tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89375765202497788232024-03-13T23:06:25.859-05:00Jen Torres SculptureJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-1437600056280686062014-01-26T10:23:00.000-06:002014-01-26T13:28:28.482-06:00Hungry Art<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a working artist, teaching <em>and</em> making art, it is true that many times one must make a choice as to what is most important. We all work at balancing our lives, family, health, studio work, (not necessarily in that order) but they all can compete. Even so, It seems to me that no matter what's going on when my studio work beckons I will drop everything and come running.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When projects stretch out due to engineering complications (or other reasons) the hardest part can be holding my interest so that I solve the problem well and can keep going with as much energy and excitement as when I started. All artists face these issues. I also find that it's one of the biggest issues with art students- how to keep going when it gets tough, or boring, or you run out of money, etc. I find it funny that they think they are the only ones to suffer from this and they are often times surprised when they hear I go through the same issues and do my fair share of struggling, and on a regular basis too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am not sure what my point here is except that to the casual viewer, this new series I am working on may seem long and drawn out, but really it's just a blip in the bigger picture. To really be an artist one must work at it all the time, give everything and let the art devour you. The smallest ideas become giant and worth every second you spend on them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OK. So now onto what I am working on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pictures I showed in my previous post showed the sculptures complete in form and put together. However, they were not secure and I want them to be very secure. In fact I want the pieces to be so sound that I can turn them as whole sculptures in any direction and not have shifting or something falling off. This is hard to do, and my years of being a furniture builder have made my conception of this hard. Traditional furniture construction has rules, and that is not how I work. I compose my work. As I build I change it, shift the parts around or make new ones until I get what I like. I am not a planner (unless it's a commission) and want, no, <em>need</em> the option to be flexible in my building. So, my pieces are often times made of parts that are interchangeable and that means they move easily. In theory. In reality some have to be bludgeoned on and off while other parts slide too easy. To the naked eye all the joints look nice and tight, but if you work with wood/plywood you know it doesn't take much, even the humidity will make a joint impossibly annoying to work with. But beside all that at some point, when my symphony is constructed I have to secure the parts. What you don't see here are pictures of the weeks of torture spent trying to figure how to do this and then finally executing it. Ironically, I ended up using the same process as used in furniture; pining with dowel rods. in some cases it was extreme, construction or wood glue in the joint and then 1/2" or 3/8" rods that went very deep and at extreme angles. A good drill and new super sharp bits, one of them 12" long made all the difference. Each sculpture still retains one larger joint that will remain unfixed, as I need to break them down somewhat to get them through doorways and for shipping. Amazingly enough it all worked great, I can turn them in all directions and they are super strong and sound.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right now I am working on finishing and that always takes forever. The color is super important to me and this time I am taking a new route to a more subtle conversation between the colors, planes, and volumes. Really it all came from me observing that in my studio, with halogen, incandescent and florescent lighting, that the white painted sculptures changed color from side to side depending where the lighting was in the room. This is not my first time doing this, but it is the first larger scale work. The color is not meant to be <em>in your face</em>, but more of a hint, one that keeps the viewer looking and guessing. I have tried to show some images here and you can see it a bit, of course it has more impact in person.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can imagine this part of the process takes a lot of time. In the meanwhile I have started the next sculpture out in my freezing cold shop. Of course I want the next ones bigger, and now that I am much more proficient in fabricating them that should not be an issue. I am also adding voids. Holy cow! This is much more exciting that I thought it would be. Scary too, as I have no idea what I am going to do with them.</span><br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-85096593018423955022014-01-06T10:42:00.000-06:002014-01-06T10:42:51.717-06:00A New Year or Holy Shit it's 2014 Already"Gosh where has the time gone?" I am clearly not the only one asking this question. I am behind in updating this blog, but I have my reasons, all of them good.<br />
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Right now I am getting ready for classes next week and catching up on correspondence. It's freaking cold here, not usual for Mississippi to stay below freezing for the whole day.<br />
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I was in the Netherlands for 16 days over the holidays, it was a wonderful time, as it was last year. I am still getting over travel hangover.<br />
