Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Work in progress...




I have finished the model...it was a week worth of hard work and a lot of cuts on my hands, but the end result looks good! Had a few problems with the glue staining the perspex, which is impossible to avoid with clear perspex, so have had to sand paper the base sheet which actually made the model stand out more as it is translucent.
The location of the sculpture in the exhibition space has been changed to the middle of the lright wall as you enter, which is a much more exposed space, therefore will hopefully atract more attention from the visitors.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Elevation of Lobby with Installation


Plan of Lobby with proposed Installation



First pieces of the puzzle

The cut out pieces of perspex have arrived. And it was a mission to figure out which piece goes where! here on the photo is the arranged layout of the pieces and a trial stack of the highest 'mountain'. The highest part reaches only 31cm which shouldn't obstruct flow in the lobby of the gallery where I am plannin to hang the sculpture.
Woke up this morning at 7 am and couldn't stop thinking about the execution of the piece. I think I have it under control now. lol
Hopefully it can be hung from the ceiling, and I can use something expressive and agressive like a metal chain to hang it with.
There will be an A4 sheet framed in perspex haning on the side with the same type of chain. This will be the key and explanation of the sculpture and sponsor advertising material.
The fibre optic cables I will bundle with fishing line so it as invisible as possible. The bundles will be about 0.5cm diameter. This will allow them to be a bit more flexible on the bends and I can put a little bit of glue where the fishing line ties are, to secure the fibre optics to the perspex without damaging it.
The hardest part now will be sorting out the fibre optics so that its quantity corresponds to the correct statistical percentages.
I have invited a lot of people to the exhibition opening. Fingers crossed my sculpture wouldn't fall apart on the day.....lol

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Execution...

I have made a lot of progress with putting the sculpture together. I have approached a lot of companies for sponsorship. And found a great guy who will give me fibre optics and will let me borrow the light sources for free!!! He gave me a rope of fibre optics for now to play with.
Finding sponsorship for perspex was much harder. In the end I got a 'student discount' from a company but it is still very expensive.
I have decided to pay the company to laser cut the shapes I need as the sculpture will be viewed in close up so needs to be of a highest quality. If I hand cut it in the University workshop, I do not think that I could get the quality of edges that I want. And the University Laser cutter just can't do objects that size.
The sculpture is going to be 1.2 by 1.5 m wide, hoping to hang it up on the wall of the gallery if it is not too heavy.
Looking forward to all the parts coming together...fingers crossed it all fits and looks good.