Sewanee Installation

Traveling Today -- University of the South

Shipping and planning

Packing is a puzzle. There are many moving parts that need to fit together. Yes, they all need to fit into the boxes as perfectly as possible, but also different pieces travel to various parts of the country and then meet up again in another city. It's like I'm  sending the band off on a national tour. I need to make sure they arrive safely and economically. Some of the members have solo gigs along the way, too. One of the reasons I make modular work is because it makes shipping simpler. This is not a cop-out. It is a compromise, though. The work reflects the compromises I have to make -- that any of us make if we're not in the 1% -- in order to continue doing what I do. I'm not frustrated by this at all. The reality of practical living is just another dimension of the work and I like to see it clearly communicated.

still

I cleaned my studio this morning in preparation for the final phases of my summer work. In the meantime I continue to prepare for my show at the end of the month at Sewanee/University of the South. The table awaits new pours. Older ones cure like pasta on the rack on the right.

Goodbye summer

Well, the summer is coming to a close and so is this great expanse of time I've had in the studio. I'll soon be thinking about packing and shipping this work off to Sewanee, DC, Austin, and Chicago, and then my full attention will go to my curatorial project and teaching. The nature of my posts will change, but how? See you next Wednesday!

Scrap wood

2012 has been a summer of play, experimentation, self-doubt and diving in head first. Mostly I've  gone with my gut and resisted the temptation to analyze. This blog has been a way for me to push my studio experiments out the door before their time, before I've had the chance to think better of it. This is why the blog makes me uncomfortable, but I think it's important to feel uncomfortable in order to make interesting work.

I don't know how I feel about these scrap wood paintings. I've been making them all year and I never show them, but when people see them in my studio they love them. It may be time to think about how they figure into the bigger fabric of my work. For now, I'm throwing these two (new this week) out there for you.