Mas pruning

I pruned his shoulders back again. I would like to have plenty of space to create arm movement and the energy created by the music  with the baling wire and wire cloth. 

Cutting down the shoulders for a second time. 

Pruning his left shoulder 

I have also decided to cut the armature on the left side of his face leaving room to create volum and movement with the wire. 

And a little facial reconstruction.  

There was a piece of armature that the violin bumped on his chest, I cut it so I can have more room to maneuver the violin.

chest cut apart 

I will live with it over night and see if I need to prune a little more in the morning.  

“gust” dip #1-2

Slurry only  

slurry only 

the slurry is dry 

Dip # 2 slurry and Fine silica  

Armatur for materials experiment

rebar 

Lath  

Plaster and wire  

Sprues in place and ready to dip.

Experimenting with materials

I continue to consider and reconsider what to cover the armature of “score”  with plaster or Concrete. In order to help me decide I did this small piece to see how the various wires I looked/worked with plaster.  

Great good luck in dog year

Artist Shangyi Yu  http://www.shangyihua.com/ text me this morning that today in the Chinese New Year- year of the dog. The top Chinese words are great good luck in dog year. 

😍🤗 

image from Shangyi  http://www.shangyihua.com/

I could not be more excited to celebrate Dogs all year. 

"the road" - father and son

the road - two cyclist I

the road - two cyclist II

the road two cyclist III

the road VI two cyclist

the road - Randy and Ben (number V in the series of two)

the road - two cyclist VI

The Nasher Sculpture Center- Pareidolia and peace pigeons

handaxe pigeons 

Human chain stand alone piece- Instagram post noticed

Voyage Houston reached out to me regarding my stand alone piece of the human chain - See the email below. 

Hi Cindee Klement,

Just saw this post on Instagram and absolutely LOVED it! 

https://www.instagram.com/p/Be4PSIqFEWi/?taken-by=cindeeklementart

Can we feature this shot and credit you? I think our readers would love seeing your work and learning more about you.

Thanks and happy a great week!

Cheers,

Leo

And the answer is - yes please do, as I try to contain my excitement. 

I hope this pans out, 

small steps  

Human chain- a stand alone

While working on my human chain for the Galveston beach home, I did this stand alone piece.  
It would have been the third piece of five in the chain, but it has a different feel to it. As a result, I did another third piece and will keep this one as a stand alone.

“The road - father and son I” donation

Many thanks to Hollywood Framing on Bissonnet for donating the beautiful frame for this piece, with museum glass. It will be auctioned off on March 23rd at the Rice University 2018 Friends of Fondren Library Gala.

“The road- father and son I”  

30” X 22”  

water color monotype  

“Gust” getting ready to sprue

Galveston human chain

 I am making a human chain for a beautiful home on the beach in Galveston. The home is professionally decorated in very specific neutral whites with shades of grey, beige and a drop of the magenta you find in oysters, sometimes. The sun in Galveston is very bright and veils the room in light which turns most neutrals green.

I did one series last week testing out the colors and sure enough the first three in the series have too much yellow; they look much greener in the room. The last two in the series looked great. My plan is to put a few chains together in different hues and run down to Galveston and see what looks the best in the Galveston Light. In the end having a few variations might workout nicely for a human chain lenticular. 

“Score” #22

I am still attaching lath. Today I worked on the left hand and forearm,  the face and head. Attaching only enough to give me something to grip the Concrete. Sone of the rebar will be exposed. 

left hand 

left side of face 

right side of the head 

looking at this image the head looks weirdly shaped. I will have to love k at that tomorrow. 

The shoes-  

I have not decided what is the best way to go obiut the shoes. They are crucial for stabilizing the piece.  

left foot armature 

right foot armatur. 

Telephone interview - Airport art in Texas

Friday January 26th I received an email via my website from Gene Fowler. I am horrible with names, I knew his name but could not place it. A quick google and ........he wrote an article in Glasstire that I actually blogged about recently. http://www.cindeeklement.com/blog/2017/11/12/why-are-some-people-ready-why-do-some-people-know-the-moment 

You can only imagine the excitement I felt when I  put 2 and 2 together. 

 Screenshot of the email 

Below I have pasted the paragraph and a link to  article that touched me. 

 “The title That Day underscores the viewer’s sense of being there beside the photographer and the way in which the captured moment remains ever fresh in the image, some of which were made as early as 1979. That was the year when Dallas-based Wilson began assisting Richard Avedon with his own six-year photography project, In The American West. Describing Avedon’s portraiture process in her 2004 book, Avedon At Work In The American West, Wilson noted that he would wait for what Eudora Welty called “a story teller’s truth… the moment in which people reveal themselves. You have to be ready, in yourself; you have to know the moment when you see it.” “ 

 http://glasstire.com/2017/11/12/laura-wilsons-that-day-pictures-in-the-american-west/

He called me Monday and I rambled on about hats and their truth, their stories and the moment I was ready to hear their stories.

I am sure that he is interviewing several artist regarding  their work in the Texas airports. The hope to make the cut.   

Faux bois

I received a really nice email from author Gene Fowler with a link to an article that he wrote last year about faux bois. 

 http://texashighways.com/culture-lifestyle/item/8450-trabajo-rustico

The Nasher Sculpture Center- the term Pareidolia.

We were in Dallas for a very special wedding, and managed to squeeze in the “First Sculpture, handaxe to figure stone” exhibit at the Nasher Sculpture Center. I came away with a new term that applies to my “peace pigeon project.” I was not aware that there was a term for seeing shapes or make pictures out of randomness. 

Photo of the museums description of exhibit. 

Below are three examples of pareidolia faces in the early handaxes that stood out.  

“Broken” - photographs

In early January Nash Baker met me to photograph my latest completed piece. He did a beautiful job. I could not be happier with the photographs? Below are a few of my favorites.

check out Nash’s other work on his website

 http://www.nashbaker.com/ or @nashb

Nash checking out the lighting. 

“gust” in porcelain

12/27

I pressed out four more, I used some dry yard clippings for some added texture. I forgot to take pictures of the first two. They will all slowly dry under plastic for a few weeks. 

Hat collection

It does not matter what country they come from- 

When I saw these in Marburger Texas I was moved by the beautiful story each of them holds. 

 . Woven in felt, every hat tells a story, shaped with memories, recording beliefs, and veiling sorrow, some eloquent and some twisted. Cradled in our imagination, they blow in strange, wonderful ways, spinning from generations that are inhabited by our respect for balancing our present responsibilities and fears. In generations past, in fable and in legend, hats sheltered spirits, represented people and occupations, and defended against the elements. 

4 sombreros from the 1850’s each hand sewn and one of them is signed.  

I have been working with hats for about four years And had to add these to my collection.