What do I want to cast in bronze? Also, welding.
Some images have been censored for LJ. To see uncensored images please visit my other blog.
Deciding what to do for bronze casting was driving me crazy over the summer, whatever I did was going to stick around for awhile so I had to do a real piece with some serious concept behind it. And that was terrifying. So I thought about it and I worried about it and I went to the class still without any idea what I was going to do and then I let it go. Once I let it go I was actually able to think about the sorts of ideas that need to be explored and then it slowly came to me:
I know that some people are going to roll their eyes and declare that this is just one of those "shock-value" works and that's their right. I know the image is simple but I hope some people will stop and think about what it means. It already has a title: "The 13 to 31 Demographic: Portrait of MJ". The piece will be in the round and wall-mounted.
We were supposed to come in with three pieces to do over the course of the semester, I have a feeling this piece is going to take most of my time. That said I still need to finish "I-Ra-Ra-Ran" and I want to do some larger welding after that. I am thinking of making a fourth piece in the I-Ran set. This one would be taller and a little more organic, almost tree-like:
If the set of three is meant to bring to mind a field of oil derricks, this one should bring to mind something similar but something that is twisting and growing. It should be a lot of fun to work on.
All for now! Love and coffee,
~Anka, the Art Cat
Deciding what to do for bronze casting was driving me crazy over the summer, whatever I did was going to stick around for awhile so I had to do a real piece with some serious concept behind it. And that was terrifying. So I thought about it and I worried about it and I went to the class still without any idea what I was going to do and then I let it go. Once I let it go I was actually able to think about the sorts of ideas that need to be explored and then it slowly came to me:
I know that some people are going to roll their eyes and declare that this is just one of those "shock-value" works and that's their right. I know the image is simple but I hope some people will stop and think about what it means. It already has a title: "The 13 to 31 Demographic: Portrait of MJ". The piece will be in the round and wall-mounted.
We were supposed to come in with three pieces to do over the course of the semester, I have a feeling this piece is going to take most of my time. That said I still need to finish "I-Ra-Ra-Ran" and I want to do some larger welding after that. I am thinking of making a fourth piece in the I-Ran set. This one would be taller and a little more organic, almost tree-like:
If the set of three is meant to bring to mind a field of oil derricks, this one should bring to mind something similar but something that is twisting and growing. It should be a lot of fun to work on.
All for now! Love and coffee,
~Anka, the Art Cat