Sunday, June 12, 2011
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This stage of the sculpture's after life was particularly important to me and I was relieved I hadn't chosen to keep it whole after all. Like my object II, I wanted to be able to see its construction, its layers of aggregate and the various thicknesses of concrete. It's hard to describe, but when it was finally in pieces on the floor it felt right, in stomach and at the back of my head. The once fragile object that I had been so concerned would break, now in solid broken pieces .
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This last stage of breaking the concrete was far more difficult thank I had initailly thought. I have to watch my wrist so Tim did the rest. The irony was that we took so much care shifting the sculpture thinking it to be this fragile object but when it came to trying to break it , it was incredibly solid
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Finding the right place of the sculpture in the engine room . This was harder than I thought it would be and took quite a few times of moving it about the room to get right
Moment of truth.....I was very very happy.....I loved how the curve was slightly con-caved which was deliberately encouraged by a last minute extra ribbon bending the curve of the metal vertivcally
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The concrete was applied by throwing it against the steel mold with a shovel. It looked amazing being flung with such force, but I couldn't take photos or film as bit of aggregate were flying everywhere and I was worried I might break the lens
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Tim helped me a lot with this stage because I had hurt my wrist . But watching was like watching someone else brush their teeth...or listen to someone walk on gravel. It looked and sounded delicious, combining the cement with water into a batter like mixture.
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