The sun showed up....
and nested...
inside, outside...
and mingled for a while.
It has charmed me with it's alteration
of texture and translucency...
in need of interaction.
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Stirring my soul...
Showing posts with label thesis studio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thesis studio. Show all posts
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Thesis Studio: En Plein Air & Bitchin Cellos
From the 2014 PNCA BFA Thesis Exhibition
to a nesting spot on the creek in my yard...
my thesis installation has a new
place to exist.
I have the cushion and will
install it when the days of sunshine over power
the days of rain...perhaps mid July.
Its organic composition
seems right at home,
as if it were meant to be here.
It's been reunited with the
lighting (fire hazard) I
originally purchased
for the interior of the piece
(note safe distance from filament bulbs).
The top, that once stretched
up 26 ft. high and sprawled out 12 ft.,
now rests in a lateral position attached to
a neighboring tree.
I wrapped up two-thirds of that section
into a bundle-like cocoon.
Transforming the work from gallery/studio space
to the two trees in the outdoors
proved to be a worth while effort.
It's been raining, and raining, and raining.
Nature has mingled
with the tarlatan fabric and wire structure.
Rust immediately began to drip
and stain the fabric.
From the inside
a patina has added an additional layer.
The entrance.
The internal view looking up is now closed off
as it once gave the viewer a portal to the ceiling it once
connected to.
It now crimps at the neck.
It was too heavy and cumbersome
to wrestle the top portion
up into the trees, as
it was originally designed to do.
But it works,
yes I had an extra set of stronger muscles to help me.
It's a small maple branch but mighty strong.
I can't say it will exist here forever
but I'm looking forward to the
transformation of form and texture.
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my artist math equation...
Cello + AC/DC = F-N COOL ...
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Sunday, May 18, 2014
Thesis: Installation in Action
Friday work-break ...
in my thesis installation
Axon of Repose ...
relieving stress ...
spacing ...
and letting it all out.
Dad & Deann in town checkin it out.
MFA candidate Miz Shawn taken a breather.
A site observed
on the side of the REI building
in NW Portland.
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chill ...
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Saturday, May 10, 2014
Thesis Studio: Axon of Repose—Final Documentation
Axon of Repose
26ft. high
8ft. wide
6ft. deep
connects from ceiling to floor
via hidden eye-hooks
entwined with the architecture
approx. 8k ft. of rebar tie wire
10 yards of tarlatan
all built by my two-hands
possibly 600 hours of studio time
cushion made of:
repurposed RV cushions
duct tape
my old sleeping bag
my old bed comforter
Ikea king-size sheets
RV cushions cut with
an electric bread knife
encaustic fabric made from ... my imagination
Ikea netting window panels
glued to
white tissue paper
painted with
beeswax
stained with
ink
view looking up
while laying inside
on the insanely comfortable
cushion
This project is complete.
So many more to go.
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I am in love with this band ... this week ...
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Thesis: Studio Fin & Writing Finalé - wizzin by
Tweaking a thesis defense
on I-84,
the Columbia Gorge wizzin by.
Focus week
PNCA happenings.
Calm.
My Data Coding Queen sister's
observational portrait of me.
A sweet distraction while defending.
Inside my installation...
my lovely peers.
And there ya have it.
Thesis Oral Defense successfully complete.
So I was clear to...
spend the weekend
formatting my thesis paper.
Almost...almost.
Thirty-years ago.
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Without art,
the crudeness of reality
would make the world
unbearable.
- George Bernard Shaw -
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