This is how we spend our Thursday nights: Frankie's Funeral
Done with Ashlie Stanley
RIP Frankie
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
The end is near... Duh dun dunnnnnnn!
So the semester is on the downward spiral into a black hole quickly approaching the speed of light. I kind of want to vomit because that is it after this! I am also very excited! I will have complete freedom after February!
As of now I really don't have any new photos of my work but the work in progress stuff. They are all going toward my prints for the upcoming show. Here are a few:
This is the bamboo structure I am going to be wearing in my one print it is kind of hard to realize the way it will sit upon my body but the side you are seeing will go across my back and the arms rest on my shoulders and wrap around my chest. There are 6 more legs that need to be attached and some other stuff to jazz it up a little. I don't know yet.
These are my moose antlers! I am so excited about these!!!! I am using the holes to attach boards or something between them and they will be wearable ceramic!!!
Here is where my questions are going to come in!
What do you think about when you hear the word "antlers?"
This print is going to be heavily based in my notions of manhood, which are quite twisted but still hold water because I can still be fabulous and a man. I think that a lot of people don't understand that gay men are still men, and this is what I am choosing to speak about.
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Post Crit:
Liz: I really loved your piece! It was kind of an Artgasam for me. The texture and color really just sucked me in and I couldn't stop looking at it. I think you should make more and you are so that is great! I think that you should look at corals and anemones for some ideas about form and movement.
Check this out:
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/coral.html
Abbey: The blood cells were pretty sweet! I think they would look pretty awesome done up in the display case if you painted the background / make the vein structure you were talking about. I think they would look even better if you treated them with red iron oxide and fired them instead of the paint. But if you do I would just do a test on one but it would give it a nice velvety smooth finish. Or you could use terra sigilata to give them a shiny coat and then treat them with the oxide wash.
Check it:
www.giantmicrobes.com
Steph: Your stop motion was great!!! I really like the texture effects and subtle hinting of forms from the clay. It was pretty great and the filming was pretty emotive because of the color. I liked it very much I cant wait to see the end product!
Look at this:
www.stopmotionanimation.com
I will have the video Ashlie and I did posted in a few days! Very exciting!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Preview!!!!!!
So here are some photo previews of the video Ashlie and I just finished!
We had a long overdue funeral for my tarantula Frankie (who passed in September and spent a little over a month resting in the freezer). He can now legit RIP!
The video will be posted here soon so keep an eye out!
Friday, October 30, 2009
What's going down.
So right now I just ended up trashing what I had done with my project. I was making a piece of wearable sculpture. I decided that making it with clay would be too bulky and cumbersome and that it wasnt looking how I had hoped. So I smashed everything and came up with the idea to use bamboo instead because of the references it holds with torture.
Before I get too ahead of myself I need to explain the motive for this next print. I am making the wearable structure to talk about my back pain and how it is controlling me. So hence the bamboo structure because it contains a lot of nice references to various ways of torture. Not only that but it will be lighter and a hell of a lot easier to work with. In this print I am looking to make it very contrived by building a mini set to go with it. I want it to be a vertical panorama this time so it is going to be about 5 or 6 feet tall depending on the photos and 2 or 3 feet wide. So I was not really excited about this before but it is back because of some decision making.
Going back on some other things about the last print I constructed is that I am now going to try and make one based off of an object rather than constructing one to fit into a concept. I am going to make one for Kenny's throwing class in which i construct a set of antlers and it is going to talk about how I view my sense of manhood.
As for Abby's class I am going to do a video with Ashlie. We are giving my pet tarantula a viking burial in white clay creek! I'm so excited!!! And I may construct another print as well I am not too sure right yet. A lot of it is going to depend on how ready I am for my show in December. So That is where I am work wise right now.
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As for some writings I haven't really been reading too much lately to be honest. I just finished reading a Stephen King book out of The Dark Tower series. I think it is a valuable piece of literature because it shows a lot about how fantasy is constructed and it really makes me think about how parallel worlds and time may exist and work. It really questions the afterlife and life itself. Here is a link to the site so you can look around at the series and kind of get a feel for it.
