I finished by giraffe piece, finally. It looks nothing like how I imagined it. I realized that I spend longer developing an idea than I do actually making the piece; I should be spending more time on my pieces. I wish that my pieces were as strong as the ideas that I have in my head.

I was looking online at art made out of books and these really caught my eye. They are all very unique and are absolutely amazing. It inspires me to want to pick up a book and start cutting. This is not exactly related to my concentration; however, these pieces are of precise craftsmanship and have remarkable detail. Both of these traits are things that I strive for in my artwork.

In class the other day I made a clay giraffe head. Ryland said that I could use the head as part of my projects and make the body out of wire, etc. I have been thinking, and I really like the idea. It will allow me to branch out a little more. Thank you Ryland. I definitely miss working with clay.

I want to make a sculpture with a giraffe bending down, as in the picture above, to drink.

Here is one of my newest pieces. I feel like it is lacking something, but I am unsure of what. Since all movement leads to the left, I need to put something there that captures one's attention and keeps it there. My other piece, which includes a cougar, has a stronger message but is more simplistic in form.

Here is my latest sculpture titled "Instinct". When making this piece I was trying to satirically represent animal behavior by replacing what could be a cougar or racoon with a bicycle (which dogs are known to chase). I used color sparingly and contrastingly, the moss higlighting the red streamers on the bike handles. Sorry about the weird angle of the picture.

So I'm still working on my bicycle project. I want to add a bizarre touch to the piece either by adding an unusual material such as hair or by confusing the situation (such as having a bicycle chasing a dog or human). Talking about hair, I think that incorporating hair into a project would be very interesting. This 2D artist, Fink, who I happened to come across on the web, makes his portraits entirely out of hair clippings. It's absolutely amazing.

For one of my next projects I'm making a bicycle out of wire and then I'm going to incorporate other found objects. I want to knit wire for my second project.
I also looked into takng a class at OCAC. Unfortunately there is no metals class in the Spring. There are two during the summer though.