Any latest updates for the Chinese & English Illness sculpture?
Today I have had a very good practical day cutting some bricks to re-shape my Chinese & English illness sculpture. I feel that reflecting back to what I have said about the group crit session and what people thought of my work had urged myself to cut these bricks to look much more symmetrical. I have managed to succeed in this by gaining full access to the metal workshop today so that I can use the machinery that will aid me to cut my bricks.
How did I do it and what was my thoughts about this?
Before that, I marked out the right measurements in where to cut them so that it is even all the way around the bricks to get a smooth good finish. I was quite afraid of this handheld circular saw device to cut the bricks because I guess I never used one of these before since the induction yesterday and the noise of it was quite intimidating. In the end I got use to it cutting the first normal house style bricks and then when it came to cutting the larger foundation style bricks they were like concrete style so I was not sure if this circular saw would cut through it.
This paranoid me a lot into deciding should I attempt this? or not? so anyway I gave it ago cutting through this concrete style brick with stones in it and it managed to successfully cut through it. So in the end this was quite a relief for me. After this I then used the hammer to knock off the cutout piece as could not cut all the way through it so just used the hammer to chisel the remains off.
Any problems during this process?
Mmm I would not say that there was any problems to be honest but there was one severe situation from the dust of the bricks that were traveling in the air as I was cutting them… Even though the extraction fan was on and close enough to my cutting, it wasn’t enough extraction to take away that dust so it meant me pausing and pausing throughout my cutting process. I was not inducted in using a breathing mask but I was only inducted to use the plastic head guard to just stop flying debris going in my eyes.
This problem with the brick dust did infact get into my mouth and my nose and had to keep spitting it out until it looked clear and blowing my nose to make sure the grey colour was clear. It was the only but one of my worst problems that I suffer from as I have asthma so was a little worried about that situation so with any luck the dust has not effected my lungs.
What is the next part of the process?
Now the next part of the process is to try finish the cutting process by late morning time and use the whole afternoon upto tea time to try re-organise my bricks to make sure they all fit nicely together around my Chinese squatting toilet. Hopefully I can remember where all the bricks go as I have now made this sculpture more symmetrical which was the main reason to why I cut these bricks in the first place and should look a lot neater around the edges.
