Came across this today and thought it might be interesting to others. The amazing Mandelbrot Set and the world of fractal geometry.
The video is 54 minutes long and well worth the hour of your time.
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blown away by the Big Mess Cabaret tonight. left with an actor’s lipstick stain on my cheek and feeling oh so fine. come on snowstorm…you don’t stand a chance with this lipstick tainted mama.
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i keep trying to think of something to write. stuff happens. i sit to write about it. a couple paragraphs in and i delete, close the laptop and wander off.
yes, i know i tend to withdraw a bit. ok, a lot, and ok, almost always–revise: i know i rarely engage in social outings and almost never reach out to anyone or lay it all out there for everyone to poke and pick over–but i just seem to not be able to talk or type about what’s in my head or what’s happening around me.
i will send this, with apologies to anyone who noticed i haven’t said much. or, to flip it, with apologies that i interrupted the welcomed silence. ;-/
i will try to do better. i will make a list of all the things i MUST do and try to figure out how to go about doing it all. you know, like exercise, eat less, drink less, yoga every friggin morning, clean more often, walk the dog, feed the brni, make more art, call my cousin, aunt, sister,
kids, etc.etc.etc., and update things on LJ.ok. that’s all. sorry for the silly noise.
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the latest in vulture masks…sure to be all the rage.
it’s bisque-fired clay with a pigmented wax finish. hanging from jute cord are bones i’ve found over the years.
the photos suck — i’ll try for better ones if i manage to get in a better mood.
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There’s this process when working a clay sculpture where you have to hollow it out, either digging out from below or slicing open the back of the head or cutting it into pieces in order to get inside and remove the excess clay. This allows for more even drying and reduces the risk of a disaster in the kiln. It’s also really really scary and I approach it holding my breath and getting as close to prayer as is possible for me, as I destroy my hard work in order to save it from the fire’s wrath.
In my work, I like to allow the process to become a visible part of the piece — letting the sketchy lines show through the paint, showing eraser marks on drawings, leaving parts undone. I consider the process to be part of the beauty of art, just as I find beauty in the bones of things, the roots, the dirty, messy parts that usually are the parts that support life. So the idea of showing these parts is really intriguing to me.
Given the recent vulture sculpt, I am intrigued by the idea of opening up the figures. I’m planning on doing a series of sculpts and maybe drawings and such that are broken open, mixing up the external with the internal; the outer bits with the innards. Holes in the heads, bones poking through, showing the hollowed out form, secrets revealed.
I don’t think it will be terribly gruesome.
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the poor twisted thing came through firing without cracking open (although, i did sculpt him with head broken open). i gave him a waxed patina pigmented with raw umber and a touch of pearlized blue. i think he looks quite nice!
here are a couple views (with more on flickr, as always).
Croneswood Art 