tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81417635075030854652024-02-07T15:23:36.691-08:00Rachel Maryam SmithRachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-79463710213184912022018-06-29T14:21:00.000-07:002018-06-29T14:21:37.710-07:00Rachel Carson Bust Dedication<br />
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Location: Rachel Carson College Plaza<br />
Introduction by: Ronnie Lipshutz<br />
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I am honored by this opportunity to speak to you today. It is with gratitude for the foresight of Provost Ronnie Lipshutz who accepted the improbable-out-of-the-blue proposal, the liason-legwork-assistance of Programs Coordinator Asako Kinase-Leggett, and the relentlessly creative fruitful-ideation of my husband Colin Smith, not to mention the extreme patience of my child Maryam Smith.<br />
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It was a deeply cathartic experience to break this bronze from the protective silica-ceramic mold less than 24 hours following the 2017 November Election. [motion to bust] This persistent woman emerged even as another persistent woman suffered defeat. All of my hand-wringing and anguished tears of the night before were channeled through the flesh of my gloved hands, through the wood and steel of hammers and chisels, pneumatic drills, sand blast chamber were set to breaking her out.<br />
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Think of where we are and imagine where we could be.<br />
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Think of where we are, and imagine what she could have accomplished if more people said yes to her.<br />
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It is with deference that I refer to this 30-pound hunk of metal as “her,” a representation of a women who spent some of her very last breaths defending the idiosyncratic-consequential functions of nature. Rachel Carson’s extensive acts of self-less resistance as well as the glaring lack of women exemplars publicly acknowledged in bronze were the impetus of this project. If you admire Rachel Carson’s determination, put your ideology into action and support women of all ages, of all races, of all classes and listen to them, really listen to them, facilitate their life progression, offer them advancement, approve their proposals, and SAY YES TO THEM.Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-65321385970668523832018-06-28T16:17:00.000-07:002018-06-28T16:19:25.612-07:00Statement of PurposeIn September 2018 I will begin the MFA Art Studio program at University of California, Davis. To be a graduate student is an accomplishment which requires a nexus of academic, personal, and familial efforts. During the December 2017 academic break and continuing into early 2018, I applied to a number of graduate programs. With writing and thinking skills gained over several quarters as an undergraduate History of Art and Visual Culture major, I was better equipped for the rigors of graduate school applications, specifically the writing portions.<br />
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With the number of schools I was interested in, the number of applications loomed large. One by one between December 5, 2017 and February 1, 2018, I applied to nine programs—Stanford, UC San Diego, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, Portland State University, San Jose State University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Mills College.<br />
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Here is my Statement of Purpose submitted with each application:<br />
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To refine my ability to use visual language to conceptualize and interpret ideas within a discursive and critical community conceptualizing and communicating beyond momentary satisfactions is what I seek. I am a conceptual artist involved in extreme craft with beads and disparate objects used as beads. My works are meant to be looked at and their utility lies in the questions they raise. I understand the association of beads with craft coded as feminine and therefore inferior and therefore ignored. I am conscious of this art historical erasure of women and “minorities” as well as the irony of the concomitant objectification of both, and I position myself as a driver of change. My current research reflects on the state of the world, truth problematics, and the interstice between those who have and have not. I seek to understand the meaning of art to an extent that I can contribute to the argument for its continued function and role in society. With scholarship in interdisciplinary studio and art historical research, our shared concerns can develop into important work.<br />
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Favoring recognizable elements that relate to the normal, quotidian and repetitive to engender personal associations, my research interests to date, are in socio-political issues, art-making as disruption, and collaborating with specialists. Discomfort is the aim of the Diverticulum series born from the SCRAP residency. The works articulate bio-inflammation and critique the consumer waste stream, from which objects are extracted, exhibited as art, then reintroduced. An earlier series of work with the title How Many Syrians? began after the much-publicized 2015 appearance of drowned toddler Aylan Kurdi on a Turkish shore. As a new mother I was deeply affected by the visuality of the dead body and the politics from which it resulted. One piece in the series was inspired by news of life-vests made of liquid-absorbing material washing up on shores alongside drowned Syrian bodies. The work was a pile of objects fabricated with the visual verism of orange and black life vests, but with the functional buoyancy of holey steel. Subsequently, the work was shown in the deYoung Museum 20th Annual Student Showcase in 2016. Shortly after, I was chosen to participate in an overnight workshop at Lick Observatory by the Institute of Arts and Sciences which roused my interest in finely-made machinery and human location in the cosmos. This precipitated a welding internship for Lick Observatory and generated collaborations with UCSC astrophysicists—Joel Primack and Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz.<br />
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Artist-researchers who inspire me are: Nick Cave for embodiment works and use of craft materials, Harrell Fletcher and David Solnit for their impactful approaches to social practice, A. Laurie Palmer for material extraction poetics and Chicago Torture Justice Memorial work, Claes Oldenburg and Ann Hamilton for scale, and Joyce J. Scott and Liza Lou for all their many years of working with beads, gender, race, and socio-politics. Theorists whose work I am interested in are Glenn Adamson on craft, David Pye for theory on the “workmanship of risk” and the “workmanship of certainty”, T.J. Demos on the anthropocene and contemporary artist activists, and Francis Whitehead who embeds artists in city governments.<br />
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A practice of meticulous making of objects that demonstrates sedulous attention to detail, inviting close inspection, transforming materials and using extreme scale for unconventional outcomes, and engaging overlooked objects to investigate the familiar and opening of new insights into unsettling expectations is what I do. I seek to cultivate a trifecta of art practice generating work that is simultaneously informative, familiar and disconcerting, teaching with the aim to activate non-specialists, and researching with a focus on socio-political-environmental issues. The next step is to continue association with a department within a research university that is critical, discursive, and self-reflexive.Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-3983243856606723142017-11-22T02:19:00.000-08:002017-11-22T02:19:04.335-08:00ART AS RESPONSE/ARTIST AS CATALYST: My ARRT Exhibition ApplicationThe 2016 election and subsequent 2017 inauguration hit me hard. All my work following the inauguration was considered resistance in one form or another in the context of several disparate projects. This evening, I made a submission to an upcoming show on to be held on the UCSC campus and organized by two great artists Andrea Borsuk and Angela Gleason. The post-inauguration period was depressing and these works were made to assuage my dark feelings and those of others. The projects have primarily been obscured in favor of my bead-oriented work so they are being shared here.<br />
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The following, is directly copied from the ARRT exhibition application.<br />
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<b>Love Bubble: 9 Days Post-Inauguration</b></div>
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Bubbles are presented as an antithesis of hate. This project is presented in a series of 4 images on foam core (each 13 x 20 inches). Please note, as an alternate to the small scale image, an installation-sized image may be created in greyscale.<br />Photo credit: Niko</div>
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This project is presented through one photograph on foam core (12 x 16 inches), two handheld signs on foam core (7 x 29 inches), and a website with video (<a class="" href="https://www.rachelsmith.online/voice">https://www.rachelsmith.online/voice</a>). This project would be presented with a sound component. If chosen, a live performance could be arranged. Please note, as an alternate to the small scale image, an installation-sized image may be created in greyscale.<br />Photo credit: Colin Smith</div>
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Three banners were posted in Santa Cruz during the morning commute and were confiscated within 30 minutes. This project is presented in a series of 3 images printed together (8 x 19 inches). The 9-foot-wide banners—originally made of heavy canvas, thread, and spray paint—were confiscated, but may be replicated for this show as the stencil has been retained. Please note, as an alternate to the small scale image, an installation-sized image may be created in greyscale.<br />Photo credit: artist</div>
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Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-78124576137249114162017-08-11T02:31:00.002-07:002018-04-17T15:18:47.268-07:00Belief in MistakesThe recent loss of Santa Cruz retail icons (Caffe Pergolesi and Logos Bookshop) and impending grad school visits have me both reeling and lunging forward. It is as if the town I’ve loved for decades is breaking up with me, saying, “its not you, its me.” In this emotional netherworld wandering land, two pieces of writing have been added to my notebook.<br />
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The first excerpt comes from the about page of The Mistake Room’s website. The non-profit is Los Angeles’ only non-profit cultural institution solely devoted to an international program of art and ideas, so says Wikipedia. All the same, I found the text under their heading “Ideals” moving.<br />
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<b>We believe in artists as thinkers.</b></div>
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As pioneers in radical imagination;</div>
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As makers of new ways of being and knowing;</div>
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As invaluable participants in contributions to civic life;</div>
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As the foundation of a life-long projct to make the world more just, compassionate, and sustainable.</div>
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<b>We believe in the cultural institution.</b></div>
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As an unwavering and fearless protector of artistic and intellectual freedom;</div>
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As a place for research and the production fo original scholarhip;</div>
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As a responsive, conscious, and adaptable life form that births new species of cultural projects.</div>
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As a site of critical agency and a home for challenging and informed public debate.</div>
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<b>We believe in mistakes.</b></div>
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As ruptures in the status quo.</div>
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As evidence of transformative action;</div>
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As empowering experiences and generative moments;</div>
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As glimpses into a future we’ve yet to know.</div>
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The second excerpt comes from Sean J. Patrick Carney’s reporting on the 2015 debacle in which the <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/usc-roski-crisis-art-education-305429" target="_blank">MFA cohort left USC’s Roski School of Fine Art</a> following a name change to Roski School of Art and Design and other financial affronts. I’m working out where I fall in the spectrum of agreement considering that I’ve been operating in an art department eschewing entrepreneurship in the arts. Patrick Carney wrote:<br />
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To study art is to learn to think critically, actually critically, not the way Iovine and Young Academy uses the word. It’s not about the sophomoric buzz word, “disruption,” it’s about the actual disrupting of one’s own social conditioning through the development of visual literacy and a profound, sometimes very upsetting understanding of the political, social and cultural paradoxes present in culture.</blockquote>
Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-4779499014754532622017-06-07T13:56:00.000-07:002017-07-31T02:43:22.524-07:00Joy Juice: The Recipe<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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From water to wands and from smile to smile, everything about bubble-making is pure joy. An extension of the joy is offering open-source information. Several people have formed my bubble education with answers to my many questions—this includes Brian Lawrence, Sterling Johnson, and Tom Noddy. In turn, I freely answer questions about bubbles in the same spirit. The bubble juice I make is based on the recipe on Soap Bubble Wikia attributed to Brian Lawrence. Brian is my bubble guru and really pays a great deal of attention to exact measures and lengths and times. I pay a great deal less attention than he does. Please refer to the BLM page on Soap Bubble Wikia to make your own mix or follow my guide below.<br />
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This recipe makes one batch of bubble juice which is about 1.27 gallons. First you’ll make the lube mix 24 to 72 hours in advance and then you’ll make the bubble juice using some of the lube mix.</blockquote>
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<b>Ingredients</b><br />
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Surgilube, 1 ounce<br />
J-Lube, 8 grams<br />
water, 8 ounces<br />
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tap water, 16 cups (15 to 25 cups of water depends on humidity, budget, and preference)<br />
dish soap, 1 cup<br />
lube mix, 3 ounces (2 – 5 per batch, depending on budget and preferences)<br />
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container with lid for lube mix, for mixing and storing<br />
chopstick, for mixing<br />
container for bubble juice, for mixing and storing—and potentially bubbling<br />
spatula, for mixing<br />
old towels, preferably dry<br />
face mask, for working with J-Lube<br />
kitchen scale, must measure in grams<br />
measuring cup, 1 cup measure</blockquote>
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<b>About the Ingredients</b><br />
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<i>Surgilube</i> This is a gel lubricant which comes in a 4.25 ounce tube and is used for human obstetrics. It is available on Amazon and eBay—among other internet retailers. It usually costs around $45 to $50 for a 12-pack of tubes or $6 to $8 for one tube.</blockquote>
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<i>J-Lube</i> This is a very fine powdery material—like powered sugar—which is highly reactive with water and is incredibly slippery. It comes in a 284 gram bottle and is available on Amazon and eBay—among the retailers. It usually costs around $16 to $20 per bottle.</blockquote>
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<i>Dish Soap</i> I use Dawn Platinum in 90 ounce bottles from Costco because it is easy for me to access. Brian recommends Dawn Pot and Pan which he purchases from Cash and Carry or Smart and Final stores.</blockquote>
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<li>Mix again after 24-hours. Mix again after 48 hours. Repeat the procedure of waiting and mixing until the mixture is free of lumps of J-Lube. </li>
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<b>My Story</b><br />
While visiting the 2014 Harvest Festival at Filoli Gardens in Redwood City, I encountered bubble performer Sterling Johnson. My family and I were transfixed and I was given a business card. My daughter had enjoyed the bubbles so much I thought to hire the performer for her 2nd birthday. By phone, Sterling discussed scheduling an event, including what he offered for parties and how much it would cost. In the midst of the conversation he offered that if I was able to make the bubbles, that my daughter would really look up to me. I was unconvinced and continued a conversation about his bubbles for hire. While thinking on whether or not to hire him, I happened on a man making bubbles in a parking lot near Lighthouse State Park in my town of Santa Cruz, California. The man’s first name was Derek and he was using two green plastic garden stakes with a string tied in a triangle shape between the ends which was being dipped into a 5-gallon bucket of bubble juice. I watched for a minute and asked if I could try it. I do not recall the bubbles but I do remember letting the string touch the dirty pavement and later apologizing for getting the string dirty. How thankful I am now to have been given the opportunity to get my hands on a tricorn wand and try making bubbles.<br />
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After the encounter with Derek, I gained the confidence to make the bubbles myself. Back on the phone, Sterling directed me to Soap Bubble Wikia and Soap Bubble Fanciers for all the answers to all my many questions. He specifically directed me to the page on the Soap Bubble Wikia on BLM—or, Brian’s Lube Mix. I chose a mix to implement and began gathering materials for make wands. My first recipe was made of soap and water, glycerine and KY Jelly and I quickly moved on to making BLM from Surgilube and J-Lube. My first wands were made from green garden stakes—like Derek’s—then I moved on to small bamboo poles and then on to very long—in the 9-foot range—bamboo poles from my in-law’s garden. The bamboo and garden stakes were ultimately left behind for 10-foot Wonderpoles by Shakespeare. They are made for fishing and collapse down to about 3.5 feet. My husband, daughter, and I would regularly bubble in the street outside our house on Beach Hill in Santa Cruz and on some evenings we’d take the show to Lighthouse Point Park above the famed surfing spot Steamer’s Lane. Then, I began to be hired to do birthday parties and festivals.<br />
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I was really getting into doing solo bubbling with the 10-foot wands when we moved onto the UCSC campus and transferred into the university to study art. A call for grant proposals was sent around and I proposed providing materials and tools for 100 people to make bubbles at sunset and I was awarded $1000 to do it. The event was well-attended on December 4th, 2016 but there were tools left over as well as a great deal of bubble juice. It all sat for some time until I made an agreement with the Porter College Activities Office to hold a Sunset Bubbles in the field by the large red squiggle statue for 100 plus participants in exchange for using the Bridge Gallery in the Porter Dining Hall. I produced and curated a student art show in preparation to apply to the de Young Museum’s annual student showcase called <i>Santuary</i>—formed exactly after the de Young Museum’s call for entry. Both the <i>Sunset Bubbles</i> and the <i>Sanctuary</i> were successful. I, along with two other students, were included in the de Young Museum’s show. After the <i>Sunset Bubble</i> event, the Bridge Gallery was an ideal place to store all the remaining bubble juice and all the tools needed to hold the event. Of course, there was bubble juice left over and so existed the promise for one more Sunset Bubbles. To date, there have been about 8 <i>Sunset Bubbles</i> in the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 academic years, with a promise of more in my final year at UCSC.<br />
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Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-66682355015024796632017-03-25T05:56:00.003-07:002017-03-25T05:58:33.510-07:00ART 102: Interactive ArtsThis blog entry represents my work in the upper division art studio Interactive Arts—ART 102—undertaken Winter quarter 2016-2017. The course is taught by <a href="http://www.kylemckinley.com/" target="_blank">Kyle McKinley</a>. I began the quarter with a recent visit to Pace Gallery where I experienced teamLab’s “Living Digital Spaces and Future Parks.” I was mesmerized by the highly interactive work. See more <a href="http://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/12781/living-digital-space-and-future-parks" target="_blank">here</a>. I also found inspiration at Disneyland. Despite the hyper-consumer environment, I am fascinated by the Sorcerer Mickey finale of the “Paint the Night” parade. Here is a <a href="https://youtu.be/PaxoVjBCF9Y?t=52s" target="_blank">YouTube video</a> showing the dazzling float at the 52-second mark. A good deal of class was spent enacting the circuits found in the <a href="https://cdn.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Kits/SFE03-0012-SIK.Guide-300dpi-01.pdf" target="_blank">SIK Guide</a> with an Arduino board kit.<br />
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17 January 2017<br />
Ideating on the first project, I was thinking about things that go backwards. With the new president elect, many things seemed backward to me. In the first drawing, I was thinking of an edifice of the president elect as a child’s push toy on a wheel attached to a push stick. The effort of making the edifice seemed counterproductive. The goose character from the incredibly moving play <i>War Horse</i> was also on my mind. We attended the play on a visit to New York in 2012. Colin and I were both deeply moved by the puppet work. Here is the <a href="https://youtu.be/Q3lQJNFF0q0" target="_blank">goose in action</a>. The ideating gave way to ideas stemming a 2015 visit by Bread and Puppet when they performed <i>Fire</i> in the Porter Dining Hall. The cranking on a wood and metal box divided the performance movements and stuck in my mind.<br />
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The evening after our first class, I did my first soldering. We were assigned to solder a regular, convex polyhedron. I made a cube-like shape.</div>
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18 January 2017<br />
Attended the Protest Art Workshop on the People’s Inauguration where art professor Laurie Palmer and community member Grant Wilson lead the gathered students through making a forest from fallen tree branches and kraft paper tubes from Hart’s Fabrics. I helped in forming a large hammer from foam, cardboard, and duct tape while Maryam painted her first protest signs with flowers on them.<br />
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19 January 2017<br />
I attended the Print Organize Protest event where people could silk screen t-shirts and banners. The event was held in the Sesnon Underground of Porter College. The space was packed full of bodies coming to take advantage of the beautiful silk screens. I made several People’s Inauguration silk screens on scraps of jersey material to be attached to various fabric surfaces like a backpack or jacket.<br />
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24 January 2017<br />
I began drawing other student’s projects to better understand the inner workings. The ideation of my own project continued. Frustration mounted as I was unable to get a foothold on the project.<br />
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26 January 2017<br />
I made the first circuit from the <a href="https://cdn.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Kits/SFE03-0012-SIK.Guide-300dpi-01.pdf" target="_blank">SIK Guide</a>. It used one 5mm LED, one 330Ω (ohm) resistor, and 3 jumper wires. With the circuit set up and the code uploaded correctly, the single LED blinked on and off.<br />
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This note is from an ongoing project which I go into more detail below. On a short, impromptu visit with Joel Primack, we discussed colors of beads for the next maquette of the Bolshoi Cosmological Simulation. The stills and animated simulations he shared with me are usually monochromatic—often blue or red. In a previous conversation at the reception for my senior show, executed as part of my art major graduation requirement, we began a discussion on the possibility of using glow-in-the-dark beads. Since then I’d purchased many such beads, but in varying shades of glowing green—not the blue I was seeking. Joel pulled up on his computer an image similar to the one below and said the color really didn’t matter if the maquette were to be a single color, but to get into combining different colors, they would represent different gases. This set me on a trajectory of using a single color.</div>
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30 January 2017<br />
I made circuit #4 from the <a href="https://cdn.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Kits/SFE03-0012-SIK.Guide-300dpi-01.pdf" target="_blank">SIK guide</a>. This circuit involved 8 LEDs, 8 330Ω resistors, and 10 jumper wires. With the circuit set up and correct code uploaded to the Arduino, the LEDs flashed in a series.<br />
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3 February 2017<br />
Attending the Chicago Torture Justice Memorials (CTJM) public lecture was extremely moving. I sat in the front row and felt intense waves of emotion as Darrel Cannon told his story. I was the residential assistant on duty that evening in Family Student Housing so I departed early. Mr. Cannon’s word were fresh in my mind for many days.<br />
<a href="http://danm.ucsc.edu/news_events/conversation-race-justice-and-reparations">http://danm.ucsc.edu/news_events/conversation-race-justice-and-reparations</a><br />
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6 February 2017<br />
Of the Artists of Interest for Week #5, I am particularly moved by Daily Tous Les Jours, an art group primarily made up by 20 people. In ART 172 I expressed frustration students act as though they will always be making art on their own, DTLJ is proof great art can come from groups of people working together. The Swings project caught my attention initially as my daughter, Maryam, rode the swings over the past summer when the work was in Cezar Chavez Park in downtown Santa Cruz. We were present for the San Jose Jazz Festival. Months later, we looked for the swings while visiting the Contemporary Art Museum and were disappointed to find the swings gone. In hindsight, it makes sense knowing the swings are an internationally traveling installation.<br />
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The 2014 Amateur Intelligent Radio installed in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Mesa Musical Shadows exemplify the group’s work with the level of interactivity and the focus on collective experience. In both projects, participants are engaged in thought as well as physically drawn in. Giant Sing Along is informing a project I am currently ideating for ART 172 Public Art with Dee Hibbert-Jones where the public is encouraged to remember their voice and sing together.<br />
