fastenings

I am thinking now of ways to physically connect the pieces of work I am making. Hence the images above and below.

I still want to continue the theme of human remains and build on the techniques I have used so far. I want to incorporate other found materials into the work, one of the way I was thinking of doing this, having looked at the work of Cathy de Monchaux, is to use metal fastenings.

I would like however to make moulds of them so I could then cast them in other material, plaster or stone for example. In doing so it would change the nature of the object, and how I use it to develop my work. I could age them paint them make them softer and less visable.

Next I want to cast some of my found objects, stones for example. into metal. Jake has suggested I negotiate with jewellery for this so I hope this will be a viable option.

Cathy De Monchaux's work all new to me but like it! I feel a trip to the book section coming on, see you

Studio 31

Some photographs for the Exhibition on Thurdsay. Can't believe it took a whole day to put six pieces of work on the wall, but it did!. This is the Floor piece, don't mention the state of the floor, it's not my doing. I like the harshness of this piece in contrast to the ones on the wall that look much more organic.

See what I mean about the floor, however this is how it will look on the day

This is when I realise I will need to get a camera with a macro lense because mine can't do the close ups, however money etc means I know not when.

And that's All Folks !

archelogy

work in progress


It's amazing how often I came across the term archaeological whilst doing the research for this project. Here are some quotes from some of the artist I looked at The first if from Christine Borland, "it is difficult to retrace accurately the outer look of the living. Let alone a detailed personal history that makes up a life." She was looking at the work of forensic science in trying to rebuild facial imagery of those victims of crimes that have still to be identified.

Here are three quotes from Aileen Kieth talking about some aspects of her sculptures ' The way specific memories are put together like jigsaw pieces' and 'filing away fragments of events or conversations in the creation of a kind of personal archeology', 'like a collection of fragemts snapped off from a once whole entity'.

The last one has particular relevence to me as I see those organs in jars of fragment of the whole. All that is left of the human being they once belonged to. The only personal history you know of the person if the illness they had, thier propable cause of death. And they have changed due to the way they have been preserved.

The forms I am creating form these initial images are tranforming other found objects are beging added and this seems a natural direction in which to take the work.

Above is one of the images I took while I was at the Hunterian Museum, below is the soft sculpture I created inspired by looking at the human remains. I chose to keep the colours of material similar initially because didn't want to detract from the form. Though as it grew materials of other colour were added. It is on my desk at the moment as I still don't think it is fully resolved, I am considering painting on white wax to the more decorative areas, but still have more experiments to complete first.

An of organs in jars from the Hunterian

more Bill and Others

Above susan Hiller's work. Her work is described by herself as a kind of "archaelogical investigation, uncovering something to make a different king of sense of it". Below is another Bill Woodrow.


just a few more images

Bill Woodrow and others

So I have been busy with needle and thread and have had fun experimenting with creating a 'soft sculpture', there will be images at some stage. In the last few days left of making week I have decided to concentrate on my wall of curiosity. Inspired by the Hunterian's collection of human remain preserved in jars. Originally used as medical research they are now more like the curiosity cabinets of the 18th Century. I wanted to make a series of small sculptural pieces of mixed media and have them displayed on the way, using plastic, the kind you would use on an over head projector, bent round them. Hopefully this will imitate their being in jars, even though they will not be and restrict the view with the intention of changing the context in which they are seen. Still haven't decided about how I am going to label them, if at all yet. In the mean time here are some of the artists I have been looking at this morning.

Above is Bill Woodrow's
Clamp Made in 1986
Interestingly enough it was made in the 1980's 'when found or discarded objects were ingeniously reused and en chanced.' They were seen as a positive symbol of recycling and regeneration, in an era of consumerism. So what goes around comes around, this time it's not consumerism but recession that makes invention the mother of necessity.