Survived another unveiling. there's only 1 left where i have to speechify & that one won't be very well attended cos its a mid week thingy, so it'll be easier, tho of course i'm already starting to dread that one now dammit. it does drain the pleasure away totally when u have to give a speech & sadly thats just the way it is.
anyway it was good, i made everybody laugh with my speech and it was nice & short again. Eh, and they liked the sculpture. I can see all the faults but i done my absolute best, couldn't do any better, thats all you can try to do.
thanks to my sis for dressing me i looked better than usual. better than i deserved probably lol.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
New project
Been approached about doing some very large work.. It's still in proposal stage but very exciting. It's big enough I'd need to employ people to help and probably need an even bigger studio. Cool!
Though these things have a history of not working out, generally, these ppl seem very professional.. Maybe they can push it thru.
Though these things have a history of not working out, generally, these ppl seem very professional.. Maybe they can push it thru.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Diminishing returns
Seems like I've run out of puff far as making new work goes. I spend many hrs in studio and end up with some dead bodies in wax. Its very much a diminishing returns style of working.. Have 1 day left to work, and may not bother. I've been fettling some unfinished ones too so I'm getting a bit done, but as far making new work I seem to need a bit of a rest really. Still I'm pretty happy generally, I think I got some 26 or so for the show, if they all cast well, anyway. That's pretty good. That number includes a few old ones that could use some exposure. I think I have created about 20 in the past little while. It's kinda cool. And about another like 50 or so wax fails. But sometimes they can get recycled, later.
Have some ideas tho.. Especially some suggestions from people. Just seem to be a bit tired to make things. Is ok.. U can't got at that speed for too long i guess.
Need a wisdom tooth pulled. And hey it's just starting to hurt tonight. Be a bit unlucky if it caused me conniptions at the next weeks unveiling eh. The timing is umpeccable.
Have some ideas tho.. Especially some suggestions from people. Just seem to be a bit tired to make things. Is ok.. U can't got at that speed for too long i guess.
Need a wisdom tooth pulled. And hey it's just starting to hurt tonight. Be a bit unlucky if it caused me conniptions at the next weeks unveiling eh. The timing is umpeccable.
Monday, August 9, 2010
End of a vein
Got to accept i've reached the end of he old creative vein re managers. Bugger really, cos i'm sure there's just so much more to say. But hey, maybe later it'll come back. But not this week, so i have to move on cos only have a week. Um.. OK...
Sunday, August 8, 2010
David Attenborough.
Lost my manager thread..I need to hang more with the suits, like anthropologically..
The boring crested grebe wears it's plumage with pride. It's gibbering cries make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, but only the beta males understand what its calls mean, or at least they pretend to.
(Cut to long slow sweeping shot of bony carcasses half dug into mudflats)
Out here it's survival of the fittest. However, the fittest of this genus is not necessarily strong, nor clever.. It's a different meaning of the word "fittest" and not as we know it Jim.
The boring crested grebe wears it's plumage with pride. It's gibbering cries make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, but only the beta males understand what its calls mean, or at least they pretend to.
(Cut to long slow sweeping shot of bony carcasses half dug into mudflats)
Out here it's survival of the fittest. However, the fittest of this genus is not necessarily strong, nor clever.. It's a different meaning of the word "fittest" and not as we know it Jim.
Bit of success
I had 2 choices, either chop up the life sized man in situ (time = 1 full day including clean up.. if i'm lucky) or moving it somehow to the new studio (time= short but painful).
But i put my mind to it & with the help of the shonky studio trolley (a trolley so shonky that nobody admits it exists, even) and 2 pieces of wood on it for height leverage, and the spectacularly timely intervention of the man upstairs who is a bit like the lone ranger, in that he appears, moves like 20 bags of clay for ya & then disappears.... this time he appeared just as i got it stuck in the first doorway, dislodged it for me, then disappeared... the life sized man did get moved to the new studio.
There is nothing you need more in a sculpture studio than an assortment of wood blocks and planks. You can't rely on the man upstairs, but your blocks of wood will save your ass.
But i put my mind to it & with the help of the shonky studio trolley (a trolley so shonky that nobody admits it exists, even) and 2 pieces of wood on it for height leverage, and the spectacularly timely intervention of the man upstairs who is a bit like the lone ranger, in that he appears, moves like 20 bags of clay for ya & then disappears.... this time he appeared just as i got it stuck in the first doorway, dislodged it for me, then disappeared... the life sized man did get moved to the new studio.
There is nothing you need more in a sculpture studio than an assortment of wood blocks and planks. You can't rely on the man upstairs, but your blocks of wood will save your ass.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Progress
Ok it's bin a while.
Times passed and oceans have eroded the coastline etc. The other day I delivered a handful o waxes to the stainless steel casters and a huge mound to the bronze foundry. 6 and 14, tho with repeats and one that won't be in the show it totals at 16. Already have 2 finished bronzes and 2 unfinished bronzes that qualify. So a grand total 20 so far. I feel like a good number for the show is like maybe 30, and so that's my goal.
Bin sick a week and didn't do anything for almost that whole time. Bit of a setback, tho the foundry's gifted me an extra week, so it's even.. Hm I have a week to make 10 sculptures. Well why not. Or else find some old ones round the house, but that's a last resort. Mum sez it may take me longer to find 10 sculptures than make them. I guess she means I'd be picky, tho she may also mean I'm incredibly untidy, but since I'm both..
Moved studio, almost finished, bloody hell what a load of stuff, I really didn't think there was much in there... But there was.
The only thing that didn't move is the life sized man. I thought he'd be easy, just roll him out, but he is too tall to fit thru the door! And requires some thought.
Times passed and oceans have eroded the coastline etc. The other day I delivered a handful o waxes to the stainless steel casters and a huge mound to the bronze foundry. 6 and 14, tho with repeats and one that won't be in the show it totals at 16. Already have 2 finished bronzes and 2 unfinished bronzes that qualify. So a grand total 20 so far. I feel like a good number for the show is like maybe 30, and so that's my goal.
Bin sick a week and didn't do anything for almost that whole time. Bit of a setback, tho the foundry's gifted me an extra week, so it's even.. Hm I have a week to make 10 sculptures. Well why not. Or else find some old ones round the house, but that's a last resort. Mum sez it may take me longer to find 10 sculptures than make them. I guess she means I'd be picky, tho she may also mean I'm incredibly untidy, but since I'm both..
Moved studio, almost finished, bloody hell what a load of stuff, I really didn't think there was much in there... But there was.
The only thing that didn't move is the life sized man. I thought he'd be easy, just roll him out, but he is too tall to fit thru the door! And requires some thought.
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