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<em>Homes for Everyone</em> is going to the <a href="http://www.portsmouthartcenter.com/index.html" target="_blank">Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center</a> in Virginia for 2014.<br />
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The six <em>Garden Boats</em>, not going into the Mississippi Museum of Art permanent collection, are going to the <a href="http://www.kempcenter.org/" target="_blank">Kemp Center for the Arts</a>, in Wichita Falls, TX for 2104.<br />
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I made good progress on my cloud series pieces, but honestly the studio is too cold right now for my hands to work so I'll take a short break. These are so far, finished in many coats of sanded gesso. It's taking a long time and I clearly have made no decisions on the final colors, if any.<br />
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I also got a new webpage up and running. <a href="http://www.jentorres.com/">www.jentorres.com</a> is still the same name and address as the old one just a new website host and updated design.<br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-33740392571121529112013-11-16T07:12:00.001-06:002013-11-16T07:21:09.338-06:00Almost There, But Not Quite<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have made progress. It's been over a month and I am sad (sort of) they are not finished. However, they represent a whole new body of work and for me the language is exciting and new, I want to learn it thoroughly as I progress into these new works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I won't bore you with all the small problems, both physical and design related, that have manifested (and are expected), but suffice to say as one problem is solved it often reveals another to deal with. A thick lamination made to solve a scale problem means a physical weight shift that requires another solution. Solving these types of engineering problems are fun but weigh on me after a while. The brain can get tired easily. I have learned how to use <a href="http://www.sketchup.com/" target="_blank">Sketch Up </a>and this program can be very handy. Rendering parts on my computer and trying out different solutions virtually has helped me not to waste plywood when working. It's very good for figuring out color too. Drawing is still a constant though and a very immediate tool that I still use, always.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday I had one of those BAM! moments, and the fun times ensued. The work flowed, the solutions flowed, the whole session was productive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, as of this point, I have my forms, I have several laminations to complete, some connections to make, sanding and patching, more sanding, and then gluing and pining pieces together. A few weeks of work for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some pieces will be glued in place and others will be pinned so they can be attached when installing the work. These works will remain largely intact though. As far as color, right now I have no idea, I have a gallon of good sandable gesso and that will be the start.</span><br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-64114166427878316922013-10-07T10:56:00.001-05:002013-10-07T10:56:11.317-05:00In Progress, Forever.The hollow forms are progressing well. These new works are labor intensive and there is lots of problem solving to do. As I workout one solution others present themselves and I realize I could be working on this series for a long time. I have to work hard to keep my mind on one theme and not wondering off on all the possibilities for new pieces. I do some sketches, take some photos, whatever so that I don't forget all the exciting options I am being presented with.<br />
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The last work I showed progressed to this-<br />
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But I knew it wasn't finished, still felt it was lacking something. So I made some dummy parts that progressed to final glue ups (solid laminations)- <br />
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I am getting better at making them and faster too, although I did learn that our local hardware store, <a href="http://www.economysupply.org/" target="_blank">Economy Supply</a>, sells bendy plywood! Amazing! So much easier and cleaner than making all those kerf cuts in that crappy and cheaply made luan- </div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-83802835018070106222013-09-21T09:21:00.000-05:002013-09-21T09:21:38.766-05:00Hollow FormsWorked all summer on the daily composition series. Soon enough they became multi-day compositions as I inevitably began to do more designing and started to enlarge the parts. Enlarging required laminating multiple pieces of plywood and that takes extra work. My goal was still to maintain a freshness that came along with not really knowing where they were going until I got there. If your a creative maker you'll know what I mean.<br />
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I made a lot of them, a lot. Then I went even bigger, I needed to really push where I could go with the line weights of the edges and the relative volume of the forms. Juxtaposing thin and thick forms is really starting to add some excitement to the pieces. It also means more planning with the construction, but I love the engineering part; problem solving is the best part. The solutions are even better. I also did a curved plywood shape. Love it! Will do more soon but I have some additional construction design to master.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Rim Fire</em>, 52" tall, 2013, wood. Currently at the USM faculty show at Oddfellows Gallery in downtown Hattiesburg, until the closing of the Fall Art Walk on October, 16.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Cloud Atlas</em>, 28" tall, wood, 2013, will be at the Train Depot Show, starting on the Fall Art Walk, in downtown Hattiesburg, October 16.</td></tr>
