Wings: Week Nine in the Studio
After thinking on it for a little bit, I want to start writing these blog entries as if I actually had an audience. Though I’m pretty sure the only person who reads them are my professor. Shout out Brian Harper. Anyway, with that said, let me update you on my ninth week in the studio.
This was very hustle and bustle because we were all scrambling to prep for a sale that Ryan invited us to. Lots of last minute organizing and building to try and replenish dirtbags inventory. Holiday ornaments and Halloween decor seemed like it would be work that would sell. I helped glaze a lot of ornaments and helped in the fast-paced dance of loading them all straight into the kiln. With only a few casualties everything made it out in time to get packed for the sale.
Amidst the chaos, I made the first prototypes of what I'm going to call ‘wings’. I have always envisioned the forms I’m working on have to have some sort of wing appendage. While also knowing that I didn't want to make them out of clay. I had brainstormed that a lot, and ultimately decided that I needed to employ some mixed media approach. The wings—or more so prototypes—were made out of armature wire and tulle strips dipped in beeswax. Kind of like a papier-mâché method. See pictures below.
At the week’s end, I had to work my ‘job job’ before I picked up Molly from the speed and we drove out to where the dirtbags were having the sale. It was a great opportunity to catch up with Molly. We exchanged ideas about our practice and life. It's always really easy to have a peaceful, introspective conversation with Molly. We got to the farm and after parking we made our way to the booth where we found Emma. Then the three of us with the help of two fellow vendors broke everything down and cleaned up. We didn't do as well as we had hoped in the sale, but that's OK. It was our first time selling this event and we weren't sure of who would show up and what they would want to buy. So I would have to say the highlight of this experience for me was definitely seeing the beautiful white horses and being there for my Dirtbags.
