6.17.2014: greener (weeds)

Greener? (weeds), detail, site, wood, glitter, glue, 2014.

I replaced the old weeds with new ones.

12.06.2012: final critique day shadows

It's the last day of class and my students' shadows encroach upon the burlap sculptures we are about to critique...

6.29.2012: Open Studios

- .... .- -. -.- /  -.-- --- ..- (Thank You) 

Morse Code Laundry, clothesline, basket, ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY, 2012.

I've spent the last couple of days in the studio finishing work and spent today getting ready for Open Studios and doing laundry. It's all part of what we do here and I appreciate it. Therefore, in so many ways, thank you. 

Or, if you prefer: - .... .- -. -.- /  -.-- --- ..-

6.24.2012: Storm King!

Wahoo! I went to Storm King today. It was excellent. We saw huge sculptures and got some exercise. And, I finally got to see Andy Goldsworthy's Wall.

6.20.2012: shadow play

6.19.2012: mtn lines

Mtn Lines, wood, 168" x 22" x 36", ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY, 2012.

Today was full of many tinkering failures, large and small, but in the golden light this evening, I may have found an inkling of something better. Once again, the whole becomes more than the sum of its parts. And, whether I am conscious of them at the time, I keep exploring the same things:  multiples, some sort of landscape/hillock/mountain form, and the interaction with a location. When I put those three big L-shapes together and photographed the result, I also found a relationship to the old building and the power lines in the background, which was unexpected, and puts a nice conceptual twist to the sculpture's leaning form. It may be a mountain out of a molehill, or a molehill out of a mountain, in  this case, but it's something for now.

p.s. I also like the pun-ny title (Mtn Lines...i.e. mountain lions), although I haven't seen or heard any around here. Only coyotes and owls. And, the light really is golden right before sunset around here--we've been calling it the magic hour.

6.13.2012: growing similarities

It rained all day yesterday, and into the night. When I got up this morning, drops were hanging all over the dill growing next to my studio.

Band-Aids Buds, detail, tree, yarn, Pine Plains, NY, 2012.

This afternoon, while walking through the woods, I came across a tree that had a line of dead branches all pointing in the same direction (down the hill), so thought I would help it out a little.

6.11.2012: woods walking

 

A little tree sculpture for the afternoon. 

Pine Plains, NY, 2012.

6.6.2012: hanging a bit o' sun out to dry

Sun pods, wool yarn, clothespins, clothesline, 2012, chaNorth, Pine Plains, NY.

It's been cloudy and chilly, and I was looking for whimsical ways to make it warm and sunny. Not long after this, the sun came out.