I loved what you related and how. I can imagine you working with rambunctious kids around. 😆
Also, great job! I'd love to know how you ended up choosing sand as the medium for your work. If you have a post about that I'd love to read it.
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Thank you Sonia. Working live in front of kids and adults can be fun but also full of adventure. It is like performance art where you never know where it will lead and for me, that is part of the fun. It is like you are trying to direct a toddler in the hopes it will grow into something interesting.
The Ephemerality of Sand, snow and ice really intrigues me. As materials they allow you to work very fast like you are sketching in 3D. It helps keep the creative process going all the way through. I got into sand by accident and soon realised that it had a lot of potential as a material. It is very plastic and can easily be moulded into any form. There is a conversation you have to have with the material to see if it will agree with your ideas or end up as a pile of dust on the ground.
I believe we talked before about once a piece is created you can let it go as the idea is transferred to the material and it is out of yourself. With these materials not lasting it makes it easier as I don;t have to look at them anymore.
I am using the Hive Blockchain to document all my sculptures. This will hopefully give them a new life a give me time to reflect on why I am doing it. This is not one of my favourites but still worth documenting. There was no big meaning behind it and now personal angle I was trying to express
It's interesting what you say about the durability of the material and what it allows you to "let go" by being something that doesn't last over time.
For me I think that would be difficult. About 3 years ago I worked doing murals with my partner. It was hard for me to assimilate that those works would not last long in their best state, or that they would be completely removed. Being that I am an oil painter, and I cling to the object "canvas" I realize how hard it is to let go. 95% of my work is crammed in my studio collecting dust, which is neither good nor makes sense. Thinking about it, I don't know what is better, that it lasts a short time but that others can see it, or that it lasts years and years stored in a warehouse, and hopefully sometime it can be exhibited...
It's tough. I read myself and wonder "what's the point?" haha. But well, the process is the point. The doing. Then what's left, if it's left, is another story :)
And working in front of other people in the street was a challenge for me, I need absolute solitude! It wasn't bad though, because I was painting light things, so I was able to go through it quite well. A completely different dynamic.
The process is the point for me. It is the only thing that I can somewhat control. I may have an idea in my head but the audience may not get it. Once the idea is out of me and into a material I can disconnect. The sculpture is now it's own thing. I need not hold on to it and can't control its faith. How others view it is between them and it. I have already left the picture and can move on to the next thing.
I have had to learn the performance part because I also like my solitude.. I have come to think of it like a jazz improv session where even the audience is part of the creation. To work with an audience helps to demystify the creative process. There can be a lot of fumbling in the dark until you hit the right note and it can be nice to have people around at that moment to share it with.
This piece is maybe not a great example of what I am talking about but I think you get where I am coming from.
Yes, I think so. It's interesting to read you and know a little of your creative process (both the one in solitude and the one in front of the audience). I'll be attentive to your posts, very enriching to have met you here. :)