Hurry up

I put the last watery lot of plaster on about 4 hours ago and it's still nowhere near drying. I really hope it doesn't rain tonight because I can't move it before it dries and I haven't got anything to cover it with other than the tarpaulin it's sat in. Hope it survives the night...

Marathon

Johnny Hardstaff's piece for Asics titled 'Marathon' has also been a big influence on my FMP. I love that the slight glimpses you get that hint towards it being Japanese and running related with the almost cryptic images, combined with the athletes breathing over the top and how the pace changes. It is with Rachel Whiteread's monolithic sculptues and Johnny Hardstaff's projected images in mind that I have decied to create 4 monolithic white slabs with negative reliefs of bike parts whilst bike related images are projected onto parts of them and onto the wall behind the for my FMP

Rachel Whiteread

Should have put these up sooner but Rachel Whiteread, Turner Prize winner in 1993, has been a big influence on my FMP. Her sculptures are so imposing obviuosly by there size but also by their monolithic nature. 'House' is overwhelming by it's size alone but as with 'Ghost' the aspect that interests me is that they are reliefs. This was much more suitable because I wanted to project some bike related designs/drawings onto a bike and for it to cast shadows but once Rachel Whiteread was brought to my attention (by Adam Guy) the idea of creating negative reliefs was much more interesting.

Rachel Whiteread is also well know for here piece 'Embankment' that appeared in the Tate Modern, also pictured.

The wheel goes in!

I'm really pleased with how this is turning out but today's been a nightmare.
The last lot of mixed plaster that I put on was too watery and it's been on for a good couple of hours in the sunshine and it's still not dry and there is now a pool of water sitting on top of it...

The plaster goes in

This was a lot harder than I expected.
The little practices were loads easier than this, I'm that's not a great surprise but mixing the quantities was a nightmare.
Anyway, it's getting there.

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