Entropy

I think I now have a fairly decent idea where I want to go with my thesis, delving into the idea of entropy and disorder. I'm hoping to be able to incorporate the knotted chain series I did as well as the nets and circular pieces. I also hope that in continuing to research this I will be able to explore medical views of disorder and entropy.
More to follow.

this is not art related

waitressing on 2 hours of sleep is heinous.

heinous

Ponoko and Other

Okay so....I finally got my first order from Ponoko! Very exciting! this was my introduction to having things laser cut.
So, the smallest shapes are destined to be earrings, the others pins, also down at the bottom of this is a piece I hand cut from this kind of felt board? It's felt...but it's been stiffened somehow, anyhow, it's based on growth of nerve cells.

Back in New Paltz!

Okay so, here's a couple more images of whats currently happening. I'm still working on that netting piece, but since I have another head and I can never work on one thing at a time, heres some further progress with a piece of cell-colony inspired work. I am still very interested in the idea of something taking over the face/upper body of a person.




And my business cards finally arrived! I got them from http://www.moo.com/flickr/ and I am incredibly happy with the way they came out.

it just occurred to me I have not soldered anything together in about 2 months. I should fix that soon.....

Trapped, continued

continuation of work on netting:

MAD

Okay well I have a bit of downtime while I embrace some public transportation back to jersey so I thought I'd get a post in. The jewelry exhibit was very impressive,and I ran into Beth! Haha quite the nice surprise, so anyhow, it was pretty interesting going through all the drawers and getting to see so many vastly different pieces. I appreciated the diversity of forms and mediums and overall I found the collection stimulating with the exception of a few rather obnoxious items I personally could have done without. I got the chance to see a side of Myra's work that I had never experienced before and that Beth and I both considered very very different from any of her forming works that we had previously been exposed to (although a few floors up I saw one of her melting teapots as well). I also got to see a few Joyce Scott pieces, one of Ted Notens resin necklaces (one of my favorite collections) and a good lot of works concerning the body in a variety of ways. I'm pretty sure that's the "category" I will be focusing on for this paper (oh and I plan to post images later when I am not still on my blackberry :-) ) after seeing all this I left the Tiffany gallery and headed up through the rest of the museum. There were a few pieces I found intriguing for the most part though this place is really now my cup of tea....and for 15 dollars entry fee it is suuuuch a tiny museum. But I digress. In the open studios I met an artist who is collecting fingerprints on glass in enamel paint for a huge collection she's putting together, so I offered up my right hand.
I'm going to end here for now by just saying I loathe busses and bumpy roads.

Edit:
Okay home now, FINALLY off that god-awful bus so as promised, some pictures! (And this way I have a running record of influences =) )
Julia Barello, Vascular Studies II: Lung, 1996

Flora Book, Birds I, 1986

Rian de Jong, Vessel 2006-07

So this one was definitely one of my favorites for the day.
Marie Aimee Grimaldi, Bracelet, 2001

Dorothy Hogg, Neckpiece in the Artery Series (Large Circle), 2005

okay and one last one for today:
Lam de Wolf, Yellow Shoulder and Body Piece, 1983

That's all folks.