"You started strong," said my friend about the blog.Yes. Writing and fiddling with photos was a nice distraction to actually working in the studio. Then, when the juices were going, paint was moving, and the deadline to install loomed, "update blog" moved ever further down the to-do list.
So now trying to be ever vigilant, I stopped by the gallery after work to photograph the show and start pushing the opening (sat 24 3-5 pm). But the door was locked and I am leaving town for a week.
That's the challenge. Now comes the creative process. Market an installation without words and with new tools. (I'm writing from a Blackberry in a pickup truck on I95).
Each day I vow to add one entry to describe the installation or process.
Tonight I start with this: PIECES. Pieces of a whole. Falling to pieces.
Each spore sculpture is made of 56 pieces of fabric, at least as many seams, and countless polyfil micro beads.each about 1/16" diameter.
I nearly fell to pieces when one of the seams burst an hour before finishing the installation. But it was beautiful to watch. Those staticy little buggers flew out and began colonizing the mountains of spore spikes. Drawing my attention to the power of the collective and yet another scientific principal to mess with my installation. Static!
Question:Can you draw with static electricity?
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