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Just a few days ago I started to work out the fabrication process for hollow forms. I really want to go bigger. Although the last two works are made to come apart as a whole I am reaching the limits of what some of the smaller scale materials will handle without permanent attachments. I can't ship big pieces like this, not without winning the lottery, so they need to be modular. Waste also comes into play; a quadruple thick lamination of 3/4" thick plywood is not only wasteful but also heavy and expensive!<br />
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Hollow forms have a huge advantage, once I master the <em>making</em> part. So far they are coming out well. The first one, a true prototype, went together pretty fast and skinned really well. The second one is much better as I leaned a lot about what will make gluing the skin on faster and easier. They do go together pretty well, but perfecting the engineering for that part will have to wait until I have more shapes to work with.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shapes must be perfect copies of each other.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I winged it with the glue blocks, not knowing what I really needed. Turns out I needed blocks in strategic places for the air nailer and clamps to work well.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second one has much better glue blocks shaped to fit the corners. Still have to skin this one.</td></tr>
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Now to make some additional shapes, I need to master the technique so that I can make them fast and make many. I also need to work out thick to thin shapes. These are about 4" thick, I want to go much fatter.<br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-80181165724049487962013-05-30T07:25:00.000-05:002013-05-30T07:39:42.874-05:00ColorConstruction of my <i>daily compositions</i>, as a friend calls them, has slowed down a bit, as expected. For two reasons; our summer semester started, and I had to slow down as I needed to start doing more composing of the forms.<br />
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The first group of works were kind of like 3d gesture drawings, I jumped in not knowing or really planing where I was going. As forms, commonalities, and relationships began to develop I knew I wanted to slow down and make deliberate decisions about where to go next. The hard part is not losing the freshness and spontaneity apparent in the first works. So far so good. I started adding larger laminated sections and fabricated parts that required clear decisions and planning in the construction phase. I like how things are going, and they are getting bigger and stronger. I also decided it was time to start experimenting with finishes. Hand painting was not going to work, too may inaccessible spaces for a brush and many of the works will not come apart to paint individual pieces. So I tried spray paint and although it requires great patience the results have been very pleasing, and I am getting the bold saturated colors that I want. I have an excellent spray system, but right now I am using too small a quantity of paint in any one color to justify the expense of the paint itself, and there are so many excellent spray paint choices.<br />
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Right now I will be doing more of my <i>daily compositions</i> in clay, mainly because my intense summer teaching scheduled will keep me in the USM studio pretty much 40 hrs a week straight for the month of June. I will have several hours a day to work side by side with some of my upper level ceramics students and so far it has been rewarding, and they seem to be getting a lot out of seeing me work too.<br />
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-70688560372282370292013-05-10T10:03:00.000-05:002013-05-10T11:21:59.712-05:00My Daily Compositions<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This rainy stormy day makes a perfect opportunity to get some writing done. The semester is finished and I have a short break before I have to get right back into it with a double header June semester; two studio classes, back to back will make for an exciting and probably manic start to the summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://usmsculpture.blogspot.com/2013/05/long-awaited.html" target="_blank">A tornado, a new chair search</a> at work, and a number of other events have conspired to make this a hard semester to get into my studio. To some extent, after being extremely productive last year it seemed pretty natural to slow it down a bit but I was finding that as the spring wore on I was getting meaner and unhappier the longer I stayed away. I had sculptures in national shows in Wyoming and Louisiana in the early part of the year and found I was needing to go a different way with some new work, but which way?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the time February came around I was jonesing for a fresh start but knew that with my university commitments I couldn't and didn't want to get deep into something large in scale. I wanted to work in my home studio; I knew the time alone would be very important. That on it's own proved be a huge project; with a major squirrel infestation last year it was a giant project to get the space back in order, never mind replacing all the insulation and cleaning out all the nesting material that covered nearly every surface of the shop. I also needed some new tools and had to repair another to get everything in place to get going.