I made this piece for my Easter crit and I think I followed too many advices from too many people. The opinion of one of the visitor artists kind of demoralised me a little bit. He said that for him, this is not sculpture and more like a prop for a film or theatre or something like that. I said that I was doing a project at the Sealife Centre and perhaps I was more focused on making and learning skill than concept or ideas behind, he then said, yes the work looks more like for a children project. Perfect! I said, can you leave now? I agreed with him, however, (I think Ive talked about it in previous blog) that perhaps the work shouldn’t be so literal, like making a bird, or a chicken, etc… and it should be open for more options to read into it… but the word “bird” also have stories, it is used to depict a woman in our culture, it is also a Spanish said for cheeky monkey or someone that is quite sharp in tricking people. Chicken is said for someone that is a bit wimp, I see chicken as a mother lying her eggs… His comments made me think a lot, and even if he suggested I shouldn’t do a bird looking thing i carried on as I had to see what it will look like.
Completely chuffed about having commited to do all the feathers with the wire and tights. I used like 7 pair of tights, around 50 meters of fishing line and around that of wire. It took me 4 full days making feathers. I think this is the element craft that I’m trying to pursue at the moment. I admire and respect works of art that a lot of work has gone into, maybe i want to be in a safe position this way. But also I’m after more texture, pattern, and colour and I thought doing that will bring something new to this part of my work.
