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gregography) wrote2007-08-11 09:05 am
gregography) wrote2007-08-11 09:05 am
My artistic path - the early years
During this last trip to my mother's she pulled out out a box of stuff that she'd kept since I was a child and told me that *I* had to decide what to keep and what to get rid of. My solution was to photograph them and then toss them.
The journey starts with clay:
Angels were a consistent theme. This was very early. The hair was made by pressing clay through a sieve. Both of the wings are on one side. This has a neanderthal fetish vibe that I like. I brought this one home.
A little older now. Is that a halo or a hairdo? Is it reaching out to hug, or to dismember?
I was learning about "cute" and enclosing space with structure. I remember I wanted the hair Lucy Red but it came out this drab disappointment. Or maybe I was just anticipating the Teal and Mauve trend - or even started it, decades early.
My brother was often troubled, and this is one of his angels. I'm serious. My parents explained it away by saying he was making a dinosaur but he denied it.
Now we move out of clay and into the ouevre of Michelob beer bottles and paper mache. Note the touch of the flower - Joey Heatherton was a big influence on me at that point.
I remember being pleased with how this came out - the base color, the glaze, and the dusting of gold. I could never understand why my mother didn't put flowers in it. I do now.
Because I was a child interested in crafts I had a Creepy Crawlers oven. I liked being able to make bugs but really came into my own with the friendly dragon kit. Each color was applied separately.
My aunt Margaret, who was always trying to one-up, bought me a whole set of Dip-it Fantasy Film - you form a closed shape with wire and then dip it and it's viscous enough to fill the area and dry hard. But delicate. I made some *fabulous* arrangements.
Junior High School. Shop. Hand hammered aluminum bowl. Too concave for me to buff it out completely to a beautiful shine. Unhappy.
Vacu-forming plastic. My masterpiece. I created the shape myself. Very moderne. I kept this one too.
I wonder if I can find a Creepy Crawlers oven.....
The journey starts with clay:
Angels were a consistent theme. This was very early. The hair was made by pressing clay through a sieve. Both of the wings are on one side. This has a neanderthal fetish vibe that I like. I brought this one home.
A little older now. Is that a halo or a hairdo? Is it reaching out to hug, or to dismember?
I was learning about "cute" and enclosing space with structure. I remember I wanted the hair Lucy Red but it came out this drab disappointment. Or maybe I was just anticipating the Teal and Mauve trend - or even started it, decades early.
My brother was often troubled, and this is one of his angels. I'm serious. My parents explained it away by saying he was making a dinosaur but he denied it.
Now we move out of clay and into the ouevre of Michelob beer bottles and paper mache. Note the touch of the flower - Joey Heatherton was a big influence on me at that point.
I remember being pleased with how this came out - the base color, the glaze, and the dusting of gold. I could never understand why my mother didn't put flowers in it. I do now.
Because I was a child interested in crafts I had a Creepy Crawlers oven. I liked being able to make bugs but really came into my own with the friendly dragon kit. Each color was applied separately.
My aunt Margaret, who was always trying to one-up, bought me a whole set of Dip-it Fantasy Film - you form a closed shape with wire and then dip it and it's viscous enough to fill the area and dry hard. But delicate. I made some *fabulous* arrangements.
Junior High School. Shop. Hand hammered aluminum bowl. Too concave for me to buff it out completely to a beautiful shine. Unhappy.
Vacu-forming plastic. My masterpiece. I created the shape myself. Very moderne. I kept this one too.
I wonder if I can find a Creepy Crawlers oven.....
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