10/12/2017
Still working on the lower half of the figure.
New sculptor post #2
10/11/2017
Day two of welding the armature.
I am building up the pants leg keeping in mind the piece is about the energy created by the music.
The human chain - pentaptych
“Six members of a single family — four adults and two young boys — and four other swimmers had been swept away by powerful and deceptive rip currents churning below the water’s surface. “ - Washington Post
There were not any lifeguards on duty, or rescue vehicles on the beach someone yelled, “let’s build a human chain”.
A poetic act, my interpretation.
10/4-10/5 2017
The human chain V - I left to right
pentaptych
The human chain I
Human chain II
I and II
human chain III
I, II and III
IV
I -IV
V
View from the right I-V
View from the left. V-I
New Sculpture post #1
Day 1 of welding 10/10/2017
The right foot
Both feet - the figures weight will be planted firmly on the right foot. The left foot is turned out and slightly behind the right foot. The left toe rest on the ground with the heel lifted.
Attached two legs + a waiste. The left knee is bent.
The right foot and pant leg. The pant leg starts to fold around shoe. The pant folds will be rhythmic and flow into the energy created by the music.
Below are drawings I made over the summer studying the energy of creating music.
Broken #17
10/5/2017
One last tweak of the title.
I think this fits the piece for all occasions.
“Broken”
The tone is set at the top. Negligent leadership turns a blind eye to the suffering of its most vulnerable.
Broken
The tone is set at the top.
Negligent leadership turns a blind eye
to the suffering of its most vulnerable.
Tweak- tweak - tweak from the title to the toes- “the tone is set at the top” - Greece in crisis” Post #16 retitled Broken when completed
10/4
I have tweaked the title, and it still needs tweaking.
I am trying this on for Size-
“The tone is set at the top” -
Negligent leadership turns a blind eye to the suffering of its most vulnerable citizens -
I took the sledge hammer to the edge of the cup.
This may be my favorite view.
“The tone is set at the top” - Negligent leadership turns a blind eye to the suffering of its most vulnerable citizens.
Reinforced concrete, organic plant material, welded wire and wire cloth.
“the tone is set at the top - Greece in crisis” Post 15 retitled Broken when completed
A day of breaking off more concrete, tweaking wires, a lot of looking,
sitting,
staring,
questioning,
and
repeat-
repeat -
repeat-
“the tone is set at the top - Greece in crisis” Post 14 ΟΧΙ ΚΑΡΤΕΣ -
fresh out of the humidifier
Moving him back to my studio at Glassell
Changing title- ΟΧΙ ΚΑΡΤΕΣ- no cards #13 retitled Broken when completed
This will take time to come up with the right title.
As I work on the piece, I am constantly thinking about the social situation that it is depicting. I am constantly questioning, and asking myself: What is the most important message it can convey? What is simplest way to communicate the message? What should the title be?
As I near completion of the piece, I have decide that the most important lesson that we can learn from Athens is that the tone is set at the top. When a civilization's leadership is corrupt, then its people will follow suit. I am renaming this piece:
”the tone is set at the top - Greece in crisis 2017”
Working on the piece I often consider how influential Greece was in ancient times and how if it can happen to Greece...........it can happen to any civilization.
Still thinking
ΟΧΙ ΚΑΡΤΕΣ - post #10 retitled Broken when completed
9/27/2017
30 lbs. of concrete added to back of the head, neck, hand, jacket cuff and foot. I added a little hay to the back of head and neck.
Foot and left forearm.
back of head and neck.
ΟΧΙ ΚΑΡΤΕΣ- no cards #12 retitled Broken when completed
10/2
burning out the paper with a small torch
Thinking about what I can use to fill his chest
The corrupt owl.
ΟΧΙ ΚΑΡΤΕΣ- no cards # 11 retitled Broken when completed
Video taken 9/28
ΟΧΙ ΚΑΡΤΕΣ - post #9 retitled Broken when completed
I added 30 more lbs. to the forearm , cup and foot.
