The Ups and Downs of Process

Post for 10/28:

This week was a little bit of a stand still unfortunately. I spent about 2 hours earlier in the week going to the ReUse Center and PTO collecting more containers; this time water bottles, canteens, and thermoses, and water bottle carriers. Once sitting down (3 hours, Tuesday studio time) and carving again into these objects I began thinking about other ways in which to allow my someone to experience nature besides looking into these objects. I thought about what if they could touch/feel nature by sticking their hand into a compartment, or open a small container and smell it... things they could do without having to look into something. This lead to the idea of having a kit or carrying case to house these objects. I began to write down and collect ideas for these kits and presented them in section on Tuesday along with my process with of objects.

Once having discussed my ideas with the class, I realized there were two main routes I could go and both said very different things. The kit idea lead into more of a therapeutic, remedy based concept, while using a pop can as my container (instead of just a water bottle) spoke to a very metaphorical meaning of contrast between modern society and nature.

In mist of trying to decipher between the paths, I found myself straying even farther from what I truly want to focus on and I began looking into herbal remedies found in nature and how I could form environments and build a kit based off those characteristics. However, after a few hours of sorting through my ideas and research found online (4 more hours) I realized this was too far off the path I what I originally wanted to do and the message I was trying to portray through my proposed idea. While all off this at first seemed like a waste of time, it was good to exercise other ideas and helped me really realize how to narrow down and maintain my focus. I realized what I need to do to advance and that is simply to just go ahead and make one of the objects using a can (preferably the use of a can that has a re-sealable top... I'm pretty sure Monster makes some, however I was having trouble find one today). By having the object produced in a tangible form for me to look at, verse simply think about, I will be able to better evaluate its meaning and see if it works to what I am looking to portray.

So for now its so long to the sketch book and thought process, and hello to physical creation.

Oh, and if anyone has seen/knows of cans that are re-sealable or have twist tops, PLEASE feel free to let me know what they are :)

Keepin' it sort and sweet this week. I'll try to post more this weekend as I work through the physical construction of my object.

Chaio!