Most of my time during the first three weeks of the semester has been consumed with getting this year's field school season off to a good start, catching up in my lab, and doing stuff around the house. I have had some time on evenings and weekends, though, to work in the garage, and there are other art things in the works I wanted to mention. Here's what's new.
| ArtFields 2018 As I wrote back in December, my 14' sculpture of opposed ceratopsians "Beauty and Grace" was accepted into ArtFields 2018. The gears are turning, and I now know that my piece will be hosted by The Citizen's Bank. Never having been to ArtFields or Lake City, SC, I have no firsthand knowledge about what the town or the festival are like. The location of the bank on Main Street looks promising! |  |
New Videos
As I've grown more comfortable with the video editing software I use (Adobe Premiere), I've become more efficient at making videos. Videos aren't a complete replacement for writing, but I think they provide something that writing doesn't. I've posted several more to my YouTube channel over the last month. Here they are in case you missed them.
As I've grown more comfortable with the video editing software I use (Adobe Premiere), I've become more efficient at making videos. Videos aren't a complete replacement for writing, but I think they provide something that writing doesn't. I've posted several more to my YouTube channel over the last month. Here they are in case you missed them.
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Kinetic Derby Day
There's a new festival coming to West Columbia in April: Kinetic Derby Day. I'm planning on participating as an artist in some form or fashion, although we have yet to work out the details. I've created a lot of new stuff since my Afterburner show at Tapp's last summer, but ideally I want to make something brand new to roll out. I've got ideas and materials, and I've started working on it. I'm not going to say what it is because that commitment would add pressure that would make it less fun. I'll just say it will be bigger than a bread basket.
There's a new festival coming to West Columbia in April: Kinetic Derby Day. I'm planning on participating as an artist in some form or fashion, although we have yet to work out the details. I've created a lot of new stuff since my Afterburner show at Tapp's last summer, but ideally I want to make something brand new to roll out. I've got ideas and materials, and I've started working on it. I'm not going to say what it is because that commitment would add pressure that would make it less fun. I'll just say it will be bigger than a bread basket.
| My First Commission I'm smart with money, but I'm not much of a business person. By that I mean that I just don't want to deal with being a "business." But I do need some cash flow to keep things going as the owner and sole employee of Zero Point Mechanic. So I have embarked on my first formal commission project: a life-sized javelina sculpture to go in an Arizona garden. |  |
I've started working on it and it's going well (I'm not super familiar with the animal, so I've had to watch a lot of videos and look at a lot of pictures). I'm going to hold off on "in progress" photos on this one, I think, and reveal it when it's done. I'm videotaping my progress so there will be a video at the end, also. I estimated the piece would take about 25 hours to complete. I'm about 6-7 hours in at this point. The image above shows my original accumulation of possible pieces on a chalk drawing in my driveway.
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