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I came up with my sculpture-a-day project. I am well into week two with a series of small works that I am doing out of MDF. It's going really well. Some very good ideas and forms are evolving. A few are less interesting to me, but I see them as exercises. For example the last one I did was all rectilinear forms all at 90 degrees to each other. Less exciting than some others but the idea of an exercise is to force yourself into getting it done and then realizing later the unexpected connections and relationships that have occurred within the piece. I may have to skip a day coming soon, but that is not so important anymore as now I have some really good ideas and am starting to build some that are bit more complicated in their construction. It's only natural to progress to more involved works where I am making more and more specific decisions about forms, relationships and construction techniques.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I showed these to an artist friend of mine she called them, "my daily compositions", I like that idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When my mom viewed them she saw puppies, so I guess they have become part of my pack, my constant companions, like my dogs, that sit on the floor of my shop waiting for another to join the ranks.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-16325272612724887382012-11-03T06:32:00.000-05:002012-11-03T06:32:03.025-05:00Installation<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, just a bit swamped with work at school and busy making more art, but finally here are </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">some</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> pictures if the install as it happened two weeks ago. My students from the <a href="http://www.usm.edu/visual-arts" target="_blank">Department of Art and Design</a> did a tremendous job doing so much of the work. USM </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">students</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> really are amazing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And thanks again to the <a href="http://www.usm.edu/arts-letters" target="_blank">College of Arts and Letters</a> and <a href="http://www.usm.edu/" target="_blank">USM</a> for understanding the importance of faculty research grants. The work that comes from these monies is so important for our University. My students were a big part of this work and much conversation was generated from the work going on inside our shops on West 4th Street. It has been a learning experience for all!</span></div>
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-89327383930590810112012-10-14T09:53:00.000-05:002012-10-14T09:53:37.236-05:00Progress and Lots of It<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ha, that goes with out saying. Obviously I have been too busy to even update my blogs. It has been a crazy semester so far! Very busy with many projects and all is going well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, <i>Homes for Everyone</i> is finally finished. The 16' square pad will be poured next week and hopefully by the 18th or 19th of October they will be up and bolted in place. Right now they sit all shiny and finished just waiting to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next, I have been working on a few other works, including one for the annual Train Depot Show. The theme for this year was <i>Toy</i>. It stumped me at first, I don't have kids and really didn't want to do anything related to childhood or anyone's standard expectation for a toy. I wanted to do a toy for me, something I could play with. After much consideration the idea came rather naturally. I have been doing mostly commissions recently and with that type of work it is pretty prescribed. You make a proposal, it's approved, you make a model, get your funding and do what you said you would do. Not much room for playing. For me I was needing something that would enable me to let go, break loose of all the restrictions, so I made a piece that had slot connections and could be endlessly reconfigured to play with. At the show opening last night, it most certainly was being played with. It's kind of cool (and annoying) to see folks playing with the work and changing it up.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, earlier in the semester we had Christo come to campus to do a talk. It was huge fun and he ended up at the 3D Arts building with us just hanging out for about an hour before the lecture was to begin. He was fun to talk to, had lots of questions about our program and the students and generally was laid back and cool. He talked about a couple of his current monumental artworks in progress and all the issues associated with such giant works of art. The big lecture hall on campus was full and for days after everyone was still talking about it. I am so honored to have been a part of it all and that the College of Arts and Letters at USM was able to fund the lecture.</span><div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-11871456801092090102012-07-13T13:14:00.000-05:002012-07-13T13:14:32.180-05:00Back to Work<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not that I ever left. But I needed to focus on my furniture class for a few weeks and the weather was ass-kickin' hot so I took a break from the hot shop for a bit too. Two more of the village homes mostly tack welded together. Still have bases to make and plenty more to do. Here are a few images from the past week. Probably will get much more work done at the end of the month when classes are over and I can get in real early to work. It's so hot here in the afternoons.</span><br />
