Sculpture major work.

 My sculpture major work for the second semester of my second year was one of my favourite yet. I love working with wax, even though it took a lot of failed attempts and re-dos.

My concept revolved around the absent body, a need to communicate and expression, exploreing the nature of sign language. I wont bore you with the artist mumbo jumbo, but see in it what you like.
oh and, it spells WANTING.

Bek's Garden Party Kitchen Tea

Amazing food contributed by many lovely ladies.

The Beautiful Bride-To-Be

Watermelon punch, lemon lime & bitters.

 

The Bride and her maids.

Sisters.

Bestfriends.

 Family, Friends, good times.









 

Games were played, fun was had. We quizzed Bek on how well she knows Pete, asked everyone to decifer who said various quotes of Bek and Pete, and had a Mulan inspired tea pouring ceremony to impress her future in-laws.

We asked everyone to write down a special pearl fo wisdom for Bek as she enters this new faze of life, which we put into a little book for her to keep.

 

em's trip to the biennale

So here are a few highlights from my visit to Cockatoo Island. I went with Kelly, when she was visiting. We went to the MCA first, then caught the free ferry. What a great way to show her Sydney.

 As well as the artworks, we loved exploring the island and its old buildings. The photo above shows how so many of the artworks were really enhanced by the places they were displayed in.

The colours in this one just blew my mind! The room was full of these 'flower' arrangements. Check out Soph's profile pic to see that when folded up the large ones are actually the shape of machine guns.

 Yep, I loved the buildings. Here are just a few photos of the lines and shapes I appreciated.

I like pie!

so this post is about 3 months late, but better late than never, right?

After watching Pushing Daisies in June when I was in Wollongong for a few nights, we all had a craving for pie. Soph and I went over to her house and made this apple and berry pie, with a bit of pear thrown in because it was there. It was pretty yum!

The theme continued when a few days later I made a pumpkin pie. I didn't take a picture though.


I was so excited by pumpkin pie I bought a big pumpkin, cooked it all (burnt my fingers in the process of baking it), mashed it and froze the rest after making a pie and soup.



A few weeks later, I used the rest of the pumpkin to make another pie for a competition between Ailsa and I, after we'd challenged each other to a bake off. The judges were very kind, giving me the award for best presentation, and her the award for best flavour of the filling.

In the words of Barack Obama: "I like pie!"

10 Years.

Into the darkness you shining
Out of the ashes we Rise
There's no One like You
None like You.

Our God is greater, our God is stronger
God You are higher than any other
Our God is Healer, awesome and power
Our God, Our God...
  [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsty.com/chris-tomlin-our-god-is-greater-lyrics.html ]
And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us
And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?

'Our God', Chris Tomlin

 Last week I went to the Biennale with a couple friends. We visited two out of the five venues, the MCA and Cockatoo Island.
 my camera died half way through Cockatoo Island- lucky I'll be going again! so this is just a few of the ones I liked or found interesting... I may post some more at a later date.

 Pinaree Sanpitak, Anything Can Break, 2011

 Alwar Balasubramaniam, Nothing From My Hands, 2011-2012

 Lee Mingwei, The Mending Project, 2009

Mit Jai Inn, No 112, 2002-12

 

Kamin Lertchaiprasert, Sitting, 2004-2006

This one was incredible. There were literally hundreds of these sculptures all lined up in a glass box at eye level. The are made of shredded Thai bank notes.

 Zoe Keramea, White Striped Black Moth, 2011

Liu Zhuoquan, Where are you?, 2012

These bottles are have snake imprints painted on the inside with oil pain. What a technique!

 

Maria Laet, Untitled (Dialogue Series, Balloon and Body), 2007

 Judith Wright, A Journey, 2011
 I found this one incredibly moving and interesting. It explores the loss of the dual entity that birth brings with it, from the perspective of the mother rather than the child.
Wright herself lost her baby only a few days after birth, which fuels this intensly powerful piece.
Assemblage art is one I really identify with, and this work is very inspiring.

Ria Verhaeghe, Living with Cuddles, 2012
Fabric willed with newspapers, cotton, cloths and other similar things.










Stay posted for more from the 2012 Sydney Biennale.

Sculpture Majors: Sem1 2012

Sorry for the poor quality of the photos, i just took them on my nokia with a 3.2 MP range.

This first sculpture is my wood carving exploring the physicality of the human condition, which consists of 2 wooden doors that I sourced from an old cupboard at Trawalla st, cut in half and hinged together again consatina style, after having a set of lungs carved into them. The images projected on top are a series I took that reflect bodily organs and the inside of a human body.
The slatted doors enabled the cupboard to breath when it was functional and the wooden medium closely ties to the idea of breath as trees give us oxygen to breath, God gives us every breath.

This second sculpture explores the psychological space of the human condition. The broken glass contained within the intact jars and bottles speaks of a past funtionality as an object itself now reduced to shards and dust. This new representation of the form leads to ideas of brokenness inside as humans, carrying burdens exposed by the clear glass, yet light is still able to penetrate through the shattered contents.

As with all art, read into it what you will.