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7 February 2017<br />
I enacted Circuit #6 from the SIK Guide where you should see an LED grow brighter in accordance with how much light my photoresists is reading. This circuit included a photoresistor, LED, 330Ohm resistor, 10KOhm resistor, and 6 copper wires. In this instance the voltage divider outputs a higher voltage when it is getting a higher level of light and outputs a lower voltage when it is getting a lower level of light. [insert short video]<br />
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This experiment is significant because informs my understanding of the Daily Tous Les Jours work <a href="http://www.dailytouslesjours.com/project/mesa-musical-shadows/" target="_blank">Mesa Musical Shadows</a> for the Mesa Arts Museum where pavement becomes interactive.<br />
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9 February 2017<br />
Maryam and I attended the UCSC Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. Maryam took photos of the speakers but was mostly interested in the stadium seating. When the fascination wore off, we had go back out into the rain, before hearing all the speakers.<br />
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10 February 2017<br />
Attended the opening reception of Crochet Coral Reef CO2CA-CO2LA Ocean by Margaret and Christine Wertheim and the Institute for Figuring at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery with my husband and daughter. It is worth noting some of the beadwork seemed to use beads from a project kit I once made for my Beon Freo Cuff project as well a stacked herringbone stitch technique from the same project. The beadwork I’m referencing is in red, olive, and bright orange opaque beads and I’ve taught in all the places the various contributors were noted as being located in—Seattle, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, and Los Angeles.<br />
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14 February 2017<br />
During a check-in with Kyle, he suggested I think about ways to incorporate interactivity with my ongoing project dealing with dark matter in the cosmos. This project is based in physics professor Joel Primack’s ongoing research and theorizing on dark matter in the cosmos. I stop in to Joel’s office for scheduled and unscheduled visits. Our first visit was in September 2016 and the conversation developed into one on dark matter and beads. Since then I have considered the <a href="http://hipacc.ucsc.edu/Bolshoi/" target="_blank">Bolshoi Cosmological Simulation</a> a great deal. The last page of sketches above came after Kyle made the connection between my ongoing consideration of Primack’s work and the current classwork.<br />
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16 February 2017<br />
I was touched by Melinda’s recalling of her mother’s death. I drew her in class. I also sketched Jules and her project as well as my Uncle Ron who passed away.<br />
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18 February 2017<br />
Experimenting with LilyPad Arduino—designed to be sewn into e-textile projects. It was an expensive pursuit and I have not made anything of not yet. However, the potential is great. The first photograph is to show the mess of the work bench and supplies. In the second image a <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10274" target="_blank">LilyPad Simple Board Arduino</a> is connected to 5 blue <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14012" target="_blank">LilyPad LED</a>s, and a <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11259" target="_blank">LilyPad Power Supply</a> with <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11791" target="_blank">conductive thread</a> spun from stainless steel fiber. I was unable to upload code as an additional <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10275" target="_blank">FTDI Basic Breakout Board</a> was needed to upload code to the Arduino. NOTE: I eventually ordered and received the needed FTDI Basic Breakout Board, but I was unable to control the LEDs.<br />
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21 February 2016<br />
I began to think more seriously about the dark matter maquette on this day and began sketching ideas. The idea was that a cosmos of glow-in-the-dark beads would be suspended from clear fishing line inside a darkened chamber. I could build a chamber, but a pop up tent would be more quick and I’m certain I can get it dark enough. There would be a bright LED light inside the tent charging up the light-reactive beads and a motion sensor. As a default, the light would be on but once a motion was sensed, the LED light would go off. The visitor who triggered the motion sensor would then be in the dark surrounded by the glow-in-the-dark beads.<br />
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2 March 2017<br />
Bolshoi Cosmological Simulation Maquette 2<br />
I was up to the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building Monday for my weekly meeting the Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz. He did not show up as he was apparently traveling home from a project in elsewhere. I like to visit with Joel Primack because he always has something interesting and completely out of my purview to say. He was reviewing his notes for a noontime talk he was giving that day. We discussed adding a sound component to the new maquette and he immediately suggested when I had intentionally withheld from mentioning—a white noise machine.<br />
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Adding a white noise sound <a href="http://patcox.net/2013/07/24/arduino-white-noise-maker/">http://patcox.net/2013/07/24/arduino-white-noise-maker/</a><br />
If I am unable to add white noise manually with the arduino, I have a Dohm Marpac white noise machine on its way as a back up. If I am able to make white noise with the arduino, the white noise machine will be returned.<br />
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Potentially interesting forum discussion on this topic:<br />
<a href="http://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/6715/audio-frequency-white-noise-generation-using-arduino-mini-pro">http://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/6715/audio-frequency-white-noise-generation-using-arduino-mini-pro</a><br />
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Made a circuit with a potentiometer controling a single RGB LED—so pretty! Finally, I got a little taste of the Disneyland Sorcerer Mickey finale!<br />
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Shopping for electronic parts is my new hobby whether it is on Spark Fun, Adafruit, or in person at Santa Cruz Electronics.<br />
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7 March 2017<br />
As of last night, Jules and I have gone to Santa Cruz Electronics and Riverside Lighting twice. And, I’ve gone to Santa Cruz Electronics once on my own before that. They are helpful and patient at SCE and I really appreciate that.<br />
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PIR Motion Sensor (JST) <span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "sparkgauge" , "arial narrow" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 1.399999976158142px; text-transform: uppercase;">SEN-13285</span><br />
http://bildr.org/2011/06/pir_arduino/<br />
NOTE: PIR stands for Passive Infrared<br />
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This forum may have an answer on how to get the PRI Motion Sensor to work, but I cannot find it now:<br />
http://forum.bildr.org/viewtopic.php?t=410<br />
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Picked up a relay at Santa Cruz Electronics. I am very nervous about dealing with higher voltage electricity.</div>
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9 March 2017<br />
Jacobly Satterwhite, I don’t get it but I like all the colors and nakedness.<br />
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10 March 2017<br />
Working in the ART 102 studio. Attempted and failed to get stitched LilyPad to operate. Uploaded Circuit 1 Blink and that did not work. Attempted to write own basic code to get a single LED to blink, no luck. Gave up on the LilyPad and moved onto the relay circuit #13 from the SIK guide. Wired the RedBoard and solder less breadboard up according to the plan and the red LED would intermittently light as a connect with the relay was made. However, the yellow LED was neither lit nor blinking. After some fidgeting, I removed all wire and components and began again. Second time around the red LED remained continuously lit and the operating relay switch may be heard when listening very close.<br />
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This process is so complicated, I may have to just make things easy and order an LED motion sensor to do the job. I will switch the wires so that when motion is detected the lights go <i>off</i> rather than <i>on</i>.<br />
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Stringing up a ton of glow-in-the-dark beads. They are practically invisible in the light. Each time I’d point out to a fellow student the strands taped to the wall they would note that they had not seen them there.<br />
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11 March 2017<br />
Tried the Circuit #13 in the SIK guide with a relay to little avail. Once the code was uploaded, the switching sound inside the relay could be heard, but the LEDs did not flash.<br />
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13 March 2017<br />
Unable to get the relay circuit to work, I through for a day a motion sensor light might be the trick. Here we see the insides of a battery-operated LED motion sensor light purchased at Home Depot.<br />
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15 March 2017<br />
Visited the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts with ART 172 Public Art class for the Lynn Hershman show. One piece is a gun on a stand and you look through the scope and pull the trigger. You see a slide show of women as targets each time the trigger is pulled and each image is accompanied by a loud gun short sound.<br />
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16 March 2017<br />
Kyle kindly assembled this work with uploaded code over the course of three hours. I took the below images for reference in chase a wire fell out. Despite his hard work, it did not work once I moved into the tent. I spend 6 solid hours attempting to get the circuit to work as it has for Kyle to no avail. It was extremely disappointing.<br />
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24 March 2017<br />
Inside and outside the dark matter maquette.<br />
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Images from my senior show with a closing reception the Tuesday after UCSC returned from the Thanksgiving break. Rachel Carson Provost Ronnie Lipshutz join me for the reception as well as Martin Gaskell my astronomy professor, John Weber who directs the Institute of Arts and Science, Jennifer Parker the art department chair, Joel Primack and his wife</div>
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bombing that hit the main entrance of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park. The attack targeted
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Astrophysics Emeritus, Joel Primack. It is a plan for an indoor walk-through
installation subsuming the viewer into a scaled cosmos—galaxies in dark matter
form filaments, nodes, walls, and vast chambers. The project is one result of a
Summer 2016 internship and independent study undertaken at the Lick Observatory
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<br />Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-79985483503253243142017-01-15T02:37:00.001-08:002018-04-19T00:22:03.232-07:00Rachel Carson Bronze BustWorking in bronze was nothing short of transformative. It satisfied my desire to work with metal as well as fulfilled graduation requirements and amounted to significantly more than that. An idea and object onto which I could rest 10 weeks of effort was challenging to form. Colin Smith, my genius husband who was a graduate of College 8, suggested the work of the namesake of the newly renamed college—Rachel Carson—as a focus. I briefly considered a series of bronze birds or bugs—that which was missing from the soundscape which first spurred Rachel Carson to write her famous book <i>Silent Spring</i>. Following this, the idea of commemorating the author-activist herself took an arresting hold on me, not to mention my excitement at potentially counteracting the under-representation of women in bronze. A typical bust requires more bronze than my materials fee would cover and that is when I approached Provost Ronnie Lipshutz. We struck a deal and the work began. The newly renamed college would cover the cost of the bronze and receive the final work for permanent installation.<br />
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Advanced Sculpture/Foundry (ART 188) at University of California, Santa Cruz was the Fall 2016 class in which the Rachel Carson bust was made. <a href="http://www.seanmmonaghan.com/" target="_blank">Sean Monaghan</a> taught (and continues to teach) the class. He is organized and an excellent teacher. <a href="http://www.lucaselmer.com/" target="_blank">Lucas Gasperik</a> was the Studio Research Associate. Lucas makes ocean-centric work and excellent coffee.<br />
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Through ideation with my husband we hit on an idea to match the longevity of bronze with a way to immortalize the namesake of the newly renamed college on campus. What had been College 8 for many years, was being renamed to Rachel Carson College. Rachel Carson was a progenitor of the modern environmental movement, beginning with her writings and government testaments—most notably the book to which her last 18 months of life were given, <i>Silent Spring</i>. The first idea was to make a series of bronze bugs, that which was missing from the environment Carson’s book was inspired by. We had recently admired the aquatic themed bronze works enriching the Monterey Bay Aquarium experience. The idea left me cold and I continued to sketch and think on Rachel Carson. After days of agonizing and watching her in videos and documentaries and reading her books and writings, the realization hit me that the best way to memorialize her work, was to memorialize her. I resolved to make a bust of Rachel Carson and before beginning work I checked with Rachel Carson College Provost, Ronnie Lipschutz to confirm the college would accept the work for installation on the grounds and accept the cost of materials.<br />
