything, which will help me make more than i would with metal. its a relatively fun process, and i dont know if i will keep with the paper, or move to other papers or other materials, but i am liking what is happening with them!

final? pieces for bees..

the copper ones with blue wax is the result of me putting them in the pickle thinking the metal from electroforming them was thick enough, and not knowing that wax also expands under heat, so they cracked and wax came flowing out of the weak spots.. basically rendering them useless. at least i had saved about 4 single ones in the bath to grow stronger and thicker metal, so i could actually make something for crit. otherwise i would have been in trouuubbbllleeee... :)

bees (AH!)

more to come here.. the pieces i actually made are not the final ones, since i had tremendous setbacks with every step of making these pieces, what i did make was just to have sufficient pieces for crit. they are not what was supposed to be!! i made a "master" in purple wax, it took forever! and then made a mold and made multiples from the mold using the injector. (the blue ones) and didn't do a very good job.. eventually (for final crit) i will get them PROFESSIONALLY cast and make the intended piece. i really want the effect of a mass of bees on you, on your body, provoking fear and anxiety.. like i get when i see one!!

Mapping

we had a visiting artist come in from Cranbrook to teach seminar last week and our assignment was to map our work and make connections that we might have not otherwise seen. this is my map, and something i noticed is that i am starting to have an affinity for blues and yellows.. something i want to explore more.. color theory and the histories of these colors. 

First Piece From "Morocco" Series

                                                                                               this is the first piece from a three piece series for Rebecca's assignment on tradition. I wanted the forms to reference architecture and the colors to reference the mosaics in morocco. i have one image in particular from my visit that has these blues and a bright yellow in it, this was my inspiration for this piece. more to come with the next two pieces!

blue foam fun!

"rose petal"

this one has definitely become a favorite, the color is beautiful, and i think the movement i was trying to get across is successful. (front, back)