Any new updates on re-shaping bricks?
Yeah… there has been quite a bit of cutting and re-shaping for the second time last Friday and I would say this again… It is not the cleanest practical work to work with… It is funny how I use all of the essential protective face and body covering and I still get the dust constantly going in my nose and mouth no matter what part I cover up so this was most annoying for me.
What did I feel about the work I done?
But… at least I cannot complain too much as I have all of the essential tools and everything else that I needed to make this happen. I felt as though I have definitely nailed the method of cutting these bricks and was only my second day on my own in doing this plus I have been using other tools to chip away at any remains left behind after the cutting process. I felt very good about myself in being able to properly sculpt out of stone like this and felt good that I achieved a new skill that I can always fall back on….
This has vastly improved the symmetrical idea of organising the bricks because now they do not look out of place and too well aligned with other bricks. This was a good idea to what Jane Watts ‘my tutor’ gave to me and it seems to be working better this time because how the bricks look like they are in this continuous cycle. This is also was a way of saying that I was in this continuous cycle of my illness for over 3 – 4 months with the same thing happening over and over so I was quite pleased with this result in my whole sculpture.
Next part of the process?
Now that I have done most of the most difficult process it won’t be long now until I have finally refined the layout for the bricks and toilet. The next part for me now is to basically still try to refine the shaping of the bricks just to make sure nothing sticks out and continue trying to make the hole at the bottom of the toilet.
This will act as a void and this dark path where the idea of my illness goes into nothingness and continues. So I will try to refine the hole area by cutting the bigger bricks next Monday to make a hole that goes through the big bricks.
