Breaking things on accident and on purpose.

I finally figured out why my pots were cracking! Apparently this little guy was to blame. He looks vicious enough.

These are the two pedestals that I made for my ceramic work. They aren't going to be just normal pedestals though. 

This is a practice run for the ceramic work that I will be putting into our BFA show. I am still working with the concept of time and how it seems to slow down during an accident. I cut a triangle out of the base of this pedestal and tied a string to it. At first the pedestal appears to be normal. When I tugged the string the triangle shaped corner pulls out from the base and all of the pieces begin to topple over with the pedestal.

The piece ceramic work for the show will be much simpler. There will be 16 pieces that stack straight up. I am going to film the work breaking and have it playing on a projector behind the fallen pedestal.

This is a ceiling fan motor that I have now wired to a dimmer switch to slow the motor. The fan is then wired to a plug in that is attached to a remote control receiver. I will be able to turn this motor on and off with a remote. On top of the pedestal will be a stack of bowls with a string through the middle that attaches to an arm on the motor. As the motor turns the bowls will collapse over as the string has slack and then sit back up. I want to display this at our BFA show and turn it off and on to make people think that they have knocked over the work. My hope is that I will have the ability to make people experience the slowing of time with the push of a button on a remote control.