Friday, July 25, 2008

coming around the corner...

it's a really tight finish...

i've got a week left and i'm getting stuff framed now. the framing guy is working to get it done in a couple of days so i can send it out to the hospital. i wonder if i'll be able to actually see the works installed up in the hospital...sucks if i don't, but more reason to visit again...and soon!

you can see more of the photostream here...

Sunday, July 20, 2008

oops...




and that's why i made a couple of slabs...




click here for more pictures of me working on the yonsei project


i have two weeks left...crunch crunch

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

humidity is slowing me down...

i'm working on the project for the Yonsei-Severance Hospital in Seoul and the clock is ticking as the end of the month is nearing. i'm sweating it...kinda

i was hoping to get about a month and a half to complete the project from conception to installation, but i was delayed by bureaucratic crap as i had to wait for the green light. this is understandable...i don't like it...but i get it.

now i'm working on the pieces. and in all honesty, the month to complete it is plenty of time. but the nature of working with slabs is that you need to work with them to prevent hairlining fractures and warping. this entails slow drying and constant flipping of the clay. even then you still get flawed slabs.

monsoon season marks the beginning of the hot and humid summer season in korea, which for me means that my slabs are just not drying. i have been waiting weeks for the slabs to dry and that is starting to worry me. remove all my preventative measures to dry the clay slowly and the clay just might dry...but too quickly, leaving me with flawed slabs. now i made many slabs to ensure that i get my perfect one...but i only really have one chance at this. come august, i leave korea.

working with slabs is not exactly my specialty, but i know my way around them. it just with this kind of scale (over half a meter tall and over a meter wide), it makes it bit of a challenge.

here goes big nothing...

and no...that's not my piece in the picture...

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

on cruise control...again

got the job!

finished my thesis and submitted it to the university!

got about one more month left here.
now settling things and making sure all things get a proper conclusion is truly an art.
i'm going to have to time things just right to make sure my departure here is a comfortable one.