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-76577009302972492092012-06-19T07:06:00.000-05:002012-06-19T07:07:39.717-05:00A Village Comes Together<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Another</span> week of good work punctuated by a morning off installing artwork in the lobby of the Liberal Arts Building on Southern Miss campus in town here. The installation went perfect thanks in no small part to the physical plant guys who worked hard to make sure it all went smooth. I also want to thank Dean Steve Moser and the<a href="http://www.usm.edu/arts-letters" target="_blank"> College of Arts and Letters</a> as the project was mainly his idea. Here's pictures of the final install.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really love how it looks and this is by far the best location for this installation, I am calling it <i>Life is But a Dream</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Work continues on <i>Homes for Everyone</i> and now a small village is beginning to take shape. Lots more work to do as I build additional structures and do all the finishing work.Since I am teaching a morning ceramics class and an on-line Art Appreciation class my studio time to work on this sculpture can be very tight. Of course on Friday evening when working on the piece I sprained my ankle real bad and was on crutches for a day. Bummer. Shit happens and you just have to deal with it. It forced me to slow down an bit and in the end I had an excellent Sunday in the studio and got more done than anticipated even though I was limping around a bit. The ankle is getting better, so no worries!</span></div>
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-12118456133042135642012-06-11T08:04:00.000-05:002012-06-11T08:06:23.745-05:00Things Are Coming Along.I have been very busy and seems things will get even busier every soon. On Wednesday I will be installing one of my Red Boat installations in the lobby of the Liberal Arts Building on the USM campus. Dean Moser has been asking for some time now about having an art installation and now is the time. Folks are welcome to come by anytime on Wednesday to see what is going on.<br />
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The <i>Homes for Everyone</i> project comes along well too. Anyone who builds anything knows that there is always some anxiety until the first one is fabricated and standing. Until that time I am always hoping my engineering and design work is on track, but it's not until after the first one is done that I can feel some relief knowing now that the rest of the process will happen a bit easier. Now, if I could only get a good period of undisturbed time to work!<br />
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Here are more images from the last week.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">House parts, plasma cut and edges ground</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A better way to cut windows and doors</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The house on its base, one of my students K.W., demonstrating how you can get in and look out the windows. In some of the smaller homes this will not be possible.</td></tr>
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-48963251214301795152012-05-30T18:44:00.001-05:002012-05-30T18:58:49.461-05:00Getting Into the Real Work<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This has been my first week of actual fabrication work on <i>Homes for Everyone</i>. Of course it has also been the first heat wave of the season. Yesterday it was 104F in the shop. It was an interesting day! The truth is when you are deep into a creative journey you hardly notice any of the uncomfortable issues that come hand-in-hand with metal fabrication. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right now I am working out my fabrication system. I have one full <i>house</i> plasma cut from the .25" aluminum plate. It took a few tries to get the plasma set up just right and the same with the new Spoolmatic welding gun, an essential tool to mig weld aluminum. At first I just melted my test pieces. It was pretty comical, but after a day of practice everything is fined tuned. Changing from steel and stainless steel, two very hard substances, to working with super soft aluminum is a challenge, but one I am loving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though the work is hard I am very excited and finding that I really like aluminum. Here are some images from the first week of fab work.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ahh, pretty. Aluminum plate just waiting to get cut up.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-21290908031766491672012-04-21T11:20:00.001-05:002012-04-21T11:21:32.896-05:00Homes for Everyone<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Homes for Everyone </i>is a new sculpture installation that I am working on this spring and into summer. This outdoor sculpture work is generously funded by a faculty research grant from the College of Arts and Letters at The University of Southern Mississippi. In brief the grant will supply all materials, tools, hardware and installation needs for the work. I plan on having the sculpture installed on campus for one year starting in September 2012, and then hope to exhibit the work at other outdoor venues around the country after that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are a few sketches of some of the "homes".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The homes will be made of aluminum plate and tubing and there will be 6 to 7 of them in a range of sizes and shapes, they will be bunched together in a make-shift village. This work is a part of a series I have been working that addresses my own personal experiences of the inadequacies in affordable housing and issues of lack of safe homes and the number of foreclosed homes in today's negative housing market and poor economy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Viewers will be able to interact with the works by getting up under and in some of the homes to read statistics about the current housing crisis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be fabricating the works myself at the USM sculpture studios over the 2012 summer.</span><br />
