At last , Nearly finished the bush ! Haven't enjoyed myself being so juvenile since I finished working on my cockerel !
Must stop fiddling with it ,but... There's still that leaf on the left that looks a little limp .
Then to the photographer before the client takes delivery , wonder if the Queen likes a good double entendre ! That's if she does visit her ladies in waiting sometimes .
Going to the photographer for me is a little like visiting my therapist , I turn up freshfaced still slightly buoyed by the completion and allow the piece to be probed from all directions by that mat black lense.The concentrated silence seems to have a laxative effect on my conversation and a need to fill the void leads to a stream of unecessary confesssions of all types .
I know that the deluge maybe boring , but weeks of self imposed exile in my shed chipping away barely holds back a tsunami of half baked philosophies and ideas , my family have long ago developed selfselective hearing and inoculated themselves from any effect .
So Adrian is a lamb to the slaughter , and earns far more than the agreed sum .
What will it be this time , the effect of global warming on the fauna of the ST Cross water meadows or the reduction of Minstrels in the average family packet.
No , I know , he's bound to share my distaste for Justin Bieber !!
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Friday, 18 February 2011
Mirror mirror !
I have a sneaking empathy for the wicked queen in Snow White !
Not because I wish to murder all the beauties in Winchester , or have an allergy to all small miners with beards . The queen , when she looked into the magic mirror always saw a little more than she barginned for .
Similarly there is a time as I am finishing any sculpture when I look at it , all hope and any potential of the piece is dragged back down by my perception , dashing all it's subtlety and poetry .
It is like looking at a self portrait with a rather large forehead tattoo describing all ones short comings and bad habits .
The style and execution echoes my hidden inadequacies .
It's quiet a shock as you can imagine and Noel has become an expert at negotiating these periods .Some artists can destroy the piece loosing months of work , but I have discovered that with a little time the strengths can surface out of the mire and grow from the weakneses .
With a little more time the work actually starts to exist on it's own and the glimpse into the mirror is replaced by the beginning of another journey .
So , no , I have no need to dress in drag or leave small children in the woods .... But I have a rather tasty apple here if you would fancy a bite !
Not because I wish to murder all the beauties in Winchester , or have an allergy to all small miners with beards . The queen , when she looked into the magic mirror always saw a little more than she barginned for .
Similarly there is a time as I am finishing any sculpture when I look at it , all hope and any potential of the piece is dragged back down by my perception , dashing all it's subtlety and poetry .
It is like looking at a self portrait with a rather large forehead tattoo describing all ones short comings and bad habits .
The style and execution echoes my hidden inadequacies .
It's quiet a shock as you can imagine and Noel has become an expert at negotiating these periods .Some artists can destroy the piece loosing months of work , but I have discovered that with a little time the strengths can surface out of the mire and grow from the weakneses .
With a little more time the work actually starts to exist on it's own and the glimpse into the mirror is replaced by the beginning of another journey .
So , no , I have no need to dress in drag or leave small children in the woods .... But I have a rather tasty apple here if you would fancy a bite !
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Age concern
Horray ! Our eldest has started baby sitting for us , the bonus for all that teenage angst is paying off ( a bit ! ) actually I'm being a bit unfair , she's lovely when she's not leaving wet towels everywhere and threatening to kill her sisters .
I can see the distain sometimes in her eyes , I may feel 21 inside but outwardly I feel I could become one if those anonymous middle aged men ,why can't we have the same effect of awe that an old oak tree has on a viewer ? The passage of time etching it's own signature on our skin . Like a fine old bottle of port we should be handled with care and respect , dusted off with excited expectant words before savouring ! In an age of youth worship I am fascinated by the almost repulsed effect that the ageing body can have on people , looking at the analogy of the tree further , we share it's anatomy , trunk ,limb , crown but a great yew tree will be fanatically protected because if it's twisted stoop , it's human counterpart at best with sympathy .
Of course there is the obvious benefit that nobody is going to cut you down at the zebra crossing to create a bespoke wardrobe , worship can be double sided .
I can see the distain sometimes in her eyes , I may feel 21 inside but outwardly I feel I could become one if those anonymous middle aged men ,why can't we have the same effect of awe that an old oak tree has on a viewer ? The passage of time etching it's own signature on our skin . Like a fine old bottle of port we should be handled with care and respect , dusted off with excited expectant words before savouring ! In an age of youth worship I am fascinated by the almost repulsed effect that the ageing body can have on people , looking at the analogy of the tree further , we share it's anatomy , trunk ,limb , crown but a great yew tree will be fanatically protected because if it's twisted stoop , it's human counterpart at best with sympathy .
Of course there is the obvious benefit that nobody is going to cut you down at the zebra crossing to create a bespoke wardrobe , worship can be double sided .
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