HE3 Cycles of Return Catalogs

I was digging around past Heaven & Earth exhibits, and found that HE3 catalogs are still available on Lulu. It includes photographs of my Holdfast installation, before it was vandalized. Luckily David Francis found most of it in the bushes, so it was largely saved. Sadly I didn’t get a chance to get some video of the work floating in the water at different tides. I still have it though and have it in mind to do that still, and think of it every summer…. Maybe this year will be the year!

Heaven & Earth III: Cycles of Return Catalog

Heaven & Earth III: Cycles of Return Catalog

Heavenly Progress

I took advantage of the sunny Seattle weather yesterday to open up the garage wood shop and work on the Sky Feeder components. After a quick drill press tutorial from my “construction master”, Aaron, I got to work drilling holes in the discs that will support the mirrors and fit atop each dowel.

After a drill press lesson, I had plenty of pieces on which to hone my skills.

After a drill press lesson, I had plenty of pieces on which to hone my skills.

After debating weathering approaches for the dowels, ie leave them raw, or pre-weather them by rubbing them in soil, I’ve got some test dowels hammered into the side yard so I can see how they look in a few weeks…

As of yesterday then, all the discs are cut and drilled, and the mirror order has arrived, so I’m feeling on track. The full exhibit artist list has been announced too, so check out this year’s lineup at Heaven & Earth.

Countdown 714: Sky Feeder

714 pieces: wood dowels, wood discs, 2″ round mirrors. Cut, prep, sand, glue. What do you get? A Sky Feeder!

I spent some time enjoying the sunny weather last weekend, working on the installation for the COCA Heaven & Earth VI Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit at Carkeek Park. Aaron and I sat outside and finished sanding the 238 wood discs that will support the mirrors. Today I ordered 250 wood dowels from Dunn Lumber, one of my favorite local supply stores and just good people and picked up the 240 mirrors from JoAnn Fabrics. Yep, they did ask what all those mirrors were for… and promote promote promote I did! This piece is about special orders of simple things that are less simple in bulk! But actually everyone’s been super nice and easy to work with, even if they really have no idea what I’m trying describe…

An image really is key.

Sky Feeder

I met some of my fellow exhibitors over the weekend as well. Now I’m even more excited about this show! I can’t wait to see what everyone creates. From branches from the park to cardboard, to boulders to glass, it’s going to be an eclectic mix brought together by the theme “As Above, So Below”. That theme by the way is what inspired the addition of the mirrors to my design which then led to the name. It went from a 3D expression of rain (ask me about that at the show) to a more reflective piece on observation, and looking down to see up and view things hopefully in a new way…

Stay tuned to see it emerge, and if you’re in the Seattle area, come on by Carkeek Park on July 12th! Details forthcoming on the reception festivities as they become available, but it’ll be 2-5pm.