The Dark Tower
It also wonderfully illustrates characters and has been only one of a few series where I can get attached to a character and know them. The books have a lot going on in them and I feel that it is an important work of litereature for everyone to know and it is obviously King's seminal work. To sum it up in a few words it is The Lord of the Rings meets an old western movie and a little Stephen King horror mixed into it.
As for this relating to me I really am trying to construct a vivid fantasy such as this with my work, so it is good to see a very well written example of it so I can have an understanding of the framework to do this myself.
My current artist statement explains this further:
My world is constructed in dualities: night and day, male and female, dreaming and waking. My mixed media constructions, which I like to think of as sculptures that exist as photographs or videos, are meant to be an emotional discharge, and this is how I cope with the collective human reality of our world. Most people find a fine line between a waking and dreaming state, but sometimes they overlap in my mind and memory.
All of the work that I make is very different but this particular body of work is quickly becoming my favorite. The panoramic prints I have been constructing are making the parallel world in which I believe I exist a reality. I am currently constructing models out of clay and photographing them on a green screen and then incorporating them into the print with found environments and people. My world is meant to reach out and touch the viewer to find a common experience and let them know how I felt at a specific time, for example the upset I faced as a child from my parents abusive relationship. My work and the viewer can share that moment together repeatedly, and hopefully that connection makes our differences dissolve.
My work is meant to be a communicative tool to change how a viewer perceives other people. My outcome is different every time but I often reach toward the dictionary and my dreams for help on forming a concept. After that I could end up anywhere. Guided mainly by my intuition, I reach out to any material and harness its ability to reveal meaning to a viewer and cause the change.
My web is an ever expanding, vividly constructed dreamscape that has no end, beginning, or conception of time. It exists between reality and fantasy, like that last moment as your consciousness loses awareness and your body is shutting down.
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Here is my yummy stir fry recipe for y'all to try out as well!
2-3lbs of Chicken Breast or 2 Blocks of Tofu
2 Cups Bell Peppers Chopped (Any Color, Red and Orange ones add a nice flavor)
1 Package of bean sprouts
1 Can Water Chestnuts
1 Can Bamboo Shoots
1 Large Sweet Onion Chopped
1lb Broccoli Chopped
2-3 Jalapeno Peppers Chopped (If you don't like things too spicy only do 1 or none)
3 Cloves of Garlic
Salt
Pepper
Parsley
Soy Sauce
Sweet Chili Sauce (Go with Teriyaki Glaze/Marinade if you do not like spicy, Make sure it is the think kind otherwise it wont stick to your food as well!)
2cups Jasmine Rice (Any rice will do but this is my favorite)
3cups water
2tbsp Olive/Vege Oil
Rice
Bring Rice to boil with water and oil in pot and simmer stirring often until the water is absorbed.
Stir Fry
Start by adding the chicken/tofu to the bottom of a wok with a decent amount (1/4cupish) of soy sauce. Go easy on the salt but I like to add a little. Pepper to taste. Add the 3 cloves of garlic. Saute on High Heat until it is fully cooked.
Now add in about 40z of water to the bottom and add your vegetables. Feel free to add anything else you like vegetable wise! This recipie is also good with an egg or two added in while the chicken is cooking. Now get to the stirring and cook the vegetables on High heat until they are the tenderness you enjoy. I like mine a little on the crunchy side so I only cook them for about 7 minutes but if you like them soft anywhere from 8-12 minutes will be good.
Now Serve on the bed of Rice and you are ready for a delicious meal!
Before I get too ahead of myself I need to explain the motive for this next print. I am making the wearable structure to talk about my back pain and how it is controlling me. So hence the bamboo structure because it contains a lot of nice references to various ways of torture. Not only that but it will be lighter and a hell of a lot easier to work with. In this print I am looking to make it very contrived by building a mini set to go with it. I want it to be a vertical panorama this time so it is going to be about 5 or 6 feet tall depending on the photos and 2 or 3 feet wide. So I was not really excited about this before but it is back because of some decision making.
Going back on some other things about the last print I constructed is that I am now going to try and make one based off of an object rather than constructing one to fit into a concept. I am going to make one for Kenny's throwing class in which i construct a set of antlers and it is going to talk about how I view my sense of manhood.
As for Abby's class I am going to do a video with Ashlie. We are giving my pet tarantula a viking burial in white clay creek! I'm so excited!!! And I may construct another print as well I am not too sure right yet. A lot of it is going to depend on how ready I am for my show in December. So That is where I am work wise right now.
