Another busy month, with so much to do for the Hunters Hill Fair, and so many art prizes to be rejected from.
I am coming to think of art prize submission-rejection as part of my process. Hammering the work to reach ‘completion’ date, receiving the notification: unsuccessful, and then feeling liberated to push the work further. It gets to a certain fullness, and its kind-of done, then after a rejection, I feel free to go out-of-bounds and that seems to be how to make art.
Its a very interesting dynamic. And I think it works, and I also think it destroys things.
Sadly, the work cannot be re-submitted the next year. So it goes to the storage section of the studio, against the wall with the other 2D things I’ve made (I have shelves for the 3D things I’ve made).
Consequently and in the pursuit of resource efficiency in regard to these stores, I have no problem with cannibalisation. I take things apart and make something else with bits of all the other pieces, to make something that I think explains me more accurately than the last creation, or to satisfy the next deadline. So the walls and shelves are not overcrowded, due to this inbuilt redundancy in the management of the archive.
Its ok, I took from them what I needed and then I take that to the new thing.
Before
rejection
before
the next rejection
What do you think? I only want to know what you think if you agree with me.
I have been working on this still, you’ll have to come back for next month’s post and see it finished-y.
Un/Framed
the advantage of framing is in having two boards solidly bolted together, so its easier to move to …the stack against the wall
Sturdy job
If you need framing go to Fidoso, Ramen has retired but Kurt has taken over. This was a super custom job because I was very specific about the depths of the two boards, so they had to mill down one profile for the bottom panel and pack out the top one so its 3mm lower, which is a bit more than it is on its own. Inclu delivery $780 which is EXY but those reverse elbow joins took some doing, requiring an extra beam across the join. Quality work.
spoiler!
This work is a finalist in the Sculpture in the Valley art prize!!
Still pouring resin for more domey domes, the work continues until its done.
Two other things happened and on the same day: socks cringe but so warm, and I made an edge trimmer, for cutting the glitter vinyl right on the edge of board
Setting up for the fair
Look, its Heather et moi at the fair! Where is my chin! Wearing a Sewing Revival Heron top in rayon from Spotlight, actually made this during lockdown, dont know why I dont really wear it, its really nice.
Speaking of the Hunters Hill Fair
It was such a great event! Very grateful to Heather for creating this fair and inviting me as a stallholder…I think there should be two per year! I have not brought that thought to Heather’s door, however. She is busy on a quiet day. But a whole nother year before the next one … :(
As seen in the last post in April
I took this with me and had extremely positive responses and only two people thought it was a rack of necklace chains and how much were they. (Chain represents rain).
This piece, though, is a prime example of prize/rejection theory, its had a lot of lives and this is it’s final go. I am very happy with this version, the drape of the chain is so elegant. Dont make me hunt down images of previous versions to show you, I wont do it. Time to lean it against the wall.
(Chains are a bit messed up here)
Ok here it is in the frame I made for the first version. It has always looked better, in any version, without the frame so I got that one wrong. But it is a nice frame and it will find another picture, down the track.
The reverse of my frame, proud of this because of the toggles so I could clamp the canvas in & out. The tape at the top holds the chains in place, so as you see, this canvas no longer fits this frame unless I get really neat
The black circle is a lazy susan from Ikea, endlessly useful in the studio, for spinning things around, espesh when spraying things
This and those other three panels as seen at top and below. I love these panels and will do a dedicated post on them. The strips of torn paper seen above are measuring sticks; from the edge of your ornament to the edge of the board to center things or make sure they line up & are the same distance apart. The place was and is, awash with bits & pieces of things, as you can see
And again, here is everything all together, ready for the fair
Made a brooch
The three stages of brooch: the excitement of making something really cool (omg this is so cool!); exultation at product photo win (omg it looks so good!); out for delivery at the market (omg no one will understand me)
Some live action pics:…>>
Ok the last one is a cake
Random Bible left open on a table at the cafe. Single cubit to his height I guess.
Heather’s mother-in-law, Marcia. Wonderful funeral, I’ve never seen one so well attended. She was a remarkable woman and they did right by her that day.
The priest who officiated was Father Daven SJ who ministered last rites to my mother-in-law last September and we are forever grateful. It was a good death, we felt God enter the room and everything was as it should be.
Awash
Thanks for watching, dont forget to come back next month to see how the big artwork has ended!