Journal Entry

Posted below are pics that I have taken of my most recent work to show what it is that I have been working on.  Latley I have been inspired by the piece that I made for the water show, Under the Wave, the Zero Group, Enrico Castellani, Lucio Fontana, and Heinz Mack. 

Under the Wave

The two above are made out of matboard and stiffened with resin.  One of my main objectives was to give the matboard another identity.  So that when it was looked upon people would not see matboard but maybe another material.  After discussing the works with my professor, I went to sheet metal.  The process involving the sheet metal is very much less time consuming then the matboard and resin.  Also, my professor kept on telling me that my process had to be shorter because I was too involved with making sure that the end result was nothing but perfection.  I realize that working in such a manner only limits myself because the lengthy process was not allowing me to see the full potential of the material that was being used.  Below are pics of my first attempts with using metal.

                                                 

                                                 

What I was thinking alot about when I was making the sculpture above was light and form.  When I look upon sculputure, not just work that I make, the way light travels around an object grabs me.  The way light covers a three dimensional object reminds me of when sunlight covers a vast open field.