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.
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.