Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Notes on Work in Progress


Stick Pendant:

Found sticks, cut into gem like shapes.  Gem shapes reference  something of value, juxtaposed  the inherent found/ discarded  object.   Keeping the wood natural is important to  seeing the components for what the really are and perhaps what they are trying to become

Id like to start to  design different layouts and  connecting mechanisms for the wood pieces, referencing, vintage diamond jewelry of the 18th and 19th century  where multiples and decadence is key!


This website sells jewelry but hace a anice layout of the progression of diamond cuts.
http://www.georgianjewelry.com/reference/antique_diamonds



In the vain of  18th and 19th century jewelry Filagree is also promenant.  Id like to experiment with way to combine these familiar "valued frameworks" that  perhaps  frame or enhance something that is mundane and forgotten




These cross sections are  so interesting to me.  All of which came from the same branch but each is unique.




Cement is another material I would like to incorporate with some of my research.  Cement as yet another thing that does not hold high value, but is actually quite necessary for living and part of our daily lives ( especially use city folk!)    The connection between people, the earth and our surroundings is something I  have been doing alot of thinking about, especially my place within that landscape as a woman.







These next pieces are part of my ultra secret powder coating plan and I am very excited about it!  All I can say is 99 cent store betta watch out!

The forms in the next two pieces  relate to some of the things I was thinking about in the spring, the juxtaposition of  natural imagery that we all understand as being realistic and a kin to the landscape and  with imagery that toes the line between natural and unnatural.

these pieces use natural objects such as the wood elements in conjunction with the powder coated forms what  can allude to a natural object but clearly is fake.

















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