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A handful of reference images were gathered via Google images judged to be representative of the subject’s appearance. In a time where judgement of appearance is expected to be leveled out with minimal expectation, it was often a confusing process to participate in. The challenge was to see Rachel Carson for what she had done at the same time as considering aesthetics of her appearance. In an interview with the nephew Rachel Carson adopted as her son, a quote guided my sight. Roger Christie emphasized that the writing and publicizing of <i>Silent Spring</i> claimed the efforts of her last days before she died from breast cancer and heart disease. In many images she appears gaunt, eyes sunken, and I imagine Rachel Carson as tired from tireless effort. I made effort to present a tireless person, and not an idealized one.<br />
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This next series of 8 images was taken over a series of 6 days.<br />
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Steps 3 & 4: Rubber Negative & Mother Mold</h4>
These steps might otherwise be completely different for another project, but here they were executed as shown below due to the demands of this specific project. Advice from Sean and Lucas lead to this execution where rubber was added to the clay surface in multiple layers. Then, a two-part mother mold of plaster was created. Finally, the mother mold was removed, the rubber mold was cut in a zigzag up the back, and the oil clay original was removed—later destroyed and returned to the oil clay bucket for reuse. This process was executed over 7 days and included a good deal of waiting for the rubber to cure and the plaster to set. A complete rubber mold is the end result of these steps.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">with mother mold removed, the rubber mold was cut up the back</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">oil clay original and rubber mold in foreground, mother mold in background, broken mother mold is at top left</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">remnants of uncured rubber remain in the oil clay original and forbode additional work in remaining steps</td></tr>
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Step 5: Wax Positive & Gating</h4>
The step was characterized by primarily by working with wax in two forms—from a vat of hot, melted wax and pre-formed strips called gating wax. First, a 3/16-inch thick lining of wax was added in layers to the inner area of the rubber mold. To do this, the rubber mold was lined up inside the mother mold and bound with several rubber strips, cut from recycled bicycle inner tubes. This hunk of plaster and rubber weighed about 15 pounds. As hot wax was added, the hunk was rotated around to produce an even coat of wax—gaining weight as things progressed. The first wax I made was too thick and would have resulted in a 100 pound bust. Lecturer Sean Monaghan and SRA Lucas Gasperik agreed the wax must be remade thinner. Cutting apart and remelting the first wax was at the same time difficult and pleasurable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">looking up the bottom of the first wax, the was was still warm</td></tr>
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The wax was held by the cone and dipped alternately in slurry and silica. The first two layers of silica were fine and the remaining 7 layers were coarse. All layers were hurriedly executed over several days. This was a time when being a monitor was extremely helpful, allowing me add layers as soon as the previous layer was dry. Rather than waiting until class, I was able to access the Foundry as often as needed. I was able to complete the steps required to prepare my piece as well as the pieces of a couple of fellow students.<br />
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Step 7: Pour Day</h4>
November 8th, 2016 was a big day my life, a day on which I voted for a woman president and the bronze pour happened. I showed up a little early and Sean asked me to operate the crane. I was immediately nervous. I worn extra protective gear and moved the crane based on Sean’s call outs. It was an extremely intense experience. My husband and daughter attended the pour. I felt particularly proud she was present to see me taking part in the pour.<br />
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Step 8: Breakout on Election Day</h4>
It was cathartic removing the ceramic mold from the bronze the day after Hillary Clinton lost the electoral college. A rubber mallet was used on the outer high areas and a pneumatic chisel removed ceramic from the bust interior. I sand blasted shell remaining in the external crevices.<br />
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Step 9: Welding</h4>
Lucas TIG welded the window back into the head, the one piece cast with fellow student Laura’s piece. There was a considerable amount of time spend adjusting the appearance of the hair to suit my aesthetic. The lesson here would be to spend more time on the wax, or even further back, on the oil clay original. After grinding the bottom to a flat state, I TIG welded in, two large nuts.<br />
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Step 10: Chasing & Surface</h4>
The surface was chased and then ground lightly in a variety of ways. I lingered on this step for a while because the next step of adding the patina would be the last step. Below, the variety of results from difference surface appearances is quite apparent.<br />
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I sand blasted one last time to remove oils and anything that wasn’t bronze. The bust was heated with a propane flame. When distilled water tests showed readiness, I added potassium sulfate in a spray form to the surface in several passes. The surface became more dark that I desired, but it worked out. All the high areas were brightened back up with a scrub pad and finally wax was brushed onto the still hot metal. the exhaust system of the work area was quite loud as well as the propane flame thrower.<br />
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Step 12: Final Piece</h4>
The piece was shown at my senior show and at the Fall open studios at the end of the Fall 2016-2017 quarter. The Monday following the open studios Colin and I hand delivered the bust to Ronnie Lipshutz’ office at Rachel Carson College. Asako Kinase-Leggett,<br />
College Academic Programs Coordinator, Oakes College and Rachel Carson College, is having an engraved plaque made as well as a pedestal in time for a Spring dedication.<br />
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Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-75962598726436569582016-08-12T11:21:00.001-07:002016-08-12T11:30:10.056-07:00I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bubbles are universally appealing, they embody the beauty and brevity of life. Every age of human is inextricably drawn in through not only their physical appetite—consider the confectionary colors in the light reflections—but the desire to fill the never-ending void of life. When a bubble floats high in the sky and a crowd gathers, I like to yell out, “this one is going to make it!” Or, think of the times when your audience audibly groans when a spectacular bubble pops—it seems the expectation is that the bubble will last forever, floating out into eternity. They are a colorful metaphor reminding us that we, too, will die.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rr_DTozbH8E?list=PL8845AE106AD407D3" width="459"></iframe>Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-87149576142940498122016-04-05T12:14:00.002-07:002016-04-05T12:16:44.068-07:00Teaching in DorsetSay HELLO! to Calophylla Cuff, Bibelot Bangles, and Squeezebox Bangle. The day-long workshops are offered at Stitchncraft Beads in Dorset in September 2016. See all the Stitchncraft Bead workshops <a href="http://www.stitchncraft.co.uk/acatalog/Workshops_2016.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b>Calophylla Cuff</b><br />
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A wristful of sculpted peyote components based on seed pods found on blue gum eucalyptus trees in Rachel’s hometown of Santa Cruz, California coalesce on a peyote base. Some right angle weave included. </div>
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Beautiful bauble-adorned stacking bangles are worked in infinity stitch and peyote stitch. No clasps needed. Infinity stitch is an amalgam of tubular peyote stitch and right angle weave with extraordinary body.</div>
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We all pulled out our phones and pulled up images from the reference artists again to fuel our conversation. I sketched a stepped design based on Donald Judd’s work and a cubic L-shape after Morris’ work. I brought up that we all had mobile phones with us and suggested representing the vibrate function. The members in the know about were kind but shot the idea down when they saw the waving sketch I made. Justine said it was a good idea but would be challenging to render in steel.<br />
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It was an advantage for our group that we had time to ideate together. Kyle and Bruce were doing welding demos with the other groups in the metal shop. The group was set in motion with a cohesive idea we all agreed upon.<br />
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After class, Ana and I drove down to Habitat for Humanity of Swift Street to see if there were any inspirational materials. Ana found materials to make a lamp with steel bolts and tile. My impression was that it was half decent, used furniture and half building supplies. With a developed project in mind—and welding skill under my belt—, I may have been inspired to make a purchase.<br />
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Images of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=tony+smith+artist&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1794&bih=1156&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjD2ernjZvKAhWGI5QKHQKnDHUQ_AUIBigB" target="_blank">Tony Smith</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=donald+judd+artist&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1794&bih=1156&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd6Pb7jZvKAhWGkZQKHTmoDc0Q_AUIBigB" target="_blank">Donald Judd</a>, and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+morris+artist&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1794&bih=1156&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYpNGFjpvKAhUBs5QKHXQbADMQ_AUIBigB" target="_blank">Robert Morris</a>’ work informed the group discussion and the first sketches I did on my own. It took four days to arrive at a four-part cube made of open-ended rectangle shapes. While being set, the shapes are infinitely mutable. The four parts of my mutable cube can be miles apart one from the other, yet be called back into a unit. The four parts represent four primary roles I play—wife, mother, friend, and artist. The four rectangular cuboids that would be 5" tall x 2.5" wide x 2.5" deep. When the four cuboids are placed together then suggest a cube. Apart, they may be placed in an orderly manner, they may be jumbled in a pile, or they may be located miles apart one from the other. Each rectangular cuboid is open at one end. Each cuboid represents four important parts of who I am—friend, mother, artist, and student. An amalgam of beads fills one cuboid leaving three empty. The beads are me. They took years to collect into what seems like a haphazard pile. A great deal of small physical contributions make up the collection and I can reasonably argue they are a layer representative of Rachel Smith.<br />
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This quarter I had the opportunity to give myself over to the proverbial cube like <a href="http://www.art21.org/images/janine-antoni/gnaw-1992" target="_blank">Janine Antoni did with <i>Gnaw</i> in 1992</a> or in the example of <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/cragg-stack-t07428" target="_blank">Tony Cragg’s <i>Stack</i> from 1975</a>. Assignment #1 was the first time I worked with The Cube. It was not as easy as it appeared.<br />
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Fabrication</h4>
Four days into the project I measured and cut the 18-gauge cold-rolled mild steel sheet. At the time, I was still under the impression I could achieve very high accuracy cutting with the sheet metal shear. Cutting this first batch of sheet was a good lesson in in allowing the work with the existing machinery to take on the form of a dialogue rather than a one-way conversation from the artist.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">tack two long sides at 90º</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">weld long sides</td></tr>
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The highly mechanized aspect of fabrication was an aspect I wanted to capture not only in the final piece, but in the manner in which it was executed. The long pieces of sheet were systematically tacked and welded. Ultimately, up until the final phase the fabrication of this project was executed with the anonymity of systematization in mind.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Assignment #2: Rasquachismo</span></b></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">final piece for assignment #2</td></tr>
