I MUST GO NOW. MY SPACECRAFT NEEDS ME.

suspension will come. spring break is here. this has been a short post. the goodies:

MERGING WORLDS

What a mythical title, no? As this semester is now officially over, I am reminded that I might be crazy. I actually miss all of the crazy, stressed out and hopeful energy that every art student carries around with them as they experience studio finals. This semester, it was more of a silent stress that involved crunching numbers, analyzing statistics, and writing proofs. Although it was more a math heavy semester, I did give a presentation in my 3D tools class to exemplify the digital utilities the modern artist has access to further develop their work. I took my mobius strip globe sculpture and created it in Rhino. Now that I have skills in Rhino, I think the process of designing for me will go from sketching it, the digitally creating it, then physically making it. Here's the poster from the presentation

In other news, my partner, Shwade, and I are nearly ready to set up our metals studio. We have a location and are finalizing the funds, but I'm very excited to see it coming together. Also, a dear and very talented friend of mine, Playrat, and I have been discussing publishing a zine. 2013 is going to be amazing.

This was a doodle I made while I was holed up at the library. Maybe that reflects my sentiments on this semester...

JUST A LITTLE BREAK

Think I went a little overboard on the spring break break; however, I'm back and so excited to get some work done in the studio.

Here's a bit of what I was doing this week. Clearly, I have a lot of cleaning up work to do still....

I'm turning a eucalyptus log to use in my mobius strip piece. Sidenote: the very first thing i ever turned on a lathe was a sphere. Apparently most people don't start with that shape and I had no problem with it; however, this time, it has been such an obsessive pain.

Just some more progress in blacksmithing. The silverware set is made out of stainless steel so every cut had to be chiseled out. The picture above the silverware set would be my progress in the class assignment for tongs. 

Only a couple more weeks until summer. Time to put in extra work :)

CURRENT PROJECTS

For this piece, I am using basswood and as this shell progresses further, I will be adding a turned egg to be encased behind it.

These mobius strips are my first attempt at bending wood. Here I used white oak and had intended on incorporating metal into this piece (also a first for me), but I was unhappy with the metal sphere I had created.  Despite the setbacks, I really enjoy the look and feel of these strips so I'm sure I will find a way to do justice for this.