My empty space

In the next few weeks, you will see what now looks like an empty space, transform to a space with a sculpture that will truly hopefully represent the Chinquapin I have come to love and known. I have called Mike Kirby and we are in the process of meeting somewhere to finally get this project started. I am really excited to dedicate this coming week to my sculpture. I plan to reveal it May 24th. I will keep ya'll posted and I will post pictures to show you my progress!

The ???Sculpture??? Garden

So I tried explaining how my working field looks like and where it is but I decided to show y'all instead. This is what I am working with...
I've been thinking about the base of my sculpture too. I know in time the sculpture will probably start to sink in, so I want to help prevent that so I was thinking of maybe doing a cement bottom that is lifted up the ground a bit or maybe a wooden base. In my earlier blogs I mentioned building a base that rotated, I'm wondering if that is still possible; I just don't want my sculpture to fall with so much rotation. I think is a matter that has to be put in thought. We will soon see...

It's coming soon!

I got in contact with Mike Kirby, which by the way is a very talented artist (check out his website at http://mikekirby.net/), and he suggested to do a sculpture out of a mixture of cement and plaster.
It can be ranging from the picture on the left to the picture on the right. I really liked the work he did in his female figure and the dancer. I would love to incorporate that in mine. My sculpture is going to be located outside the art room in the sculpture garden (a garden that has no sculptures as of right now). This area is protected by a wooden fence. There is enough room to create a big sculpture, but with if I use cement and plaster, I wonder how big this sculpture can be. I know some sculptures that use this material need some sort of wire or wire mesh to hold it up, so would I have to shape my wire first? I am really excited to start working hands-on in my project. The day is coming soon! I'm assuming the actual process of the sculpture won't take that much time, so I'm also looking forward to present my work.

February update!

I am very excited, pleased, and honored that my panel invites all said yes. I am so excited to work with all of them, learn about them and their skills, and show them a little of what I can do (If you are a member of my panel, thank you for helping me in my project). As of right now, I need to contact Mike Kirby so I can ask him the materials that are needed to make a sculpture. I also want to work with my panel so they can review my ideas and suggest any ideas of their own. I need to find an estimate of how much materials cost, and I need to find donors who could possibly help me in that field. I am also very excited to start working on my sketches!

Think outside my Stick and Chisel

I want to share this amazing video that made me truly realize I have to think outside the box, in other words outside my stick and chisel. There are different forms of art and these techniques are discovered evert day. For example Miwa Matreyek's glorious visions. Ted mentions "Miwa Matreyek create performances where real shapes and virtual images trade places, amid layers of animation, video and live bodies".

My project sentence!!!

To think that I started this hands-on project knowing nothing about the making of a sculpture, I feel accomplished and I am proud to stand beside a Chinquapin memory in 3D form.

Update and my Panel

My project is coming along. I've decided to have a kinetic part in my sculpture. I was even thinking of have a rotating floor or maybe a swing. I've tried to reach an artist whose profession is in sculptures. I am really excited to meet him because I know nothing about sculptures, but I am psyched to learn. My Zarasua project also includes a panel. This panel has to include one faculty member, one Chinquapin Board member, and two other experts in your field. I am planning to invite Carole Engelder and she is a Chinquapin Board member. She is the Director of Construction Management at the company Horizon Wind Energy. I plan to ask her and her partner Eva P. Moldyovani, a geologist at ConocoPhillips Company, to evaluate my sculpture. Also to give me advise and their opinion along the way on my sculpture. For my faculty member, I plan to invite my art teacher Evelyn Tan. She took art classes in University of North Texas. I trust her advise in art because she is a very talented artist. I want her to critique my sculpture and work, as well as give me pointers to make it better. I plan to invite Mike Kirby for the expert in my field. He is a professional sculpture and was recommended to me by my English and Senior Seminar teacher, Susan Davis. I know if he does accept, he will help me and teach me all there is to know about sculptures. This includes what materials to use, what paint, help edit my design, etc...My other expert for this field is another person that Susan Davis recommended, her brother. Alan Davis is a professional artist. I plan to ask him history in sculptures and share ideas with him for a Chinquapin sculpture.
Since in my Ted talk I had to talk about why sculptures are important, I have already done a lot of my research in sculptures. I've seen a lot of ideas and noticed the details you can put in a sculptures, plus the different medium that is used in a sculpture. You can use sand, wood, wire, metal, etc...What am I planning to research over my winter break you may ask? I plan to sketch out an idea for my sculpture. Depending on my sketch, I will research the materials I need to complete this sculpture. Obviously I would have to research how the weather would affect the material and all of those issues that are involved when a sculpture is outside. I have a long break ahead of me with lots of work but I am really excited to get to work full blast.