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It works and it doesn’t work. As a vehicle for furthering metal fabrication skills and as an exercise in thought, it works. As a work of art, not so much. It is an understatement to say I struggled with this assignment. For years, my husband has suggested I <i>decorate a lamp with beadwork</i>. After seeing <a href="http://www.juanofwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lowrider-bike.jpg" target="_blank">this image</a> and <a href="http://creativetimereports.org/2014/09/15/spatial-justice-rasquachification-race-and-the-city/" target="_blank">this image</a> and <a href="http://www.80grados.net/pepon-osorio-un-embelequero-a-dos-aguas/" target="_blank">this image</a>, my mind was invariably vaulted into the tchotchka realm which ultimately lead me to the rasquachismo-inspired costume color scheme of the luchadore get-ups Nacho and Esqueleto sport in the 2006 film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457510/" target="_blank">Nacho Libre</a>. The work of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=liza+lou&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpl5zb1a_LAhUT52MKHUHtC14Q_AUIBygB&biw=1382&bih=1193" target="_blank">Liza Lou</a> returned to my awareness before the Winter Quarter began and integrated into my research with this project. Lou is an American artist who works with beads on a very large scale, someone whose work I have admired for many years.<br />
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Ideating & Creating</h4>
Initially, I visited ReStore and picked up a handful of wrenches. The influence is apparent in the sketches. I was thinking of the work of local artist Matthew Cole Scott who worked with wrenches—we both had space at 17th Avenue Studios at the same time.<br />
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<i>Found materials: beads and clay from my stash, and plywood</i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">first sketches</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">first sketches</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">first sketches</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">planning the armature tube made of rod</td></tr>
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With Bruce Kirk’s guidance, I constructed a large tube from mild steel rod with three “feet” to contact the supporting surface, such as a table. The feet were bare rod. A washer was welded to each foot. The armature was painted turquoise. Next, project went through the excruciating pain of attaching old, cast off pieces of beadwork to the constructed frame with 24-gauge silver-colored craft wire. This approach proved too ugly for words and was cut off. Many thanks to the class for indulging this divergence in critique.<br />
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Starting from scratch rather than working on the existing piece looked attractive and I made a visit to Dimeo Landfill where I hoped to find inspiration in the metal scrap pile. I was not able to search for metal on the first visit because they were understaffed. But, I returned the next day and was given the opportunity to dig. I could dig and pull but I was warned not to climb. It was a temptation to break the rules, but I remained mostly, safely on the pavement. Inspiration did not present itself, but it was a good experience. With the right mindset, I can see how a scrap pile could be a fruitful inspiration if I was not so bound up and frustrated with the current project.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">metal pile at Dimeo Landfill</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">revisiting the shape</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">possible variations</td></tr>
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After visiting Dimeo, I was resolved to stick with the lamp idea. Small round feet were cut with the scroll saw in the wood shop from scrap plywood. The legs were screwed through the washers to the round wood feet. Taking one foot at a time, it was covered with a layer of two-part epoxy clay and they circles of red and gold beads.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">one foot down, two to go</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">lit on the dining table</td></tr>
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In the end, the piece is finished looking and inline with my aesthetic, but it is minimally 51 percent more functional that it should be. As an exercise, I learned a great deal about committing to a trajectory and how it can lead to something other than the desired result.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Assignment #3: A Switch</span></b></h2>
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People who do beadwork make up the main audience for this piece. I am included in this crowd and speaking for them, we long desire a way to accomplish the beadwork more quickly. It is an ironic desire steeped in the push and pull of a consumer culture. We trade hours of our life working for money to buy our way into capitalist society. And, in our off time, indulge in consumerist desires—that is, if you believe in what Guy Debord was saying in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle" target="_blank">Society of the Spectacle</a>.<br />
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A secondary audience are non-beadworkers, reached one at a time either by having a brief conversation with me about how the piece functions—usually with some accompanying laughter afterwards—or by reading the accompanying placard when the piece is shown. Surprisingly, the people I talk to expect it to <i>do</i> something—they expect it to move—and generally ask what happens when it is plugged in.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">final piece for assignment #3</td></tr>
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Planning</h4>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">first sketches</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">first sketches</td></tr>
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I discussed the project with my husband and he told me about HOA switches on the machines he uses at work at the Santa Cruz Water District. It stands for Hand, Off, and Auto. I was elated to hear about this sort of switch considering the use of hand forms in this work. We were heading into town anyway, so we visited Riverside Lighting. The person working in the electrical department—our friend Mark—said he’d never seen anyone so excited over a switch before.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">planning wood box and sheet metal base</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">the idea solidifying</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">dimensions for supporting wood box</td></tr>
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With the idea firming up, I spoke to Bruce Kirk about the materials needed. He reviewed the sketches and suggested making a wood box for the base. I was annoyed, but I dutifully went to the wood shop and made a wood box with scrap wood with Brian Quan’s guidance. My wood knowledge has increased and I worked fairly efficiently. There are no nails. Each corner of the box is engaged with pegs I made from dowels and wood glue. Several hours later, I returned to the metal shop with the box and ready to bend and cut a metal sheet to conform to the box. </div>
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Making</h4>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">holes drilled for switch opening</td></tr>
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Back in the metal shop, I cut out a large rectangle of 18-gauge metal sheet and Bruce Kirk had me drill press four holes where I wanted the switch to be placed. With the cutting wheel on an angle grinder and later a chisel and hammer, the switch fit into the small opening.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">switch in place</td></tr>
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I cut strips of 18-gauge sheet, shaped them by hand into round bezels for the hand bases, and the bowl base. Bending them by hand was very similar to making jump rings—just with big tools and sharp edges. The rounded strips were welded in place and covered with several layers of green hammered-look spray paint. The pain was selected for its industrial suggestion. A small rounded-slot was filed from the wood base with a round file to accommodate the grey electrical cord. Bare wires extended from the non-plug end of the cord, they are tucked under the work and capped off for safety.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Assignment #4: Anti-sthetic</span></b></h2>
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Making something meaningless and useless, how can you plan for that? The useless aspect of this project began with the useless sketches that ultimately proved useful as the struggle that comes before the good idea. Kenny Werner is a pianist who wrote the 1996 book <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Effortless-Mastery-Liberating-Master-Musician/dp/156224003X" target="_blank">Effortless Mastery</a></i>. I read it from the perspective of a jazz performer and it guides my art research, too. It was not easy to see the afternoon I stomped home from class to cry in my bed from frustration with the project that the hard part just needed working out. Werner suggested that despite frustration or boredom, you should persistently practice your piano scales. On the other side of exertion is awareness.<br />
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Planning</h4>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">bracelet idea shot down</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">written ideating with Kyle based on Deluze and Guittari’s <i>A Thousand Plateaus</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">boring sketches</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">boring sketches</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">boring sketches</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Cube might be a safe retreat?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">more boring sketches</td></tr>
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The ideas were not fruitful. The sketches were pedestrian. I finally went to the library and checked out Delueze and Guittari’s <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Thousand_Plateaus" target="_blank">A Thousand Plateaus</a></i> and began reading about the rhizome.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">hello life vest</td></tr>
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It is a wonder the idea did not come to me earlier. I’ve been working on a piece to submit to the de Young Museum’s call for the student showcase which is made of used life vests. It is clear I needed to experience the difficulty of being lost and for Kyle to tell me I have a body of work I’m working on.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">How Many Syrians? #2 in the Kresge College courtyard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">How Many Syrians? #2 in Sanctuary, my group show in the Bridge Gallery</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">How Many Syrians? #2 in one of the art deparment’s mini galleries</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">finally a plan</td></tr>
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Finally Doing</h4>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">cut 18-gauge sheet</td></tr>
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The front and back shapes were cut. This was going to look like a life vest. 1.5-inch strips were cut from the remaining sheet of 18-gauge steel as they were needed to weld the front and back faces together. All faces were marked with Sharpie so I could keep track of everything. Eventually, all the faces were mixed up as they fit together better.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">one of the better welding sessions of the quarter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">subverting my child</td></tr>
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Once the three pieces were welded and the welds ground down, holes were made with the drill press on the fronts. They were spray painted with matte orange over the course of three rainy days and sat somewhat protected during their drying time in the outdoor shed.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">visualizing strap application</td></tr>
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My sewing machine was brought into the studio and black thread was used to turn the raw edges of nylon belting (from Amazon) and polyester bias tape (from Hart’s) into finished edges. A large plastic buckle was stitched to the 2-inch belting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">referencing tools and materials used to make and add straps for the next vest</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">bright screws lending a BDSM feel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">displaying vest on sand<br />
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Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-31580576976286522592016-02-23T10:15:00.001-08:002016-02-23T10:15:36.256-08:00Plastic Hands: There is No Cradle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Part of the final ART 20H Intro to Sculpture and Public Art course this quarter is to write about a found object to be used. I am choosing to use a number of plastic hands collected a few years back. This is what I wrote (plus or minus a few small edits):<br />
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In 2003, I regularly taught jewelry-making classes through
Half Moon Bay Park and Recreation and sometimes had time to browse in the
adjacent downtown area. Still in the same location, Tokenz was a favorite
retailer. It was primarily a bead shop with some ceramics and other gifts. Walking
in, the incense smell was unmistakable. The bead selection was pedestrian, but a
back room full of penny candy jars made of clear plastic with their mouths
bending in your direction was the real attraction. The jars begged for errant
hands to pluck up their contents—things like bouncy balls, baseball player
earrings, mini playing cards embedded in plastic, and little plastic babies.
