Collaborative Weekend

So this is what a collaboration might look like.
Top foto is a table full of items that were created from the efforts
of twelve artist/artisans and their scraps,rejects,junk and new materials.

I will use foto of the Tiki as an example since I happened to be the main constructor of this and I'll use first names of other contributors.  Paul brought the Russian Olive wood recently cut from someone's yard (not his).  I claimed the log and decided to carve a Tiki like figure.  Dale provided a helmet shaped bowl of maple and the ash nose ring piece.Ted had this wonderful porcelain raven and kindly cut a steel peg to join the bird, helmet hat and sculpted log together.  Sharon painted the nose ring so that it stood out more.  And who knows who supplied the various equipment.  I even learned abit about glass, jewellery, felting and actually turned a small maple vase on the lathe.  sorry it is sideways!

Good company, good food ( potlucks are always the best of everything), lots of work and lots of laughs;  what more could you want from a weekend?

   

Weekend of play

This weekend (fri evening, sat and sun) about twelve saskatchewan artists are getting together for an art collaboration.  In other words we are all bringing a pile of junk and tools to see if we can jointly create some neat (wierd) pieces of artwork.  We are also hoping to learn something from the other participants as we have folks who normally work in paper, wood, jewellery, glass, metal and stone.  It should prove to be interesting, informative and productive.  If you are in Regina and area feel free to drop in to the Balkwill Center (it's also the Regina Art Gallery so you can take that in as well) and see what we're up to.  If you happen to just drive by and see someone putting horns on a sawhorse or christmas lights on a canoe paddle don't call for the straightjacket boys.  We are not really crazy just a little nuts, nice nuts who would be more than happy to show you what we have come up with.  Have a great weekend folks I know I am going to.

Sculpting

CHAPLINESQUE is one of a series of representations of famous mimes that I am studying.  These mimes have changed the course of humour in our world through live performance, film, and television.  Each sculpture of this series, has caused me to study the expressive characterizations that allowed these mimes to share their wordless stories.

Marcel Marceau was the first of the famous mimes that challenged me and through him, inspired me to explore others that I remember from the soundless pictures and who were important to my understanding of this style of humour.  This series is my tribute to the excellence of these mimes.