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
This is really cool. I have a friend who was in architecture that does similar thing. His are usually less interesting and drug induced, but both of you seem to share an interest in space and environment. Do you rearrange the furniture in your house more then most people? I really like the balancing pieces, I didn't know plywood would do that. I appreciate that you see these as studies and experimentation where some in the contemporary art world would do this for an instillation. I can definitely see some quality design and sculpture coming from this keep it up!
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