Showcase

our art showcase was today. It was a fun time showing my work to other people. I liked the art of my fellow classmates, the art of the 2-D class, and the desserts. Although I would've like to make some money, I priced most of my work too high on purpose because I like it all and do not want to have to say good bye

Now that my metal pieces are complete, I've decided to create a wall piece out of them. I'm not sure how to do it yet but I still have an unused piece of sheet metal. Since I do not have a welder to weld the metal together I will have to think of a different method. Because the metal fish shapes are burnt up I was thinking of maybe mounting the pieces on a burnt piece of wood

Finally I am having the opportunity to make a piece about mental illness. I feel like this is a very powerful concept so i obviously need a strong way to portray it. I have made a couple of walls mounted on a floor made out of clay. inside the model I sculpted small creature-monsters that symbolize thoughts. By placing the monsters in a way that makes they look like they are trying to break out and push down the walls, they will be symbolizing mental instability.

Genocide?

recently I have experimented with sodium silicate. After wedging some TFJ, I throw out a slab about 1/2 in. thick. brush on a layer of sodium silicate and blow-dry, dry. Once the surface has dehydrated and dried enoungh, I threw out the slab a little bit larger and the crackle effect begins to appear. I layed this slab over my hand and carefullly made a cut out of my right hand. I have done two of these: palm up and palm down. I want this to represent Genocide but it may be too vague of a relation

Pollution

Using sheet metal I hav ecut two basic fish shapes out. After severely burnign them with a torch i hope they will look very decreped and lifeless. Water Pollution is a huge problem in the world and it destroys many ecosystems and organisms that live there.

hmm..

I just finished two more projects, both from the same materials: an inner skeleton made from chicken wire covered with shreds of tissue paper with the help of my favorite things water and glue. my first piece is a series of three human shaped forms. I feel like this can fit in my concentration but I'm not quite sure how yet. The other one i finished today looks kind of like a snake or something but I like it. For future concentrational pieces I am thinking of theme related to recycling, abandoned children, and skitzophrenia.

PS. I broke another one of my old pieces again today. Luckily, it had already been

photographed but seriously.. i break everything I make.

I am now in the process of creating three human forms. they are made out of wire. I chose only to have the head and torso of the three people because, in this instance, the arms and legs may take away from what i am trying to get across. The three chicken wire men are being covered in tissue paper by the means of watered down elmers glue. I am really excited abouthow they will turn out. I just hop they dont break omg!omg!lol!tmi!pvgga!lol!ttly!ttyl!np!btw!