cute

Also this is just too cute:

Wednesday, October 19

Today was the critique for the installation project that I have been working on. I presented it this way, although I am still not totally sure about the overall shape. I am thinking of making it bigger still.

I was also experimenting with moving it beyond the wall. So far I have it moving onto the floor and around the corner to another wall.

Although I don't feel totally finished with this installation, I am going to move on for a while...I want to work with light more, ideally building a lantern or chandelier.

[http://www.paperny.com/gehry2/gehry_fish_lamp.jpg, Frank Gehry]

Response to Critique, Friday October 7

 Our critique group came to my studio to look at and talk about the two installations that I have been working on all semester. I am using both of them to study the light and shadows that are created by what I am making.



This piece is made from cut bristol board. I am taking the shapes for the individual pieces from photos that I have taken of tree bark. In the crit, we talked about how you can see "rivers" of more detailed shapes within the larger shape.

We compared my installations, noting that in the first one, while using organically-inspired shapes, the overall shape still appears pretty unnatural, whereas in the second installation, which is constructed of iridescent perfect circles, the shape is very organic. I also mean for this second installation to be displayed near a low-powered fan that will cause the individual pieces to be constantly moving. Someone noted the relation between this movement and the movement that we had earlier observed within the difference in the shapes in my other piece.

Andy Goldsworthy

Today I watched Rivers and Tides, the documentry about Andy Goldsworthy. I find it amazing that he can spend all of his time outside creating sculptures out of natural objects. It seems like a childhood dream come to reality. His work is temporary, set and made from objects found only in nature. Especially in our society, it seems more important than ever to spend as much time as you can enjoying what exists outside. I would be interested in pursuing a similar project, spending time getting to know what surrounds me and creating a project strictly with the materials found outdoors.