Arts Brookfield exhibition
@arts Brookfield "Known and Unknown"Opening receptionThursday11-1:00Two Allen Center 2nd floor#abstractart #abstractsculpture#labradorretriever #labrador #artexhibition #houstonartist #texaartist #houstonexhibitin #cindeeklementart
"THAT BALL IS NOT GOING TO THROW IT'S SELF"
39" X 33" X 56"
and
"Fetch" 50" X 60"
Concert master
Last spring I experimented with an image inspired by a photograph of my cousin Andrew Irvin. Andrew is the concert Master for the Arkansas Symphony. This fall I am starting a life size sculpture from the drawing. Actually they are monotypes. I will redrew them so that the violinist will not be a lefty.
The left handed concert master I
Water color monotype
30" X 22"
The left handed concert master II
30" X 22"
water color monotype
Presently the sculpture I am planning will be out of white concrete, rebar and wire holding pieces of this found object violin. The first step is to paint the violin white.
Painting the violin
Painting in process.
Fall exhibitions
Coming Fall exhibitions
Nos Caves Vin, solo exhibition
by appointment only.
Arts Brookfield - Two Allen Center,
"known and under known",
September 18th - November 17th
reception Thursday, September 28th 11:00-1:00
from left -
CONDENSATION AND CRANES
60" X 50" charcoal, ink, and pastel 2015
DANCE OF THE CRANES
50" X 77" collage, ink, charcoal, and pastel 2015
THE ROAD TRIPTYCH-
77" X 38.5" lenticular print
JANUARY 21, 2017
wire cloth, plaster and LED spot light
50" X 27" X 16"
ΟΧΙ ΚΑΡΤΕΣ - post #8 retitled Broken when completed
He is growing on me.
ΟΧΙ ΚΑΡΤΕΣ - post #7 retitled Broken when completed
Today I poured and applied 30 lbs. of concrete to the figures left hip and shoulder. I also added recycled wire cloth to the owls wings and eyes.
In my humidifying box.
The Owl is sitting heavily on the back of the figure. See newly added recycled wire cloth around his eyes.
Owl eyes and horns
Owl chest and profile of his face.
The head and shoulders of the front of the figure and the owl's chest. The body is stuffed temporarily with newspaper.
This application of concrete will hydrate for 5 days.
Detail of wing texture
tail feathers and wing detail
ΟΧΙ ΚΑΡΤΕΣ - post #6 retitled Broken when completed
After five days of hydrating-
Once the piece is hydrated I need time to study the piece.
Detail of the texture of his back.
The questions I ask myself-
Do I like the texture, and lines added with a broken pieces of bailing wire? Do I like the exposed lath that shows through the concrete? Do these marks in addition to his posture convey that the figures is beaten down, exhausted and discouraged?
Does the Size of the owl weigh down the figure or should he be heavier? Does the owl look corrupt? Can an owl look corrupt?
Do the owls eyes need more feathers, should they be closed? Should the owls body be more rounded? I need time to absorb and digest how things are shaping up. I keep asking myself are the shapes, lines and textures proposing the right questions, or making the right statements?
ΟΧΙ ΚΑΡΤΕΣ - post #5 retitled Broken when completed
Covering the back of the figure in concrete.
First I am stuffing the cavity of his body with paper to create a surface to stop the concrete from going completely through the mesh.
the cavity to be filled with paper.
stuffing the crevices.
filled with paper.
view from the back - you can see the newspaper stuffed in the cavity through the lath.
I am now ready to add the concrete to the back.
When working in concrete you start from the top down. In this piece I started with the owl. Concrete is constantly falling and you don't want to have any fall on a surface you have finished. On each section I work from the bottom up, placing the first handfuls on the lath where it meets a surface that can support the weight of the concrete. In the below case I started on the hips and built the concrete up his back to the shoulders.
30 lbs- covered his back.
now it hydrates for 5days.