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-2378732410682252922012-03-07T10:00:00.002-06:002012-03-07T10:43:04.388-06:00Idaho Reception and Final InstallThe trip to Idaho and the <a href="http://www.uidaho.edu/caa/prichardartgallery">Prichard Art Gallery </a>went well. Transcontinental flights are not for the faint of heart and it takes almost a day to get from home to where I was finally headed in Moscow, Id. Once there, and completely exhaused, I meet artist <a href="http://artforh2o.blogspot.com/">Christine Destrempes</a> and her assistant Will Broussard. We would all be house mates for the next few days and thankfully they were some of the coolest folks I have meet and we all got along really well.<br />
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Gallery director Roger Rowley had done an excellent job installing most of my pieces and we had a few last things to install before the reception two nights later. During the next couple of days I got to talk to three classes in sculpture and ceramics from the University of Idaho, which this gallery is affiliated with. I really like the fact that the gallery was downtown and not on campus. It gave the gallery a more professional appeal and visibility in the community. <br />
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The reception, which correlated with the opening of the local jazz festival, was well attended and I met lots a great people and had many interesting conversations about my work. The gallery staff was very accommodating and professional. All in all I had a super experience and would like to thank them, especially Roger, for all their hospitality and for providing transportation and a nice place to stay. I also want to thank The University of Southern Mississippi for understanding the importance of such an event and helping me with the airfare.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My flight reservations are confirmed and I will be in Moscow, Idaho on Monday, February 20th afternoon until late morning on Thursday, February 23. I am very excited, it's always fun to visit new places and be a part of local art communities.</span><br />
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</tbody></table>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-44380897229414308052012-01-28T09:36:00.002-06:002012-01-28T09:50:22.799-06:00Shipping Work<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next week USArt will be here to pick up my sculptures heading out to Idaho. This is the first time I am dealing with pro art shippers. Usually I am the one responsible for shipping and I build a crate and send it off via my FedEx account. So far I have never had any issues with them. But this time the gallery decided to pay for all shipping. Good thing as the works they wanted are to big and heavy and there is no way I could have afforded that expenditure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's pretty exciting when a gallery really wants specific works and is willing to spend thousands to ship it. It </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is a bit of an ego booster I will admit. The pieces going include eight 96" long boats and eight cast iron paddles weighing some 45 pounds a piece as well as a few other steel pieces and a cast iron house. Apparently the shippers have what is called a courier service that allows for work to be soft packed, so no crates. Phew, that is a relief. However I do need to soft pack very carefully. After a search of local businesses I was able to find Newell Paper and can get a 4' x 250' roll of corrugated cardboard and 4' x 250' roll of bubble wrap for decent prices. I never use packing tape as it totally destroys plastic and bubble wrap. I use that shrink wrap stuff that comes on a roll ready to use. I will make sure I include some with the art works so the gallery has no excuse to use tape when shipping back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Packaging materials are a big expense that many artists just swallow when doing shows, No one realizes that it can cost hundreds of dollars to get work ready to ship. Nothing is worse than getting your work back only to find that every square inch of it is covered in packing tape. Evil stuff! This happened with my last show. I had to throw away almost all of my bubble wrap. This time I will make a special note and even speak personally with the gallery staff about not using tape. I don't think this will be a problem though, so far Roger Rowley, the <a href="http://www.uidaho.edu/caa/prichardartgallery">Pritchard Art Gallery</a> director has been super professional and very helpful. It has been an excellent experience working with them so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next week will be packing week and then the expected pick-up date will be Feb 7-8. All the work has been freshly painted and oiled and is ready to go. As it turns out I probably will be able to go to the opening on February 22 and even get there a few days early to do some grad studio visits and see the area. I am very excited as I hear that part of Idaho is extremely beautiful.</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-31578020405193088282012-01-05T15:29:00.001-06:002012-01-05T15:29:56.250-06:00Exhibition Up-Date<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a busy few months! I can't believe I have not posted in so long but alas the life of a busy artist and teacher can get in the way!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right now I am getting ready for an exhibition at the <a href="http://www.uidaho.edu/caa/prichardartgallery/schedules">Prichard Gallery</a> at the University of Idaho in Moscow, ID. Here is an early gallery announcement-</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>February 22 – April 7, 2012</strong>Reception: Wednesday February 22, 5-8pm<br />
