when i find myself doing all-nighters at the sculpture lab, i tend to think about materials in ways i would never have before. i will actually set up a bunch of separate, rapid art works in the critique room, just to look at them and study my own reactions to them. i would never actually use any of these in a class critique, but for some reason, i do this. a lot. i'm not sure if it's a material/ conceptual experiment, or from a sleep deprived mind. either way, this is what i do, so i might as well share it with you. i'll try to explain each one...
it all started with me laminating three pieces of highly flexible plywood together into a curve and then balancing this wood plank on it. is the weight of the top piece so heavy it's bending the lower one? [wood]
that then lead me to balancing this fifty pound piece of steel on top. that really started to make the "weight" idea more prominent. [wood, found steel]
to go along with the balancing motif, i decided to display my cast bronze crucible, like so. why? not sure. [hard wood plank, wooden block, found aluminum bracket, bronze]
this one consists of a rolled sheet of steel, cast bronze plate, wood carved utensils, and wood cutting block with a formed silver bowl inset into the wood. [steel, bronze, wood, mahogany, silver]
this little piece is only about four inches tall. mock up for large piece possibly? [wood, aluminum, square steel tubing with wood grain vinyl]
this guy started from casting a bronze bench pin bracket, and creating my own custom bench pin. i inlaid my hallmark in silver on the top, along with a piece of ivory on one side and ebony on the other. [mahogany, bronze, silver, ebony and ivory]
after playing around with shapes and flat steel, i rapidly put together this one, about six feet tall. definitely not finished, [steel]
i was always interested at trying to create a type of void in a space. a total black, void where the mass and volume(but mostly depth), were unknown to the viewer, even at somewhat close range. [steel]
so these are some of my documented experiments, i'll put up more when i do them
