Video

 Here is a link to some videos I made during fall 2013.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL894SszdJvJhBDA3tKffXibggiP9fbMfA&feature=mh_lolz

Submission to DaveBownProjects 7th Semiannual Competition

  I sent four images to DaveBownProjects, here are the images.

          

                                

Bones.Bones..Bones...

    Finally managed to get the salted bones hanging on clear fishing line instead of the metal wire.  Could not believe how scared I was when I started cutting the wire, praying that the fishing line held.  I don't know what it is, might be the fishing line, but the ribs and pelvis move a lot more.  I was thinking about adding some branches to create the feeling of veins and to help hide the metal but I'm worried that if I add any more weight to the lines they will snap, I have ten pound line but I'm still worried.

I also started another piece, for this piece I made some bone like structures out of clay and hung them using metal wire and the same fishing line.  I mixed real bones with the ones I made from clay and did some beadwork.  Sadly my idea to have them hang horizontally isn't working for me.  My next trick will be to attach these clay bones and real ones to rebar and have another wall hanging.

Here is a close up of two clay bones and two real bones.

Digital Collages

Here are two pieces I finished for the Digital Media class, this was the first piece I made.

For this piece I was having difficultly staying away from the materials I have used in previous collages for this class.  I forced myself to forgo the dark blue background and added two textures, gravel and concrete.  I did add two abstract pastel mountains or reflections.  Even though I made the piece I have no idea what atmosphere this piece depicts.  I like the movement from the arms.  I think the gravel as the background was a great idea, it makes the background more interesting.  I'm not completely satisfied with the bone structure on the lower left but, win some lose some.

Here is my second piece, for this piece I took pictures of the rib cage currently hanging in my studio, it provided a different shape that up until now I didn't have.  I did give up and use the dark blue, but I did manage to add the gravel texture as well to force change.  I used a photo of a hornet's nest I have in my room.  It's small, (can hold in the palm of your hand) and placed it beside this strange fleshy shape.  Originally, I had the ribcage right side up but something draws me to having it upside down.  I think to allow the other pieces entrance into the 'cage' structure.

Both are 8x8 and will be matted on a 10x10 piece of board.
 

Some thoughts after class

During the class today I spent some time thinking about my piece and I noticed that I was trying to transform a Bison ribcage and pelvis and give them some human qualities.  This transforming or shapeshifting quality I find my work tentatively touching on might stem from my American Indian heritage.  And I disguise the differences between animal and human by zooming in on the anatomical features to investigate the thin line between animal and human.

Those were just some of the thoughts I had.