Wrapping up 52 Weeks - Contemporary Sculptural Art
It's been over a year since finishing up my series 52 Weeks. Over the last month, I have been re-working a few of the pieces and recreating #46 that I accidentally sat down (dropped) way back in May. The series is complete and stored in my studio. I'd love to show these pieces again someday soon. Time will tell. Reach out if you’d like to show this work (wink, wink).
With this last firing, I experimented with making smaller versions that can be wall-mounted. I'm pleased with these little ones, but they're still a work in process.
See and read more about 52 Weeks in my portfolio.
Leggy Plant Pot to the Rescue
Fresh and still warm. I busted this leggy creature right out of the kiln this morning. It was an excellent kiln firing yesterday. Maybe this needs a set of googly eyes to bring out its features? Fun little projects like this really boost my day and keep me going. It’s not always about the big profound conceptual art. It just can’t be serious all the time. I think a beautiful air plant or cattail will be great for this funny planter.
Washing a Cyanotype
Washing and always cleaning something with the Cyanotype process. This video shows me using hydrogen peroxide during the wash cycle of fixing a Cyanotype.
Experiments with Cyanotype
This is the result of a wet cyanotype on Thai mulberry paper. It hadn’t been fixed (washed) yet, but I just love this in-between stage. This one didn’t quite turn out as expected after the wash process. It totally ripped under the pressure of the wash. So it goes… Let the experiments continue!
'A Collective Takeover' at The Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Join The Fort Worth Art Collective for the Collective Takeover in “Family Reunion II” See my piece “Ardent” before it eventually turns fades to black at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center
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‘Ardent’
20x32
Ephemeral Cyanotype & Elemental Formula
RED Exhibition at the Arlington Museum of Art
"Peccadillo" my most recent work created for the curated RED Show at the Arlington Museum of Art.
RED is a conceptual exhibit from the the Fort Worth Art Collective using the color red in solidarity with those living with HIV/AIDS and is coinciding with the Keith Haring exhibit: Against All Odds from August 1-September 22.
Mixing Cyanotype Chemicals - Part One
Behind the scenes, while I prep Cyanotype chemicals. I feel like a mad scientist every time I start mixing this magical powder! This is Potassium Ferricyanide, one of the ingredients that make up the alternative process of cyanotype image-making.
I have new works in progress with my favorite light-sensitive material and I can't wait to share!
Photography Quote by Diane Arbus
This quote....ahhh! I love it so much that it lives forever in my thesis document. Photographs don't give away all the secrets and why should they? 1/1000 of a second freezes time and closes off the senses. Let's vow to all keep secrets in our art.
Amazon Prime Day - Marketing Hype or the Real Deal?
This time last year I was wrapping up my series Fundamentally Prime. This body of work ran from July 11, 2017 to July 11, 2018. One full year of documenting each and every box and bag that landed on my doorstep.
Amazon Prime Day to Amazon Prime Day.
212 deliveries and packages to be exact.
I use Amazon Prime for many things but the items I purchase mostly revolve around my daughter and her medical needs. Although I use Amazon to make our lives easier when it comes to her supplies; I was also using it for frivolous purchases to pass the time. These binge shopping sprees happened mostly late at night right before laying my head down. I would see something that I just HAD to have. Am I right!?!?
I learned SO much with this project. Here are 3 takeaways…
Amazon Prime Day feels like (and is) a marketing ploy by a HUGE company. I didn’t find ‘deals’ on the golden prime days. It’s simply a way to get customers on the platform and having them drooling for more. The PR push for Prime Day was the initial inspiration for my series Fundamentally Prime. The hype was huge and I realized that I was falling into it.
Amazon has cheaper prices especially with free shipping…. sometimes. You have to be a research shopper and not a convenience shopper. Not leaving your house has its price.
My consumption throughout the project and the year since has dropped dramatically. I kept a running spreadsheet with every item, cost, and date during the year-long duration. Seeing a running total, and documenting every package that entered my home helped me think about each item that I was bringing into my space. I think that if we have to think about what we are buying, truly think about it; we wouldn’t consume as much as we do.
In the end my patterns have changed with online shopping and I’m thankful for that. I’m living a more minimalist experience as an American woman, mother and artist. I pay attention to what is grabbing my attention.
You can see the entire body of work, Fundamentally Prime, here.
