Mini Exhibit

This week I did a mini exhibit of my sculpture work in a special project space at the College. I installed my alien eggs on the floor on a bed of moss, and also showed another moss/branch set-up, a tree painting I completed at the end of last term, and two "eggs in the landscape" photographs which I had enlarged.

The ongoing theme in all these pieces is growth and new life.

It's the first time i've ever exhibited a collection of work in a white space like this and it was fun.  My fellow students seemed interested in the work which is also nice. 

Alien eggs go Out & About

On Monday I took the alien eggs up to Blackford Hill and photographed them in various different positions and locations. It was really fun, though I did get a few strange looks from the many dog walkers who were passing by. Here are some of the best shots.

(I found a brown puffball mushroom by chance and sneaked it in with the clutch in the one before last). 

Alien Eggs

Here are the rsults of my experiments in casting spherical-like objects out of plaster. I used coconut shells, orange peel, Christmas baubles, plastic balls and tinfoil as various moulds. In some of the objects I placed natural materials such as dried leaves, gorse spikes, and burrs in the moulds before pouring the plaster in.

The interior of the coconut shell embedded an interesting fibrous pattern onto the cast plaster object.

I tried positioning the objects in various set-ups in the studio to see what might work best. Next I'm planning to photograph the objects in outdoor settings  (at Blackford Hill).