Gravity

     Here are some of the forms that I am working with for my modules project.
     In the spring I was exploring time as perceptional. I am very interested in the phenomenon of how time seems to slow down during an accident or traumatic event.
     In a previous blog post there are photos of this show in which I broke pottery and filmed it. I also reassembled it on fishing line and glued objects that appeared to be spilling out of various vessels.
     I hope that the viewer experience this phenomenon and reports their feelings about it instead of simulating these experiences for the them. This is why I have been making these forms to be stacked by the viewer that will possibly topple and break in the gallery. 
     I began to think more about the forms and what they looked like this weekend. I began to ask myself why. I think that it is important that I think about the aesthetic of the project. So it lead me to break it down.
      My time project has begun to incorporate my interest in gravity and balance.

     Last year and again this year I have had problems with my balance. Shortly after going to the doctor having them tell me that nothing is wrong I listened to a Radio Lab podcast about a lady with severe Vertigo. A problem in the inner ear causes problems with balance, vision and a sense that gravity isn't functioning in a normal way. I'm not sure that I have this but many of the things that she talked about had also happened to me but not so severely. I was intrigued about the part where she mentioned that the floor seemed to come up to meet her. For about two weeks the floor seemed to curve up to my feet. I felt as if I were always standing on a gently sloping hill, even in my kitchen.
      I started to research centers of gravity. The aesthetic of these objects need a deeper meaning. So far my idea is to calculate the center of gravity on these objects and mark them with glaze. I'm not sure on the technique that I am going to use. Also, their shapes need to be such that their center of gravities change from one object to the next.
     Gravity and time have more in common than it may seem. When we learn to walk as babies, the timing is more difficult to master than the mechanics. We have to time our steps in order to work with gravity. Our steps are timed with how our feet meet the ground. As we move our brains have learned to time our motions as well as factor in gravity. I plan to explore more of these links and similarities.


A new glaze! This one should be a semi-transparent, glossy red violet. 

Here are a few progress shots of my paintings so far. They still need more paint and some corrections in the drawing of the faces but they are getting much closer.

I have also cut out two new ones.