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Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
11F-6, January 18
No report, but I did find a short comment in Email.
"Today was a lovely one for sand sculpture. Most interesting physical phenomenon was tremendous surf; most of the time it's pretty quiet here, but there were many sets of big waves just booming against the breakwater, or booming as they ran into the previous wave's reflection from the breakwater. When that happened, water raced for the sky, backlit by the afternoon sun.
"The sculpture had some nice parts but I ended up being disappointed with its many defaultish parts. I was having a hard time concentrating, mind flying here and there. Ah, well, it was still a nice day and there were some nice folks out. Did you know that Hula Hoops have made a comeback? Two women came by with their hoops, and implied that they were going to some kind of hooping demonstration or contest. Their hoops looked bigger than I remember them being. One said she'd been hooping for a year or so. And then there was Marna, from Topanga, who sat near me and asked what my inspiration was. She said she's an artist."
2017-11-22: Replaced Photobucket links with Blogger self-hosting
"Today was a lovely one for sand sculpture. Most interesting physical phenomenon was tremendous surf; most of the time it's pretty quiet here, but there were many sets of big waves just booming against the breakwater, or booming as they ran into the previous wave's reflection from the breakwater. When that happened, water raced for the sky, backlit by the afternoon sun.
"The sculpture had some nice parts but I ended up being disappointed with its many defaultish parts. I was having a hard time concentrating, mind flying here and there. Ah, well, it was still a nice day and there were some nice folks out. Did you know that Hula Hoops have made a comeback? Two women came by with their hoops, and implied that they were going to some kind of hooping demonstration or contest. Their hoops looked bigger than I remember them being. One said she'd been hooping for a year or so. And then there was Marna, from Topanga, who sat near me and asked what my inspiration was. She said she's an artist."
2017-11-22: Replaced Photobucket links with Blogger self-hosting
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
11F-4, January 13
Late in 2010 I put new wheels on my sand cart so I could make formed sculptures. The advantage is that the sand can be filtered to remove shells and rocks. When the sand is clean free-piling is fun but formed is more versatile. The restriction is that the shape of the pile is always a cylinder. Trade-offs.
And, also by this time, various friends had prevailed upon me to start taking a camera with me. For formed sculptures it's not so bad. I have the cart to shoulder the load.
I wrote no formal report about this, but I did send a note to a friend in Emai.
"Shortcutting here because I'm about done in. Yes... I'd been thinking about flowers, and at first thought about making something like a tulip. That would have ended up being symmetric, or nearly so, and also repetitive, at least in the image I had in mind. So, I changed course, and decided to make a deep V that would have light-admitting slots cut into it. I made the V part, but then realized I'd never be able to get at the other side of it; there would have to be some sort of structure to hold it all up. What you see in the second image is all that's left of that idea... and, looked at in a certain way, is quite flower-like, and that led to the title.
"The day was beautiful. Very little wind, calm surf, just some thin wispy cloudes that are proably outriders of the system that's making you wet. The people who came by were the usual winter ones... calm, just hanging out on a nce day. I got a CD of music from one fellow who's a musician, among other things. He wants to do some performannce featuring music and sand sculpture. We'll see.
"The thin leg you commented on ended up thin because it occupies the space between two ideas that didn't talk with each other quite enough. One idea was the tucked-in outside, and the other idea was the big space. Fortunately,. the sand was good enough to stand the strain of the conflict. <G> It is somewhat thicker than it looks, and there's enough structure at the top to attach things that might otherwise be leaning too hard on that leg."
CJ, a Venice blogger, happened to be walking the beach in the morning. Here's a link to her story, which has additional images.
Blogtown by CJ, "Free-form Sand Sculpture"
2017-11-22: replaced Photobucket links with Blogger hosting
2017-12-2: added Blogtown link
And, also by this time, various friends had prevailed upon me to start taking a camera with me. For formed sculptures it's not so bad. I have the cart to shoulder the load.
I wrote no formal report about this, but I did send a note to a friend in Emai.
"Shortcutting here because I'm about done in. Yes... I'd been thinking about flowers, and at first thought about making something like a tulip. That would have ended up being symmetric, or nearly so, and also repetitive, at least in the image I had in mind. So, I changed course, and decided to make a deep V that would have light-admitting slots cut into it. I made the V part, but then realized I'd never be able to get at the other side of it; there would have to be some sort of structure to hold it all up. What you see in the second image is all that's left of that idea... and, looked at in a certain way, is quite flower-like, and that led to the title.
"The day was beautiful. Very little wind, calm surf, just some thin wispy cloudes that are proably outriders of the system that's making you wet. The people who came by were the usual winter ones... calm, just hanging out on a nce day. I got a CD of music from one fellow who's a musician, among other things. He wants to do some performannce featuring music and sand sculpture. We'll see.
"The thin leg you commented on ended up thin because it occupies the space between two ideas that didn't talk with each other quite enough. One idea was the tucked-in outside, and the other idea was the big space. Fortunately,. the sand was good enough to stand the strain of the conflict. <G> It is somewhat thicker than it looks, and there's enough structure at the top to attach things that might otherwise be leaning too hard on that leg."
CJ, a Venice blogger, happened to be walking the beach in the morning. Here's a link to her story, which has additional images.
Blogtown by CJ, "Free-form Sand Sculpture"
11F-4, "Blossom"
2017-11-22: replaced Photobucket links with Blogger hosting
2017-12-2: added Blogtown link
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