Sunday, February 21, 2010

I finally got a chance this weekend to start something new. I've been thinking about doing a series of figures that exemplify the heroism of the working class. i have also been interested in doing an installation of figures that form a crowd but are oblivious to each other, and perhaps preoccupied with technological communication to demonstrate the social disconnect of our culture. this particular figure is going to be a mechanic. i plan to have him carrying a tire on his shoulder which will frame his head in a halo.
I plan to come back in with a cone 04 clear glaze on the metalic parts of the revolver, the eyes, and possibly the backpack. I think i will also wax the face with bees wax.
Im just about finished with this piece, i colored with slip and under glazes. The piece is hollowed out with only one seam which is hidden beneath the bandana.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Im Firing The updraft test kiln this weekend ( cone 1 reduction) hopefully ill get some separation between the white and dark areas on this piece. ill post a photo when its done. Im also bisque firing the Architect along with my press molds from slip casting.

I like my brain cells :(

Anne's crows stink! there covered in paint thinner and kept me out of the studio.
I threw some color onto this piece this week, its about time i finished it. it still needs a little work but i think it definitely needed something to separate the imagery.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Rant

What makes you a legitimate artist? Is it that you have a body of work. perhaps you have a really good idea and create things that represent that idea. What if you like to create things that represent but have no idea? No matter where you go or what you choose to do there will always be someone asking you why you are making what you make. What does it mean? What are you trying to say? How does it fit into the art world? how has history impacted it? What influences do you have? What artists do you look at?....These omnipresent questions surround us and at times can almost suffocate the excitement derived from creating, but there is no escape. The only thing to do is to confront their existence and try to deal with them. More often than not it is the confrontation of those ominous questions and issues that provide us with a better understanding of what we are actually trying to do, and manny times are a catalyst for breakthroughs.
Personally i have always struggled with these issues, feeling at a loss when asked these questions generally resulting in self-conscious questioning and doubt in, what moments ago, seemed like the best idea in the world. In response to these questions, it is all to easy to simply reject them because they are difficult, and to simply not care. but the problem is that they wont go away, and in fact seem to act as a enigmatic filtration system to separate the A’s from the B’s, the Art from the Bullshit. So from my viewpoint, it seems that the only LOGICAL thing to do when faced with these questions is to deal with them as soon as possible, so as to survive as a LEGITIMATE artist , in a time when being an artist is the most ILLOGICAL thing one could probably do.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Fantastic damage


Work in progress. thats gonna be an old school revolver slung on his back. i might bump the scale up a little more to emphasize the proportion.