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As for some writings I haven't really been reading too much lately to be honest. I just finished reading a Stephen King book out of The Dark Tower series. I think it is a valuable piece of literature because it shows a lot about how fantasy is constructed and it really makes me think about how parallel worlds and time may exist and work. It really questions the afterlife and life itself. Here is a link to the site so you can look around at the series and kind of get a feel for it.
The Dark Tower
It also wonderfully illustrates characters and has been only one of a few series where I can get attached to a character and know them. The books have a lot going on in them and I feel that it is an important work of litereature for everyone to know and it is obviously King's seminal work. To sum it up in a few words it is The Lord of the Rings meets an old western movie and a little Stephen King horror mixed into it.
As for this relating to me I really am trying to construct a vivid fantasy such as this with my work, so it is good to see a very well written example of it so I can have an understanding of the framework to do this myself.
My current artist statement explains this further:
My world is constructed in dualities: night and day, male and female, dreaming and waking. My mixed media constructions, which I like to think of as sculptures that exist as photographs or videos, are meant to be an emotional discharge, and this is how I cope with the collective human reality of our world. Most people find a fine line between a waking and dreaming state, but sometimes they overlap in my mind and memory.
All of the work that I make is very different but this particular body of work is quickly becoming my favorite. The panoramic prints I have been constructing are making the parallel world in which I believe I exist a reality. I am currently constructing models out of clay and photographing them on a green screen and then incorporating them into the print with found environments and people. My world is meant to reach out and touch the viewer to find a common experience and let them know how I felt at a specific time, for example the upset I faced as a child from my parents abusive relationship. My work and the viewer can share that moment together repeatedly, and hopefully that connection makes our differences dissolve.
My work is meant to be a communicative tool to change how a viewer perceives other people. My outcome is different every time but I often reach toward the dictionary and my dreams for help on forming a concept. After that I could end up anywhere. Guided mainly by my intuition, I reach out to any material and harness its ability to reveal meaning to a viewer and cause the change.
My web is an ever expanding, vividly constructed dreamscape that has no end, beginning, or conception of time. It exists between reality and fantasy, like that last moment as your consciousness loses awareness and your body is shutting down.
_________________________________________________________________
Here is my yummy stir fry recipe for y'all to try out as well!
2-3lbs of Chicken Breast or 2 Blocks of Tofu
2 Cups Bell Peppers Chopped (Any Color, Red and Orange ones add a nice flavor)
1 Package of bean sprouts
1 Can Water Chestnuts
1 Can Bamboo Shoots
1 Large Sweet Onion Chopped
1lb Broccoli Chopped
2-3 Jalapeno Peppers Chopped (If you don't like things too spicy only do 1 or none)
3 Cloves of Garlic
Salt
Pepper
Parsley
Soy Sauce
Sweet Chili Sauce (Go with Teriyaki Glaze/Marinade if you do not like spicy, Make sure it is the think kind otherwise it wont stick to your food as well!)
2cups Jasmine Rice (Any rice will do but this is my favorite)
3cups water
2tbsp Olive/Vege Oil
Rice
Bring Rice to boil with water and oil in pot and simmer stirring often until the water is absorbed.
Stir Fry
Start by adding the chicken/tofu to the bottom of a wok with a decent amount (1/4cupish) of soy sauce. Go easy on the salt but I like to add a little. Pepper to taste. Add the 3 cloves of garlic. Saute on High Heat until it is fully cooked.
Now add in about 40z of water to the bottom and add your vegetables. Feel free to add anything else you like vegetable wise! This recipie is also good with an egg or two added in while the chicken is cooking. Now get to the stirring and cook the vegetables on High heat until they are the tenderness you enjoy. I like mine a little on the crunchy side so I only cook them for about 7 minutes but if you like them soft anywhere from 8-12 minutes will be good.
Now Serve on the bed of Rice and you are ready for a delicious meal!
Monday, October 26, 2009
For those of you who were left out....
Just wrapping up on some crit feedback....
Pam - Nice pottery as usual. Your pots are even better now they are very even and well weighted. I would like to see you make something absolutely crazy though! It is nice that you do make functional stuff but instead of seeing 12 well made bowls/vases, I would love to see you make just 1 crazy altered structure from those 12 vessels.
