6 months of stuff

My first post in six months, as I've largely abandoned this blog and been making web pages that i post on my website to track my progress. Regardless, i'll try to fill in the gaps with some links here.

Here's a page that shows the work i did over the spring.

http://computerputty.com//G3_proj_jpgs/dp_spring_proj08.html

In there somewhere should be a link to some hybrid characters I made with stock photos.

http://www.computerputty.com/humanimal_lightbox/humanimal_gallery.html

here's the same stuff in a different layout

http://www.computerputty.com/humanimal_jpgs/humanimal_master.htm

This summer was a tough and largely uninspired summer. My advisor tried to help by suggesting I explore all manner of different things, and when she asked for a tape of my "ponderings" I made the following using screen recording software. (I think i've pretty much abandoned all the things in this recording)

http://www.computerputty.com/wip_video_web/dp_wip_video.html

I also did a whacky, sort of "stream of conscious" exercise to share my interests in micro-organisms and microscopic forms with my advisor, which turned into this web page

http://computerputty.com/microbe_nano_folder/micro_organisms.html

I've also written some fairly whacky stuff, such as this helpful guide to home heating for cold new englanders.

http://computerputty.com/microbe_nano_folder/composting.html

[ I've also written stories on robot abuse in the MIT labs (a fictitious bit of blather based on some photos I found on msn) and a couple of other pieces based on photos, which i wrote at the suggestion of my advisor. Will post them if i can find the pdfs and get them online. ]

Thankfully, i was encouraged to revisit computer machined forms, which is something i'm pretty interested in, so I've been making mockups of diffrent installation and scuplture pieces I might do.

Fall overview - This is text from a web page that links to other work:

This is a page that has some sculpture and installation mockups, some of which I hope to realize by january’s residency.

As I start to think about my thesis I began to revisit papers, books and work by artists that I like. This represents just a small handful, as I must have somewhere near 10,000 images that I’ve downloaded since starting this program. At any rate, these are artists that are currently influencing me (this week… they may be dead to me next week)

I’m currently very motivated and inspired with the idea of some combination of sculpture, computer milled forms, doll sized figures, etc… to make some installation pieces. I’ve been having trouble being inspired by still image work and I think my decades of 3d computer experience has me wanting to make work that comes off the wall, or out of the floor, etc… so am pretty invigorated about pursuing some of my current ideas.

[It was really exciting for me to make my first computer milled piece about a year ago, and thanks to your input I’m revisiting this stuff, and have added the notion of a larger scale for machined pieces, which brings in more problems and research, but more exciting pieces as well.]

As I look into clay sculpture, armatures for figures, milling parts from computer files, etc… I’m trying to organize my project ideas and see I can execute a few of them in the next couple of months, and also to look at how they might fit into a thesis down the road.

I’ve tried to organize my various thoughts and efforts into a sensible collection of web pages, which I’ll share with you below.

MOCKUPS

Here’s a link to some the mockups I mentioned that I’d be working on, which are just low res 3d images of what I hope to make as Sculpture/Installation pieces. (I think i should be able to realize at least two or three of these) Regardless, I’d be happy to hear any feedback on these ideas.

http://computerputty.com/scuplture_web_FF/sculpture_MOCKUPS/dp_sculpture_mockups.html

ARTIST REFERENCES

As I look towards making a thesis outline and abstract I started to put together a collection of works that I’ve recently been inspired by, and this is a collection of images by artists I’ve been looking into. (this page may take a minute to load – 20 to 30 images)

http://computerputty.com/scuplture_web_FF/dp_thesis_artref_ff/artistpix_sm/dp-artist-ref.html

THESIS MAP

This is simply a basic chart that tries to list some of the bigger issues I should be considering at the outset, in hopes of pulling a thesis topic out of it. Please take a look and let me know if you have any suggestions or thoughts on this.

http://computerputty.com/scuplture_web_FF/thesis_map.html

PROJECT OVERVIEW PAGE

I initially intended to reference all of the above via an overview, but am putting this last simply because I don’t want to take too much of your time, but it’s basically an overview of what I’ve been working on recently.

http://computerputty.com/scuplture_web_FF/dp_sclpture_ovw.html