One day I counted out and purchased a pile of 2-inch-long, peachy-colored,
hollow hands made of springy plastic.</div>
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Plastic is a type of synthetic or human-made polymer most
often process from oil and natural gas<sup>2</sup>. Pure plastics are not
markedly toxic, but plasticizers added for flexibility can be. The United States
currently limits some additives believed to be carcinogenic. The hands are 13
or more years old and potentially subject to older, less restrictive
legislation. 16.51 million tons of plastic products was imported to the United
States from China in 2003<sup>1</sup>, the year I estimate the hands were made.</div>
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To make plastics, raw materials and monomers are used in
polymerization reactions. The polymers are processed into polymer resins then
are used in the finished products<sup>3</sup>. Polypropylene (PP) and
polyethylene (PE) were discovered in 1954 and 1933 respectively. PP is the most
used thermoplastic. Applications include combs and fork handles, and caps and
closures for containers. PE was harder than PP when it was first discovered and
ultimately less utilized than PP. Typical applications are containers with thin
to thick walls and glass replacement.<sup>4</sup> I’d guess my hands are made
of PP or PE.</div>
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Formal processing of plastics include incineration,
pyrolytic disposal, and recycling. Pyrolysis is the chemical decomposition of
organic substances by heating to high temperatures. Most plastics require
manual sorting before processing. <sup>5</sup> Less formal processing include
landfills and plain old littering—into the ocean and onto the land. All these
methods create a significant carbon footprint bringing questions of actual cost
into the spotlight. </div>
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I expect my little hands were made with polypropylene, they
were probably intended for doll manufacturing. They will probably outlive me
and eventually end up as a concentrated material in the environment when I am
gone.</div>
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<sup><span style="background: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">1</span></sup><span style="background: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">National Bureau of Statistics of China.</span><span style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i>Production of plastic products in China from 1970 to
2012 (in million tons)</i></span><span style="background: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">.
http://www.statista.com/statistics/307641/china-production-volume-of-plastic-products/
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<sup><span style="background: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">2</span></sup><span style="background: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> American Chemistry Council. <i>Lifecycle of a Plastic Product.</i> https://plastics.americanchemistry.com/Life-Cycle
(accessed February 23, 2016).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span style="background: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">3 </span></sup><span style="background: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">How Stuff Works. Making Plastics. http://science.howstuffworks.com/plastic5.htm
(accessed February 23, 2016).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span style="background: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">4 </span></sup><span style="background: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">US National Library of Medicine National
Institutes of Health. Applications and societal benefits of plastics. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873019/
(accessed February 23, 2016).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span style="background: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;">5</span></sup><span style="background: white; color: #4f4f4f; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt;"> Green Manufacturing Initiative. Pyrolysis: A
Method for Mixed Polymer Recycling. https://wmich.edu/mfe/mrc/greenmanufacturing/pdf/GMI%20Pyrolysis%20of%20Mixed%20Polymers%20Review.pdf
(accessed February 23, 2016).</span><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-84071514549121681362016-02-08T00:46:00.000-08:002016-02-08T00:50:58.293-08:00Of Proposals<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXdgLWpg5G7Tq7hZQ72LxIS6LOuWi0MlKXXqVeEOGeIuAMrhLVSVrtVyyFueQEAv8V3Jg3jLnGwzxMu908bnqFJ34sOGnCm7rxV0pZyAoAtZYjrvaSl7M_opUnnuApQHAy0F3yvC3Dk29/s1600/Ian-Everard-300x200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXdgLWpg5G7Tq7hZQ72LxIS6LOuWi0MlKXXqVeEOGeIuAMrhLVSVrtVyyFueQEAv8V3Jg3jLnGwzxMu908bnqFJ34sOGnCm7rxV0pZyAoAtZYjrvaSl7M_opUnnuApQHAy0F3yvC3Dk29/s1600/Ian-Everard-300x200.jpg" /></a>The UCSC art department assistant, Jason Greenberg, notified me I meet the criteria to be eligible to apply for the Eduardo Carrillo Scholarship. I’m currently obligated to fulfill two other grants/scholarships with work and shows and have a third one pending and I wasn’t sure if I should apply for another one. Alas, I’m a sucker for grant money and for being able to add another line under the awards heading on my CV. The images are not stellar and neither is the writing. It is due by Monday afternoon and I’ll email it in now. Check it out if you want, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/vmnih120coxqzlm/Eduardo-Carrillo_Rachel_Smith.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">here</a> on Dropbox.<br />
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A writing assignment in Writing for Artists is a Project Grant Proposal so rather than write for just the assignment, I’m using the assignment to answer the open call by Fort Mason in San Francisco called Request for Proposals: Performance and Public Works 2016. I’m proposing bubbling two hours before sunset on a summer Saturday with the first 1000 visitors. I’m divided as to add an after-dark component where a separate crew comes to project video onto fog and helium-filled bubbles. So far, it looks like I need at least 10 volunteers… Here is the <a href="http://fortmason.org/request-for-proposals-2016/" target="_blank">call for proposals</a> if you are interested and I’ll think about posting the actual proposal when it is complete. If nothing else, it is great fun imagining what I’d do with up to $25,000 of someone else’s doghairs.<br />
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Oh, dang. That reminds me I’ve been planning on turning in a proposal to participate in a summer residency at a local museum where artists engage museum visitors in their work and transform the museum into functioning artist studios. The early turn-in is February 8th. Okay, one more proposal to write before I sleep. Check this one out <a href="http://www.santacruzmah.org/art-works-exhibition-callout/" target="_blank">here</a>.Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-54270229215965762232016-01-08T13:21:00.000-08:002016-01-08T13:47:16.546-08:00Metal Fabrication Group Project #1<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The group working. We should have waited to include Justine in this shot.</td></tr>
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Kyle gave us a paper with the project outline and asked the class if we prefered to count off or choose our own group. Based on a majority vote we were able to choose our own group. I went right up to Justine and asked if she would like to be in a group because I’d encountered her when visiting the foundry last quarter. It turns out she is very knowledgeable about welding already and is repeating the course. Ana was next to her and join the group. She is a grad student studying computer security. Nathalie and Claudia came over. I know them from Intro Draw/Paint and Intro Intermedia from last quarter, respectively. And, lastly Joaquin joined us. We were in Intro Intermedia last quarter and we are neighbors. I enjoy his company and we walk around campus when the chance arises.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sketches from group discussion</td></tr>
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The challenge is significantly more complex and interesting, but basically it is to make a repeated object amongst the individuals. I had looked up the artists referenced in the project abstract a couple evenings previous—<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=tony+smith+artist&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1794&bih=1156&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjD2ernjZvKAhWGI5QKHQKnDHUQ_AUIBigB" target="_blank">Tony Smith</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=donald+judd+artist&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1794&bih=1156&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd6Pb7jZvKAhWGkZQKHTmoDc0Q_AUIBigB" target="_blank">Donald Judd</a>, and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+morris+artist&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1794&bih=1156&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYpNGFjpvKAhUBs5QKHXQbADMQ_AUIBigB" target="_blank">Robert Morris</a>. We all pulled out our phones and pulled up images from the reference artists again to fuel our conversation. I sketched a stepped design based on Donald Judd’s work and a cubic L-shape after Morris’ work. I brought up that we all had mobile phones with us and suggested representing the vibrate function. The members in the know about were kind but shot the idea down when they saw the waving sketch I made. Justine said it was a good idea but would be challenging to render in steel. After deliberation we agreed we would each make a 5-inch cube representative of our selves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">welding my name is steel</td></tr>
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It was an advantage for our group that we had time to ideate together. Kyle and Bruce were doing welding demos with the other groups in the metal shop. After the group was set in motion with a cohesive idea we all agreed upon, I went to see where Kyle was at with the demos. He met me at the door as he was already on his way to bring our group over for the welding demonstration.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pile of tile at Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore</td></tr>
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After class, Ana and I drove down to Habitat for Humanity of Swift Street to see if there were any inspirational materials. Ana found materials to make a lamp with steel bolts and tile. My impression was that it was half decent, used furniture and half building supplies. With a developed project in mind—and welding skill under my belt—, I may have been inspired to make a purchase.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fruitful breakfast sketches</td></tr>
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This morning, I got Maryam off to school and during breakfast I had a chance to do some ideating. I concurrently drank a pint of coffee made from Sumatran beans Colin roasted yesterday. An idea appeared to make four rectangular cuboids that are 5" tall x 2.5" wide x 2.5" deep. When the four cuboids are placed together then suggest a cube. Apart, they may be placed in an orderly manner, they may be jumbled in a pile, or they may be located miles apart one from the other. Each rectangular cuboid is open at one end. Each cuboid represents four important parts of who I am—friend, mother, artist, and student. Or, mother, friend, artist, and wife.<br />
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An amalgam of beads will fill one cuboid leaving three empty or fill three and leaving one empty—I have yet to decide. The beads are me. They took years to collect into what seems like a haphazard pile. A great deal of small physical contributions make up the collection and I can reasonably argue they are a layer representative of Rachel Smith.<br />
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The ideating reached a point where it needed information regarding limitations of size. Can smaller shapes be removed/cut from the long side panels which will be 5" x 2.5"? What are limitations for drilling small holes? How small a hole may be drilled out?<br />
