2nd part of today’s progresses.
When I thought it was all going to crumble, I found light and hope on the form of 13 pretty pink Victorian lampshades in a kind of market thing on my way back to pick up the Arduino from the post. The man was generous and he gave me a really good deal. They look gorgeous, some prettier than others, and some are beige and some bigger and some smaller but they look good when together. I have come across to a lampshade, a pink one, the other day and the shape ticked something on my brain. They look like hats. I did even looked at Alibaba.com to buy a big bulk of lampshades from Asia so finding those here in Brighton has been a big encounter. I keep seeing works of art that are made of repeated material or with the same object. Frieze has been an example about this and a sensente that I read a while ago: “Repetition is your friend” keeps intriguing me and I would like to explore repetition in my work. I like committing to something, to spend time on something, to be resilient. So yes, tomorrow I would be picking up these lampshades from the North Laines and then taking them to my studio. If you see a turquoise Micra full of pink and beige lampshades and a 34 years old “girl” singing loudly around 10am in that area, that’s me.
What else? I have been looking at transparent pignments for water based resins. OMG they look like jewels, pretty material. I want to cast the high heels from last year so this also in my plans, I’m just waiting to buy the right materials, but I want to get it right as the last thing I want to do it is to waste money, so decisions needs to be studied and re-studied and search the country for the best prices.
I feel like undergraduated was easy peasy, I could do it all with my eyes closed, this is more challenging, it is more like the real deal, but only for me at this stage I guess.
I must carry on… time for next task.
Oh ah, and the “Banana Dog” yesterday was another starting point for the journey…
It is all happening, or slowly getting there… AGAIN.
