A few random shots from through out the day!

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Behind the scene shots of Josh filming!

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What a disaster! Everything was securely locked up so it was pretty difficult getting into the house and took a while to get all the equipment in but was defiantly worth it!

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The filming and installation was very successful but still with a few problems on the way. For instance when we got to the house it had been recently re-secured leaving the only way steel plated and padlocks on all available doors.. But this wasn’t going to stop us! We had to carefully climb over a door frame at the top of a fire escape and then tediously pass the clay over one at a time. We had no interruptions the whole time we were there which was perfect and was the one thing I was concerned about. Because of the way the clay had traveled a few of the faces had become distorted but I kind of liked the worn look it had given them and made each and every one even more individual! Without giving too much away i’m going to a show some behind the scene shots and footage I took while we were in the house. Overall I am very impressed with the final outcome and hope it shows in the film!

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My boyfriend came across this image on the internet and couldn’t believe how similar it is to my idea and what i’m working towards! It’s caption was ‘ice stalagmites in the basement of Greystone Park State Hospital’ and unfortunatly i can not find anything on this piece and who did took it/made it etc. I’ve searched around and can only find the same picture and caption with no details. Regardless it’s perfect to compare with my work, it has actually inspired me to leave the mess on the floor rather than my initial plan to clear the floor. I still want to place my work in a more grid like order though linking back to my love of artists like Kader Attia and the way they display their work. 

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Being packed away to travel safely!! :) Dorie suggested I keep them as moist as possible until the installation to avoid them drying up thoroughly and being much more delicate which was a brilliant idea! I used the plastic bubble wrap to do both the job of keeping them safe and slightly soft. 

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My three fabulous helpers with their favourite clay sculpture!

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A few shots the kind teacher took while I was helping out the girls! Now unfortunately due to the time we had I couldn’t work with all of the children, however there were 3 girls who hadn’t attended the previous workshop and could help me out! They were fantastic and helped me out massively. I loved talking them through the steps and seeing there expression when they had finally made their little sculptures. They were really enthusiastic and willing to help me out and seemed really interested in my general idea (although I didn’t go into too much detail)! Overall i’ve got about 20 sculptures made, some by me and others by my little helpers, now although this wasn’t the original plan i’m very happy I got the opportunity to involve the children. 

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Setting up the studio space, after waiting for an hour for the kids (who we had given up hope on.. Due to the beautifully sunny weather we started thinking maybe they were having more fun outside!) I started to create a few more models my self. I was absolutely devistated but then finally the group arrived after a horrible hour them self waiting for a mini bus! (Bless them!)

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One of the reasons I chose to avoid as many joinings as possible! No matter how much you think you’ve securely attached something there is always the risk of it drying out and cracking!

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