<i>Uncommon Rivers</i><br />
Gail Seigel Exhibit Curator<br />
Gail Seigel is the Prichard’s immediate past director and curator of “Uncommon River.” Work by artists Christine Destrempes, Christo & Jeane-Claude, Raymond Ghirardo & Megan Roberts, Philip Govedare, and Jen Torres are included. They explore the concept of rivers from a variety of perspectives. Rivers touch all lives directly or indirectly, but particularly so in the Pacific Northwest and Idaho where agriculture, industry, commerce, energy, recreation, tourism, transportation and countless jobs depend on rivers and where rivers are central to public policy debates on water rights, endangered species and wilderness preservation. </span></blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honestly I did not know I was in a show with Cristo and his late wife Jeane-Claude until I read the announcement, very exciting! We are still working out what sculptures will be in the show and the gallery will ship the works in February. I still don't know if I can make it for the opening, it would be nice but it is a very busy time of the year for me and funds are tight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll keep you all up-dated on how things go with the show.</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-14402117709102852652011-10-07T20:24:00.000-05:002011-10-07T20:24:28.198-05:00Grand Opening (X2)!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First was the Grand Art Garden Gala and two days later the Town Creek Arts Festival, all to celebrate the Art garden and the artists whose work was installed. What an amazing couple of days!</span><br />
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</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-78411047000283714542011-09-10T08:03:00.000-05:002011-09-10T08:03:45.110-05:00Sculpture Installation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the Thursday, September 1st, just before tropical storm Lee hit my friend James and I installed the <i>Garden Boats</i> on site at the Art Garden at the Mississippi Museum of Art. It was sunny and probably 110F during most of the install. We got there at 10:00 AM and started working.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course I was worried that something would go wrong but everything went like clock work and by 2:00 PM we were done. Of course I spent the rest of the weekend stressing out that the tropical storm was going to wreck the Garden and my sculptures but everything made it through just fine.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have gotten some amazing feedback and people are really responding positively to the works, and the Garden is not even officially open</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> yet. Sherry Lucas from the Clarion Ledger came by and did a great article for the newspaper, the print version came out in Friday's paper, real nice. Here's a link to the <a href="http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20110909/FEAT03/109090336/Shiny-stainless-steel-sculptures-added-museum-s-art-garden?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CHome%7Cp">on-line version</a> of the story.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The grand opening celebration, <a href="http://www.msmuseumart.org/2011-town-creek-arts-festival.html">Town Creek Arts Festival</a>, will be from 10:00 to 10:00 on Saturday October 1. It promises to be a super fun filled day with music, arts and entertainment, and food and beer too! Admission is free, I plan being there for the whole day. I know lots of friends are making plans to drive up from Hattiesburg and join in the festivities as well. It promises to be a very fun event!</span><br />
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</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-56983982654777318372011-08-19T07:14:00.000-05:002011-08-19T07:14:04.801-05:00Done!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally after nearly a year of planning, design, and fabrication the <i>Garden Boats</i> outdoor sculpture installation is complete. The only thing left to do is to install the works.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have heard from the Museum that it could be any day now. How exciting that this could happen so soon!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and nine "boats", ready for installation in the Art Garden.</td></tr>
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</div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-88947638829214664912011-08-07T18:04:00.000-05:002011-08-07T18:04:51.886-05:00Working, Working, Working...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You get the idea. Welder issues taken care of I have been able to get some good work done. I now have a check list and yesterday got a lot of items accomplished. There is light at the end of the tunnel! All the parts are made for the bases and now it's just fabbing everything up. Tomorrow I will cut all the pipes to length, drill and insert the pins and then weld together and attach the internal sleeve bearings. I have a few of the internal sleeves made up and will do the last two tomorrow. After that I can start welding all the bottom supports together. By the end of the week all the fab work should be done and then I have a good chunk of time for clean up and sanding. I feel satisfied that all is going according to plan.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I may be making a few small adjustments to the height of some of the works. You can see in one image that I have my friend John Mark standing next to one of the 'shorter' pieces, he's 6'3". It looks pretty tall to me and I may make some adjustments to keep the works at better relative heights to each other. Also to eliminate the sense of back and front to the works I am installing the support bars randomly. Not that it matters since they all will turn in the wind anyway. More up-dates soon.