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I lingered at home, cleaning up the old Christmas tree. Now, I need a quick bite and to head to the metal shop.Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-52392894656231158412015-12-11T17:20:00.001-08:002016-09-19T01:29:54.600-07:00Thoughts on December 11thThe following needs editing. I’m not going to do it.<br />
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The possibilies Intro to Intermedia had in store for me was unlimited and I had no expectation. I read about Intermedia on Wikipedia and still I did not know what to expect. My work was based around craft beadwork for the last twenty years and I felt something missing. That the work was made to be duplicated made it craft. Not that either approach makes it art or not art. </div>
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Walking brought up the idea of walking as a great activity for moving ideas around the mind. I see walking with fellow artists and art students as a pleasant activity but also an activity where the both the mid and body are in motion. Not only are our feet walking and going forward but our ideas and words are propelling our work further and into forward into motion. Long is the image of two men walking in robes in deled in my brain from movies, but some of the most simple things are carry great significant. I began walking in 2011 and it literally changed my life. I got healthy and ideated as I walked along. I recall certain spots along the walk when ideas came to me while walking on West Cliff Drive. Many times this quarter I’ve walked across campus joyfully to get to a dance class at the East Field house or a class in the Elena Basic Visual Arts Studios allowing my brain to try out ideas hypothetically, asking what if this and what if that. After doing the reading on walking, I was more open to walking with fellow students. Whether it was a discussion of my work or of the other person’s work, the desire to have a meaningful conversation or to ideate about work became a guiding light.</div>
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After working on a minute scale, it was unexpected for me to much such large pieces. I was ecstatic to make large work. When work in the Cellar was suggested my brain was mobilized and I realized large pieces of work were make-able. When I gained access to the Cellar I realized I could make print up to 44 inch wide pieces, however, Peter said there is an extra charge for 44 inch so I limited the design to 24-inches wide which was included in my access fee. I primarily used the Cave but I did a 6-hour stint in the Cellar one night to do the image printing for Home. From the beginning of class, I realized this was the time to try my hand at installation pieces I’ve been waiting for. My initial idea was to build a hanging piece from which multiple lengths of beads could be suspended. Eventually, that piece became part of Home. </div>
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Meanwhile in class, the suggestions of artists and topics to check out rained down which resulted in attending events off campus. The first event was a performance by Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir in Oakland. I like to take in performances alone and I was able to do so thanks to my husband. In preparation, I watched YouTube videos of Reverend Bully and a couple of the pre-recorded radio shows. The YouTube video that sticks in my mind was filmed at the Tate where he mashes himself in oil then rolls himself against the BP logo on a Tate wall of sponsors. The piece was terribly moving. In his work, an example is set for those who commit to their work and metaphorical statements. The recommendation that people in class look up Doctor Stanislav Grof lead me to find an upcoming event at the California Institute of Integral Studies. I drove up to San Francisco alone for his talk. I felt a little regret over only attending the introductory talk and not the weekend workshop but I could not afford the time away from my family. In any case, it was a very good exposure to Grof simply listening to his lecture. I caused me to look back enthusiastically at the years I pursued altered states and it was a gratifying to hear one who pursued the topic passionately and academically. </div>
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Through the quarter I took many notes on artists mentioned we ought to look up and I intend to spend my winter break looking up the remaining artists. I learned to look at materials as more significant to the statement or purpose of a work. Even if I continue with glass beads, there would still be color to influence the metaphor and resulting shapes of beadwork to shape the metaphor. </div>
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From the beginning of the quarter the recommendations of people and movements and artists to look up came in such an unmanageable rapid-fire succession, I resorted to annotating my writing notes in the margin. Recommended research topics were headed with an “LU”, topics of particular interest to me were headed with a number of stars preceding the “LU” to indicated my interest level. When an idea of interest was discussed it was written in the margin and accompanied by a small light bulb symbol. </div>
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Topics I did reading on were: Rebecca Solnit, Vito Acconci, Stanislav Grof, Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir, Martha Rosler, City on a Hill, Google Drive presentations. MacArthur Genius Award.</div>
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Topics I have yet to research are: UCSC field stations, Linda Montano, situationists, psychogeography, 1968 shut-down of Paris, Travor Paglin and Nato Thompson, praxis, Red Walk, Seed Bed, Sophie Cowell following boyfriend to Venice, getting on email for Creative Capital, Museum of Walking, Angela Ellsworth, how deep can you get about Powerpoint, Gardener’s Survey of Western Art, Jansen’s Western Civilzation, how a Floe de Piel was assembled, Intermedia Manifesto, Goodbye Gauley Mountain, Sunset Tree on UCSC campus, Event of the Thread, Tropos horsehair signifigance, new materialism, semiotics, spectacle situationists, movie The Forgotten Space, book Battle for Seattle, psychomagic, Jadorowsky, gender theory, residency at the SF dump, Ellen Gallegher, NGO witness photographing ISIS beheading, Richard Serra, Dr. Seuss and his hat/tea parties, Einstein on the Beach with music by Phillip Glass, Robert Wilson, Bjork and Matthew Browning Barnet, camera obscura and David Hawkney, Manifest Destiny, Primal Therapy, Jung’s Mandalas, movie End of Watch, Rydell Fellowship, Robert Irwin, Robert Oober, How to Draw a Bunny, guy who stopped talking for 17 years after not using oil for a period, film El topo, Guillermo Gomez Pena, psychic surgery, synesthesia, Felix Francisco Torres, Christian Botansky’s wife, Annette Messager.</div>
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Examples of ideas to try were: go to an environmental activist event like an activist camp, wear a high heel and combat boot at the same time, intentionally not operating on all 4 cylinders, ways to hurt outselves subtly, Selective Babblism, Dictionary of Fictional Psychosis, trash is a great material for art, make a piñata of yourself and fill it with red candy, thinking about the lore of my own family, Raw man and ramen, birth versus sex and viewing life through my ages, own alters as place for each of us to shine, art made with critical thinking, powerful collaborations.</div>
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I felt encouraged to try new approaches and to think critically. In a way my artistic heart was opened up for surgery, vents were installed, increasing my capacity for expression and empathy. Never before have I been able to open up so much as to make a piece like Aylan Kurdi. I don’t know that any other academic quarter could be so compelling or make such a difference in the art I make.</div>
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Here are the three projects I made during the quarter</div>
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Before we went to bed lastnight, Colin noted our laziness as we looked out from our second floor window over the complex of buildings that make up UCSC’s Early Education Services. We had a good laugh. On his day off from work, Colin took Maryam to her first day there yesterday and we received a written report regarding her bodily functions. It seems she did well, she even took an hour and a half nap.<br />
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It was one in only a handful of days since Maryam was born in early 2013 that I had more than a few hours to myself. It is a miraculous feeling to walk alone. I walked to the Porter College quad and met up with fellow Kresge College transfer students for a forty-five minute walking tour and then we all headed to Kresge Town Hall for a mandatory orientation meeting. Walking to the bookstore after the orientation, I matched step with a student named Orly who until last week worked in a restaurant kitchen in downtown Santa Cruz. We mused over the intense heat. He accepted some water squirts from my water spray bottle. We laughed and said goodbye at College 9/10. This Fall he continues his pursuit of a degree in mathematics. It took several hours for that one to set in and I felt lifted when I realized the immense change in his life. I imaging he has the university to thank, as do I.<br />
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I visited the bookstore and purchased tickets for the Boardwalk Frolic and headed home. On my way back I remembered there was a walking bridge behind the bookstore I have not walked across yet. A group of freshman helped me find it and a quick phone call to Colin, too—he knows the campus very well as he attended after graduating high school. The bridge led from Classroom Unit 1 & 2 over to the sciences. Since I was passing the science buildings I decided to look for the greenhouse I’ve been hearing about. Apparently it was on a rooftop and a great place to study. I found my way to the greenhouse atop Thiemann Laboratories and it was beautiful. There were two outdoor classrooms—under shade cloth, of course—and rows and rows of starts and plants and several greenhouses. Naturally, I imagined holding bead workshops in the outdoor classrooms and wondered how close bathrooms were for all the lady students.<br />
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In the evening Colin and I took Maryam to the Boardwalk Frolic where we frolicked with the freshman in the heat until we melted. We rode the Loof Carousel two times, walked the length of the Boardwalk, rode the Sky Glider back—I was petrified to be so high in the air with my baby and Colin said his feet were sweating—and, played a round of mini golf in the sweltering heat of Neptune’s Kingdom. Now, I’m off to the art major orientation.Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-67970861925137549852015-09-16T23:23:00.000-07:002015-09-16T23:23:47.178-07:00Unlocked DoorsIt was one of those days where the evidence piled up that I’m on the right track—we even had The Girl in bed before 9:00 P.M. The big news is that Art Department <a href="http://art.ucsc.edu/people/staff/jason-greenberg" target="_blank">Jason Greenberg</a> helped secure a spot to show my work in an Art Division mini gallery the first week of school. Operations Manager <a href="http://art.ucsc.edu/staff/brian-quan" target="_blank">Brian Quan</a> showed pedestals I could use, discussed my studies, and introduced me to Staff Research Associate <a href="http://art.ucsc.edu/staff/bruce-kirk" target="_blank">Bruce Kirk</a> in the metal shop after hearing my interest in metal. Working large scale metal has always been one of those things I wanted to do, but believed it outside my ability. When Bruce offered informal welding instruction on Fridays it felt like finding $100 bill on the sidewalk. Other than that, I went on a walking adventure with Maryam and had a good day.<br />
