this took me 4 days intense modelling...about 7 hours each day ...different model takes different time..i work in set of 4...using different tekcnices on all models...some have alot of cut parts, some more finger-modelled according to the expression of the form...the greatest challenge is to get the parts together before dried out which happens rapidly in this format. the holes are made with a needle which holds the body of the plane still for working on the adds and are used for an insect-pin after firing at 1300 degrees celcius.
I struch me today how much the motifs reminds me of sea-creatures...some models sharks another small kois...at least until they get their wings attached...
...this is going to be a part of the exhibition at Kunstnerforbundet ( www.kunstnerforbundet.no ) in january 2010 and im aiming for between 300 - 400 insect sized airplanes combined with photographs...im exhited about this because i have not seriously used my pictures in exhibitions since school , with the exeption of the ART-animal project earlier this autumn.
As can be seen from this documentation objects are down to 9 mm with smallest details less than one mm, the only tools i use are needles, knitting pins and a knife. Right now im so nerdy about this i even dream of the details.
I work from illustration in books...very much like a field-guide study i try to re-create the details that differ each specie form another ...but of course the limit of my eyes and fingers turn these out of proportions and without pushing this makes them organic characatures of the motif
soooo...marked days are over and i find myself feeling pretty tired but happy...not because of money earned but because...after six years absence form this activity...i realize how much i missed the direct contact with viewers
people starting to giggle when they turn the corner facing my table...curious children...grinning middle-aged women...im privileged and this was a welcome variation from the more serious art-scene i will be in front of next month...a reminder of why i started doing this in the first place...to make a thing that make someone feel something
one thing which often came up as a theme in dialogue with audience is the stories....which are my stories for the figures? of course there is at least one story for each serie...probably even one for each figure...working with the embalage i also emphasize this...starting in Tokyo last year by making a special box for each doll ("boxing days" gallery Azabujuban Gallery) ...this year i made oval wooden or cardboard boxes for each doll with a comfortable wool-bedding (i like natural materials)...i figure i will work this even further in the future
but even though my stories and references are pretty clear to me, its my whole aim for the viewer to make his or her own stories...sometimes they share straight away which makes me incredible humble...i make my dolls move-able mostly because i want them to feel more alive in the palm of a hand...in the white cubes they look as unfitted (as i feel myself) left on shelfs or columns ...they beg to be picked up and for you to figure out their place in the world, adventures in the past and new ones to come...
this weekend at Scøtte-stuene Bergen
12-17 from 11-13 december
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