inspirational artist (Painter): Jeremy Geddes

http://www.jeremygeddesart.com/index.html

Reflection (dec. 20th 2010) [armature]

this week my group and i finished the plastering on our creature. i think our process has been good, but not the speed and quality i am used to. working alone allows me to work cleaner but with a group i know i can run everything, so I'm more lenient in working. i have plastered before so i haven't learned much from plastering over this week. i would love to refine this piece but my group seems satisfied with the form and i cant change it, if everyone els likes what they have created. next steps are color. we are using tissue to create the look of scales and i think it will end up looking very cool. im really excited for this part of the project.

inspiration Artist (traditional aboriginal artist): Rover Thomas

http://www.alcheringa-gallery.com/artists.html/v1/view/v2/1/v3/79

Thomas is an aboriginal artist that did most of his art in the 1970s. I had the honor of seeing a couple of his pieces while i was in Australia this past summer. His work was vet powerful in person, he works in a very large scale and he often has the story of struggle in his pieces. when seeing his pieces i knew that would be a part of the trip that i never forget. He was an amazing artist.  

Reflection (dec. 13th 2010) [armature]

This week my group and i worked really well in completing our armature. We have come with a good unspoken system in plastering out creature. we have a really good flow and i think its coming out really well. I believe we have a good process and will finish in time for deadlines. Now that we are about 70% covered with our armature we have a good idea of how it will com out which is leading to a good completion. as soon as we finish covering the sculpture we will go on to another compete layer to have a smooth surface and a hard shell for our creature to build off of once we add color. with plastering this armature i have come to be more aware of craft verses how fast things are done. With this week ahead we are planning on finishing plastering to have a complete hard cover and to start the planning on the way we want to cover the creature with color. 

Reflection (dec. 6th 2010) [armature] - group project

My group and i have a common fascination with the unknown, and mysterious creatures that Urban legends. we came with the idea of a man that has gone through some kind of  accident and he came out looking like a mix of a fish, frog, and octopus. I'm not quit sue who came with the idea but as a group we worked together to form the story, the story started to flow quit smooth after a while. so for our project we are creating one. a creature that was once a man and now comes out of puddles when it rains, he is a mix between fish and frog and octopus. he is a strange looking creature but we want him to look odd so the viewer can wonder. this week we have worked on the armature of the sculpture, his skeleton. Kassa and I have worked with wood together many time, building in barns so we work well together and we have made great progress in this creature's body. we had many trial and error stages, and we are learning from these things. with the adding then removing of nails and wood parts it gets a little aggravating but we worked through it. we have learned a lot with how wood works in sculpture opposed to building a chicken coop. as a group we worked a lot with chicken wire, something i have never used to sculpt with before, its an interesting material and it did hurt at times but it does describe the form well, with the many fins and testicles we have made with this material we have grown to love the end results, so we can live with a few jabs and stabs from the chicken wire, if thats what it takes. i think my group and i learned a lot from this week, not only from the materials but how we work together. I'm excited to see how we continue to make our creature.