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My "tall" friend John Mark The shop does not make a good backdrop! Although it might look heavy I can put this up and take it down by myself. However, I will have help when I do the final install at the Museum.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top parts, bearing sleeves for the support bars.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-22158932898238219972011-07-31T12:00:00.000-05:002011-07-31T12:00:32.750-05:00The Welder from Hell<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things progress well on the museum commission. Well, for the most part. I have been having considerable problems with the mig welder. It does not like stainless steel. Funny this should happen now after I have been using it for weeks without problems. I promise you there is nothing out there that I (and several other people) have not tried in attempts to fix it. Even the welding supervisor from Mississippi Tank came over and tried to help. Of course it worked for a few tacks and then it was all over with. Every one has been so kind in offering suggestions, but now it is time for a pro repairmen. My friends at Airgas will get thier chance on Monday.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The annoying part is that I really wanted to start integrating stainless techniques with my upper level sculpture students this fall and I am not sure we can do it with the problems I am having now. It looks like a new mig welder may be on the books, with this one relegated to carbon steel.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As far as the commission, I have the main sculptures made, all nine of them. I have moved them out of my field of vision into the "gallery". I need a rest from them. Later I will pull them back into the shop and work on them as a unit, adding or taking away elements, if needed, to make a more complete statement.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right now I am working on the poles and attach</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">m</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ent structures for the bases. I made a jig to keep the poles upright for welding and various templates for cutting the shapes. We do not have a CNC cutter so it is all being do</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">n</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">e by hand with the plasma torch.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As of yesterday (Saturday) all the parts are cut out for the bases. I got one base tacked up (before the welder bird-nested again) and all looks good. Except of course I can't continue any welding! Argh! My next step, is to get all the parts cleaned up and do any grinding/sanding needed. That will take a good day for sure. Next, I should be receiving my seamless tubing and can get the sleeve bearings made up for the top part of the poles. After that I will have to have the welder problem solved or I will be seriously behind schedule and I can not afford that. Hopefully I can up-date you all soon with positive welder news. </span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937576520249778823.post-36046565076998034212011-07-21T07:17:00.001-05:002011-07-21T07:20:14.080-05:00A Night at the Musuem<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday evening I along with several of the other artists involved with the <a href="http://www.msmuseumart.org/">Mississippi Museum of Art's</a> Art Garden got a chance to talk with the museum's <a href="http://www.msmuseumart.org/support-new-collectors-club.html">New Collectors Club</a> about the work we were doing for the garden project. It really was a fun evening and I got to meet a number of very interesting people who are really excited about this project and who have spent their lives supporting the arts in Mississippi and elsewhere.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I showed some slides of my work and brought along one of the pieces for folks to handle and inspect. Attendees had lots of great questions about my work and creative processes and this really reinforces my belief that Mississippi, spearheaded by Betsy Bradley, her staff, and the Museum supporters are poised to usher in a new rennaisiance of art in the state. As an up-and-coming artist in Mississippi this is very exciting to me and to be a part of anything that advances the fine arts is very profound. The Wall Street Journal just posted an interesting article that showed how investment in art objects is at its highest level in a long time and that it seems immune to a number issues related to the recession. This is good news. Of course they are talking about large purchases of well known works but still it is a good sign even for us little people.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a side note I did get to finally see the poured foundations for my sculptures. I love the site and the foundations look great. It will not be until September before my work can go up but I look forward to the day!</span></div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jen Torres and Martha Ferris</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My foundations at the site.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some visitors from New York City enjoying the lovely evening</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The piece I brought up to show. Folks really enjoyed being able to handle the actual art work, I got very positive comments!</td></tr>
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</div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061231036755945077noreply@blogger.com0