Saturday, May 12, 2012

Well, returning to the blog after a long,(but too short)semester studying for my MFA at ECU I have a wealth of work to show case here. I am really excited to have received my Assistantship within the program and can not wait to next semester. I know it will fly by but creating a ton work, will for me capture the essence of that time and place in my own mind. So back to the work, I started the semester like I like to start most of my work, very spontaneous in it's form but reserving and thoughtful through out the entire process. I had no clue where the semester would take me and I experienced so many little hardships that seemed stupid but were like a vice crushing me inward revealing my inner makeup. No matter how much I hated one direction, if I gave my self the chance to look at the situation or the work in a different way it helped me to understand the possibilities that could come to light within that idea. If there could be some content within these pieces it would be my own mind, a spontaneous personal pack rat nest of my own make up, reserved in these objects of my own personal desire crushed in by a bench vice like those hardships that have ended up revealing to me that inner glow and makeup that can make us all so special. There are 10 total pieces that were created as a series of sculptural adornment. They all can be worn and have a small wall mount piece that was created for the piece to hang when not worn. Here are the 9 left of my own pack rat nest of personal adornment. They are made up of steel wire, copper wire, cotton coated thin copper wire, brass wire, cotton coated electrical cords, and various objects locked within. They are all about 4 to 5 inches the length of chain and cord vary.

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  2. Wow, Steven, I kind of don't know what to say. It's absolutely brilliant to see you bust out of the starting gate at ECU with such energetic interesting work. I don't doubt that Ebendorf is feeding you with some fantastic inspiring tidbits to get your mind going. Give him my best.

    I'm also going to ask you to check out someone else's work, that shares a real kinship with what you've been doing recently. The work is from the 1890s to 1900 – it's shocking to think that someone had this radical a sensibility over 100 years ago. His name was Sir Alfred Gilbert, and you can see several of his pieces on the Victoria & Albert Museum's website. You'll be blown away.

    I'll be watching all your new developments with eager eyes. Well done my friend!!

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