Final Carving for my Senior year at Linfield

Well, I took my last final at Linfield today at 1pm and afterwords I went to the woodshop to finish this carving I have been working on for the last few weeks.  The base is not mounted on completely.  Originally I had it attached with two hand made dowels I made but the carving leaned to far forward or back for me to feel that it was safe to leave so I took the dowels out and merely set the carving upon the metal stand.  (Small branch was also added) and now the carving stands.  I think I will talk to Totem about using more of that concrete substance that allowed my large bone piece to connect with the carving.  I feel that the front side of the carving is far superior than the rear side but I may decide over summer to continue carving on it.  Anyway here are some photos.

This is the rear side of the carving, I added the bone piece because this side did need some extra help.  The bone was given to me by Cindy Hosskinson, she said it was found among Nils things.  Looking at it documented the piece looks nice.  I understand that I will have to adjust the background color, a little too gray for my like, the bone almost gets lost.

 This is the front of the carving, I love the bridges that attach to both the left and right side of the carving.  I think this side is superior due to how deep I was able to go on this side.  The rear side I was not able to go as far because this side was made previously.

Here is an angle that shows just how deep this side of the carving is.  I also like the bone whispering from behind the edge of bark.  

Anagama Pieces

Here are some pictures of the pieces I put in the Anagama, these pieces had the glaze which, Professor Nils ashes went into.  Originally I was thinking about leaving these pieces at Linfield as a keepsake so the Art Department would not forget me, however under some light convincing I have reconsidered.  I will make something for the Art Department over the summer to have but these are coming with me.

 This is my back piece.  I will call her Piece #2 for the time being.

 The skeletal structure of my back piece.

 Here is the front.  Piece #1 I will call her for the time being.

 Here is a side view, I really enjoy the darker splash that relates the two pieces.

 The break that appeared on the left breast is what I would like to call a Nils improvement!  

This is the skeletal structure of the front piece, piece #1, the color found her is amazing!! (Almost as interesting as the front!)

Performance clip

Here is a clip of  the first performance I did this semester.  This was the dry run to the performance I did on the Linfield Gallery today 5/14/14.  All the vocals are done naturally, I did not use any electric amplifiers or stereos, it is all me!

Latest On the whale bone molds and figure piece

Alright so after talking with Don and Cindy about the molds here is the schedule when I will be able to put my stuff in the gallery.

Tuesday 6th unload figure from the kiln, stain her then reload her in another kiln and load whale molds for first cook.

Tuesday 6th Talk to Tim Stewart from Facilities about Dirt and talk with Totem about stump as pedestal.

Wednesday 7th The rest of the pieces will be fired (1st) time.

Thursday 8th Pull the pieces out of the kiln myself and stain the pieces.  (Get stump into gallery)

Sunday 11th Meet with Cindy and Don load pieces into kiln.  I will put up both of my wall hanging pieces in the main gallery. If dirt is available will put in gallery as well.

Monday 12th Turn on the kiln for final cook of pieces.

Tuesday 13th Install bone and figure pieces.  (Get stump into Gallery)

It is a little later than I would have liked however it is still within the timeframe.  Cindy and Don are not worried yet so neither shall I.