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Colin stayed home so my parenting duty was cut in half, and it was nice. After scrambled eggs and <a href="http://companionbakeshop.com/" target="_blank">Companion</a> toast, Maryam and I headed out for an Adventure—a time for us to go out into the world to see what we can see. A walking tour of the <a href="http://housing.ucsc.edu/camperpark/" target="_blank">camper park</a> on campus is what I had in mind but we could just as easily ended up taking the Metro bus to downtown Santa Cruz and hit the farmer’s market early. We walked out the door and headed towards <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_College" target="_blank">Porter College</a>. She likes the koi and remembered the Porter Advising Office has food for them. We did not see her, but our friend from the orchid society Lupe works there as Academic Preceptor.<br />
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We continued walking up hill towards Kresge and found a door to the Kresge Study Center, I opened it, and we went in. There is a rush that goes through my body when deciding to try a closed door. Many closed doors of institutions open only with a key, but here, so many doors are unlocked. It is one of the exciting things about being here at UCSC. We walked down the stairs and explored the indoor and outdoor nooks of the center. We were alone, it was beautiful.<br />
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The camper park looks so straightforward on <a href="http://housing.ucsc.edu/camperpark/pdf/Camper-Park-map.pdf" target="_blank">this map</a>. But, it was much more colorful. For example, an old wood dinghy one quarter covered in peeling paint lay invitingly in a planted area adjacent to a up-ended plywood spray-painted with an image of a monkey and topped with a half-naked baby doll with a septum piercing. We walked the entire eclectic loop—picking up a pair of wings along the way—and headed back down the hill via Kresge-Porter Road which snakes behind—guess where—Kresge and Porter Colleges. We saw a half basketball court in a grove of redwood tree rings and had to stop. Maryam picked up an overlarge stick and pretended to hit me with it.<br />
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We walked behind the Porter College dorms, past the Porter garden, and through hiking paths of grass and pines until we reached the back of Family Student Housing. We walked up the back of the 800 Loop and came in through the sliding glass door in our backyard. Colin made lunch for us and a package arrived from Aunt Lauren.<br />
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8500 students are moving onto campus this weekend. Apparently, it is the parents we need to watch out for. This beautiful moment happened today as well.<br />
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<br />Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-16591789769195957842015-08-14T21:46:00.001-07:002016-09-19T01:30:20.511-07:00New ProjectsSay hello to Calophylla Cuff, Bibelot Bangles, and Squeezebox Bangle. The three projects emerged as I completed beadwork for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Two-Stitches-Jewelry-Projects-Inspirations/dp/1454708735"><span id="goog_578603259"></span>the new book<span id="goog_578603260"></span></a>—already available on Amazon. The book features 23 projects made by combining right angle weave and tubular peyote stitch. Two Stitches does not include these projects.<br />
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Here is the story. My bead brains were steeped in the two stitches and one evening I was compelled to put down the book work and watched Infinity Stitch flow off my fingers. It was the beginning of Bibelot Bangles. At that point, a great amount of contract illustrating and writing was ahead of me and the new three were set aside. With all book work well finished and life beginning to flow in our new UC Santa Cruz campus home, it is with pleasure I finally bring these projects to light along with the fascinating Infinity Stitch.<br />
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This Fall I’ll resume the pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in art studies. Please have your bead society and local bead shop host these workshops beginning Summer 2016.<br />
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Beautiful bauble-adorned stacking bangles are worked in infinity stitch and peyote stitch. No clasps needed. Infinity stitch is an amalgam of tubular peyote stitch and right angle weave with extraordinary body.</div>
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Work the new and challenging infinity stitch into an expanding bangle uncomplicated by a clasp. Turning the corners is a true challenge. Infinity stitch is an amalgam of tubular peyote stitch and right angle weave with extraordinary body. Make your bangle in one or three bead colors.</div>
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Let the bidding begin! This sweet piece is now at Artisans Gallery in Santa Cruz awaiting its new home! 12K necklace with Aiko hearts. Call to make a bid if you cannot make it to the gallery! All proceeds support the Arts Education Programs created by the Arts Council of Santa Cruz County!! 831-423-8183Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-12861242543473057912014-08-30T17:52:00.000-07:002014-08-30T17:52:25.536-07:00Showcasing Structures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thousands of beads are going into the designs for my new book and a dash of them are crystals. The size 11 round seed beads at the heart of my designs have been in residence since making original pieces in the late 1990s. A bead shop hired me whose Japanese seed bead collection won out any stock or share the Czech beads previously held. They were expensive, of course, and I was a student which made it difficult, but the Japanese beads amassed in my collection none the less. Bead selections over the past number of years are influenced by conversation with a friend whose style I admire, Stacy Creamer. Projects in the new book showcase structures and seed bead textures with a handful of crystal denouements. Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-15929362263570086382014-08-29T14:15:00.001-07:002016-09-19T01:30:38.905-07:00Hard to Say Goodbye<br />
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When you’ve labored over artwork, it is can be difficult to say goodbye—even if it is temporary. <i>You and Eye</i>, <i>Confluence</i>, and <i>Kaliedoscopic Cuff</i> were once circulated between British and US post for two months. You and Eye was created over hundreds of hours; you can imagine how wonderful it was to see it—and the others—again.<br />
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Today, <i>Bursting at the Dreams</i> is shipping for the <a href="http://www.sloma.org/exhibits/coming-next.php?event=578" target="_blank">San Luis Obispo Museum of Art’s Dimensions show opening next Friday</a>. Taking the piece down and wrapping her up, I reflected on the process. There is a cloud of my emotions and well-wishes that swirls around each piece, lovingly wrapped in bubble wrap, placed in a box, a second box, then bid adieu at some shipper’s counter. This piece was a collaboration with glass bead maker <a href="http://www.pattylakinsmith.com/bio.html" target="_blank">Patty Lakinsmith</a>—both our dreams go out today.<br />
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I’ll be going down to San Luis Obispo for the show reception and to meet the curator Karen Sauvion. My husband and daughter will accompany me. Then, I’ll cross my fingers and look forward to the safe return of <i>Bursting at the Dreams</i>.Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-40124877438157380852014-02-23T12:39:00.001-08:002016-09-19T01:28:15.374-07:00Turquoise and Gold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These colors are a delight to my eye. As I set out to do beadwork with turquoise 11°s and gold 15°s it occurred to me to share the love with you. This particular project is going to be a pendant worked in right angle weave and tubular peyote stitch for my new book with Lark Books. I’m really going to enjoy beading this one up! Here’s a little more turquoise and gold inspiration on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/rachelnelsonsmi/i-love-turquoise-gold/" target="_blank">my Pinterest board</a>.Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-45418073795156834802014-02-13T12:18:00.001-08:002014-02-13T12:28:27.699-08:00Inspiration From Pods<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Z8sbttYVBnjh3n3MXIEqJF_2-KHO6JCznlHNJNo-A38IYnukNNs1r4jg-GtNWfSBa9n1VaPAL_fcQrLU_J4Y-4PyQi3zRKilcM2c0bmY1gvUFByQngu9u2wvxfE8bCiIq78zYkwB1pMF/s1600/pods.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Z8sbttYVBnjh3n3MXIEqJF_2-KHO6JCznlHNJNo-A38IYnukNNs1r4jg-GtNWfSBa9n1VaPAL_fcQrLU_J4Y-4PyQi3zRKilcM2c0bmY1gvUFByQngu9u2wvxfE8bCiIq78zYkwB1pMF/s1600/pods.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a>There is an area along my morning walk to and from West Cliff Drive shaded by a tree that drops beautiful pods. The shape is appealing to me. The form stayed in my mind and I began to recreate them with my favorite 11° round seed bead in tubular even-count peyote stitch. Each day I think to collect them to pose as inspirational shapes on the bead bench. These are the pods I picked up this morning along with a pretty, mossy branch and the first interpretations.<br />
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<br />Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-87993622991457473602014-02-10T01:31:00.000-08:002017-01-03T00:24:10.203-08:00Thoughts on February 10thInstalled large 15 pieces in the Santa Cruz County Building on January 13th where they will be on display until mid-March. We are having a reception in conjunction with First Friday on Friday, March 7th. Last Tuesday, February the 4th, I met a woman at the County Building to show her the piece called Memphis. She tried it on and purchased it. I miss the piece but I am glad it is not in my hands anymore. There was a time when letting work go was a great difficulty for me as I saw all of the work as my own private jewelry collection. But, at some point a person’s got to wake up and realize it isn}t even possible to wear all the pieces in my collection anymore. And, in fact, there are really only a handful of pieces I wear. At any rate, I am please it lives with someone new—even someone it looks fantastic on. Off all the many people who looked at and tried it on over the years she could easily be one of the best fits.Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141763507503085465.post-36716774693799349982013-12-18T12:19:00.000-08:002013-12-18T12:19:03.816-08:00Friday Tale of No Regret<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our big, local museum opens the toy trains show in a few days. It is an event I meant to gather family and visit in 2012 when I was pregnant and failed to do so. This year it seems fate is on my side and Ann Altstatt—a fellow Santa Cruz Mama—invited me to participate.<br />
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Friday I’ll do something I might regret. It is a digression, but begs mentioning. The prepared speech I gave at the academic decathlon my high school senior year won me a medal—third place, yet still a medal. It was based on a single axiom I prided myself for conjuring up, “life is too short to be subtle.” Looking back at what I can remember of my 39 years, it makes sense to attempt to squeeze as much life as is possible into, well, life. With a guiding light such as this—awarded even—one gets into some kinds of trouble, wastes time, and despite all that complication, often emerges on the other side better for it. The thing I might regret this time around—though seeming bereft of a challenge—is showing my work at this local holiday show. Though, not to be overlooked, is the excellent chance of having a good time and finally seeing the toy trains.<br />
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<a href="http://www.santacruzmah.org/event/10943/" target="_blank">Toy Trains & Winter Art Market</a><br />
Museum of Art & History <br />
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705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060<br />
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<a href="http://www.annamicaaltstatt.com/" target="_blank">Ann Altstatt</a> lives in the floodplain of the San Lorenzo river and likes to make art about science.Rachel Nelson-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12145760422332372068noreply@blogger.com0