Hard at Work

This has been a very busy studio week for me.  I have been working on the secondary piece for my installation.  A friend is still hedging on letting me use their space for the installation, but I am not worried they usually help out when I need it.  I have been working on my paper as well, besides being the taxi for my kids.  I wish I could get everything out as well as it has been processing in my head on the paper, and I really wish that I had more time because there is another book that I wanted for my research......I guess that it will need to wait until next semester.

Okay here are the photos of my secondary piece.....very close to getting done!

Weaving

I have started doing exactly what the title implies to create a fabric to cover the little couch I am making as another piece for my "living room".  I am just currently waiting for the ok to acquire a space that I can install this huge piece and get it put together into this installation. 
Danielle is going to help me get this documented in a video format so that I can play it in Boston, and we discussed sound and I am getting a looped static sound to play for my TV!!  Excited!
She also thinks that this piece is strong enough for a grant!  I hope that I can get it together and back apart with minimal damages!

Where does the time go?

This last week and a half I have been continuously producing more bricks and building my first large suspended installation piece.  At this point I have finished covering it with cardboard in which I will be applying the fake bricks.  I got the pieces set together and initially placed the brackets that hold them together so that I can be precise about placing the cardboard and the rigging to hang it.

I got the plexy glass today to use as the face.....4x6', our friend that owns the hardware store gave me a $10 discount and was still $55.

The best news is that Dave (hardware store owner)also owns several other business buildings that he rents, and will let me use a place to install my installation!!!  I was so worried about where I was even possibly going to be able to do this.  He was also the person who allowed me to use a building for 2 months prepping for my thesis show!!

This piece requires a lot of technical junk to get it right!  This is the total size of the main piece and will require about a 12 foot ceiling to install it, but if I have to I guess I could use a 10.  There is still so much to do.