Sculpture I Wood Joinery

 

 

 

For the wood joinery, I made three pieces imitating a jigsaw puzzle that fit together by their fit alone.

 

As the piece developed, I decided I wanted to have it connote a primitive fertility goddess.  I added both male and female primitive sexual representations and then stained the piece as something tar and dirt-like to resemble age.  I then added the goddess's royal cape made of gauze-like fabric.

 

 

Sculpture I Found Objects Sculpture

The found objects used are the tree branch, the tin can lids, the pennies, the bottle caps, the video tape and reel.  I like the fact that when you look at it you see two forms.  The first, is the eye, the second is a fish which interposes back and forth as you tend to look beyond your first look.

Week 15 Progress

I've been thinking about Kandinsky and the fact that he was Russian.  I always think of any Russian as someone who surely has endured suppression by his government.  I've read some short articles and there is no mention of him enduring government scrutiny.  In fact, he freely traveled in and out of Russia in his pursuit of artistic expression.  He certainly produced works of abstraction with bold color and line and is credited as having produced one of the first works of abstraction.  This very use of line and color was what caught my eye.  His art has stood the test of time and is just as fresh today as when it was originally produced.  He is my outside influence for this last posting and my critical reflection is on his abstraction.  It is this use of bold color and simple form that ties into my work theory.


As for material developments, I purchased some edge tape and have been trying to true-up some of the borders.   It has produced the finish I was hoping for.   Images follow.