Ross:
Richard mentions below our plan to have a separate name for our Superclub exhibition. This along with the work to be shown, will emerge over the coming months (two to be exact), and will be something both Richard and I feel fits. I like Richards suggestion of Fold Out Fold In, but it is perhaps best to come up with a short list. I’ve been letting my mind come up with various names over the last week, some good some bad but I’ve not tried them out on anyone as of yet. The first one, Head to Head is perhaps to close to another project I have in the pipe line and suggests we are working against each other. This is not the case.
Another that came to me recently was Criss Cross. A rather simple title that suggests the intertwining nature of the work. I’m not set on it or even sure what Richard will think but I like the idea of it being shortened to CC’d. A reference to our email communication. This also was the name of an artist cooperative formed in Colorado in the early 1970s that utilised Pattern and Decoration in their work.
We will of course throw these suggestions back and forth until we come up with something concrete but in the meantime you’ll be sure to see a few ideas on here. (Do tell us if they are clangers as sometimes we can be to close to tell).
As the title starts to emerge so does the work and I’ve been spending my last week at SSW trying out some things. I’m not a sculptor by any means but being able to observe the process over the last five months has been food for thought. I’m producing two bronze balls that I hope can be used to prop a frame up during the superclub exhibition. A cast a wax mould and a ceramic shell for pouring have been made (see images) and I hope that when we pour I will have something useable. A token of my time hear and something that will sit nicely beside Richard’s ornamental plate.
We’ll wait and see
As well as this and in preperation of my leaving Aberdeenshire I have been exploring the surrounding area more. I have also attached to this post some images of more concrete structures found in the countryside (to add to the two previous). A series of drawing is begining to emerge. I’ll let you know how they pan out
