In the land of procrastination, I am the queen. This blog to cover the progress of my life-sized relief sculpture of a humpback whale is grossly overdue. Oh, for those who haven't heard, I am building relief sculpture of a humpback whale that is going to be about 37 feet long. This project is going to be designed with a frame that is covered in whale meat labels from Japan, and the clay sculpture will be overtop of that. The wet clay will crack and fall off of the frame over the duration of the art show, revealing the labels underneath. This is my piece to protest whaling and hopefully raise awareness for the organizations working to put an end to the cruel practice. If you are interested in helping out or donating to the project, please let me know. I will be having a list of donors on this blog and at the show.
After weeks of prepping and buying plywood with varying degrees of success, the frame was started today. With the help of my friend, Kim, we started making the internal structure! I spent time measuring and drawing out the "ribs" that will give the whale its shape while Kim cut the pieces from plywood. It actually went faster than I thought, which is making me less nauseated about the looming deadline of February 4th. We will be working more on this upcoming Thursday, so stop by if you are in Funke Fired Arts to see the progress. And I do promise pictures...