Elise - Your piece made me pretty uncomfortable with the rib cage and the mystery material covering it. After reading your blog I got what the piece was about but I think that it would read better for me on the wall but I don't know if that is possible to do that with your material choices.
Ashlie - Cant wait to see the finished product! The beaded sheep are great. I would like to see a few more details like that in the pieces to come. We have talked so you know what I think.
I think that is everyone! I got Lauren and Abbey in my last post so if I forgot you leave me a message!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Some Older Work
So this is a self portrait I constructed in the spring of this year. It is pit-fired clay, plaster, wire, and some epoxy to hold the bones together. Fun stuff!
Monday, October 19, 2009
DIY!!!
How to Make A LED Projector
So this is the DIY that I have been looking at for possibilities for projection bombing places. I think that it would not only be fun to do that but a good way to expose myself and my work. It looks like a great possibility for the upcoming exhibition in Berlin!!! I have wanted to be able to have my own projector and have something pretty portable so this looks like a good way to do it on the cheap.
It is an altered project box that has a screen from an MP4 player inserted into it. Then you attach a fan and a power supply to power and cool the matrix of LED lights. The slide projector lens on the front then projects the image on the MP4 player on a surface. It works with an iPod or DVD player hooked up to it. It looks pretty bright and the image gets fairly large in the dark. Looks good to me!
It is an altered project box that has a screen from an MP4 player inserted into it. Then you attach a fan and a power supply to power and cool the matrix of LED lights. The slide projector lens on the front then projects the image on the MP4 player on a surface. It works with an iPod or DVD player hooked up to it. It looks pretty bright and the image gets fairly large in the dark. Looks good to me!
Extra Crit Comments:
Lauren - I thought your piece was very well crafted the smoothness of the tiles was great I wanted to pick them up in play with them or swim in a pool full of them. I would have liked to see some color though to activate the piece. It would also be cool if they existed in the space for a few days and changed or if they were involved in a stop motion animation.
Abby - Your piece was pretty awesomely disgusting!!! I loved how realistic the detail was. Great job! It really achieved the gross out factor for me and I think that is what you were going for. I also was wondering what the thing was and that is what drew me into the piece. It also freaked me out because it looked like it could have been a dead baby or something. I would have liked it even more if it were bigger or if there had been more.
Work Status:
So for now the back is in working order again for the time being. I am getting all of the parts together for my next photo/print. I am making a piece of wearable ceramic and photographing myself with it and making another weird environment. It is going to look like a spider monkey on my back thing! Be prepared! This time I think that I am going to incorporate more made objects into the actual environment, unless I decide to construct the whole setting. So we will see where it goes!
Artists:
Cassandra Jones: I just saw her lecture when she came to UD a few weeks ago and I loved it! Her art is very simple and easy to get. It is art for the masses but it also has a deeper meaning to connect to for the trained artist, so the conversations her works start a very open. I really like openly conversing pieces as opposed to closed because it is not as pretentious as the closed ones.
PS - I have a link to Cassandra's website in my sidebar!
Alfred Floki: I just recently began thinking of Floki again. I saw an exhibition of his work in Iceland and absolutly fell in love. We both share a love for dark and odd things, as well as a lot of sexual imagery. Here is a link for the Icelandic Exhibition. You should definitely google his work too. Ohh wait... I did it for you HERE! His work is only in the first few images but it is enough to get a good idea.
Artists:
Cassandra Jones: I just saw her lecture when she came to UD a few weeks ago and I loved it! Her art is very simple and easy to get. It is art for the masses but it also has a deeper meaning to connect to for the trained artist, so the conversations her works start a very open. I really like openly conversing pieces as opposed to closed because it is not as pretentious as the closed ones.
PS - I have a link to Cassandra's website in my sidebar!
Alfred Floki: I just recently began thinking of Floki again. I saw an exhibition of his work in Iceland and absolutly fell in love. We both share a love for dark and odd things, as well as a lot of sexual imagery. Here is a link for the Icelandic Exhibition. You should definitely google his work too. Ohh wait... I did it for you HERE! His work is only in the first few images but it is enough to get a good idea.
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