I love that you are still working with some of these same materials. You have a commitment to certain materials that I admire-- giving them a chance to show you something new after working with them for years. Remember the loaf of bread? in the green felt bag?
I thought this was one of Libby's at first....salami and grapes. Funny.
What a wonky form Jamie! Are you still working from the cleft palette images? because this rises out of the table and wants to make a noise, kind of like the one you wrote "buehhhgkllg"
You are pushing these materials, I can feel this, seeing what they can become while still retaining what they are/were. Can the outer material go further? Coating it with varnish, double layers...and mind the edge where the inner and outer meet. It is difficult to see in these photographs but they seem to just butt up against the other. What if some of the red/pink was visible through the outer coating? or under, where the piece meets the table, the pink reemerged? And what is going on with the black pieces...are they acting as a barrier or a unifier?
I suppose this space is to offer suggestions as well...
In terms of that edge: This is the ever present problem! To me, you either need to make it really decisive, separate the two materials very intentionally, or melt them into one another via layering, integration of the one into the other..etc. I am actually attracted to the border acting as a border, dividing the one from it's opponent. Light and dark, heavy and light (weight, red and green -the materials are naturally opposing.
7 comments:
Weird and wonderful!
Here are some words that come to mind:
Amethyst
Crystalline
Torso
Sugar
Cellular
Cancerous
Growth
Mushroom
Fissure/Cavity
I love that you are still working with some of these same materials. You have a commitment to certain materials that I admire-- giving them a chance to show you something new after working with them for years. Remember the loaf of bread? in the green felt bag?
oh yeah...the carpet padding all started there! and the other stuff I use, ugh I am tired right now.
buehhhgkllg.
thanks for your comments lib.
I thought this was one of Libby's at first....salami and grapes. Funny.
What a wonky form Jamie! Are you still working from the cleft palette images? because this rises out of the table and wants to make a noise, kind of like the one you wrote "buehhhgkllg"
You are pushing these materials, I can feel this, seeing what they can become while still retaining what they are/were. Can the outer material go further? Coating it with varnish, double layers...and mind the edge where the inner and outer meet. It is difficult to see in these photographs but they seem to just butt up against the other. What if some of the red/pink was visible through the outer coating? or under, where the piece meets the table, the pink reemerged? And what is going on with the black pieces...are they acting as a barrier or a unifier?
.and mind the edge where the inner and outer meet. It is difficult to see in these photographs but they seem to just butt up against the other...
yes, this is the biggest crit I have received...not quite sure what to do but I am working on it.
or under, where the piece meets the table,
there is pink bubble wrap under there...good call el.
thanks thanks thanks
oh and...
"I thought this was one of Libby's at first"
biggest compliment ever. thank you.
....."I thought this was one of Libby's at first"
biggest compliment ever. thank you.....
No, THAT was the biggest compliment ever.
I suppose this space is to offer suggestions as well...
In terms of that edge: This is the ever present problem! To me, you either need to make it really decisive, separate the two materials very intentionally, or melt them into one another via layering, integration of the one into the other..etc. I am actually attracted to the border acting as a border, dividing the one from it's opponent. Light and dark, heavy and light (weight, red and green -the materials are naturally opposing.
-the one who offers big compliments !
Post a Comment