No-bus syndrome blues!

Ah well - I am used to fitting in with the majority - what else can you do? but take the middle road -  and there is the shortage of fuel I suppose!   I hope all FE students are enjoying there Easter break.  College is quiet without them.  The plan was to tie up all sorts of loose ends to do with my work - that didnt happen!  As stated in previous blog I wanted to get some help from Mike (technician) to cut some metal rods that were too long to go comfortably through my door and connect with another handle - I missed the opportunity several times, but did ask him about my hand cast.  He didnt advise the drilling into, in case of pressure and disintegration which would totally ruin it, and although I didnt complete the project, at least I have a better idea of what I am likely to do.  I am pleased with the hand as it is and decided to leave the excess plaster on it as I think it is quite appropriate in relation to my hand being damaged during carpal tunnel operation a few years ago.  It is not the most beautiful of mitts, and it does hamper me at times, with lack of feeling and pain/swelling, but it is my hand and has registered in parts the closeness and proximity to me as well as replication.  The skin texture and shape of the fingers is amazing, and is a surreal experience when holding ones own hand!

                                            
The veins are quite obvious
on the first pic - this is just with plaster, imagine what it would look like with more practice, and possibly silicon with pigment!


It does look like this - I did say it wasnt a pretty mitt!




















I would like to try and improve technique with casting, and hope to be able to cast a foot before next September.





You can appreciate the problem of mounting this piece - and the suggestion by Mike may well be the way I will take it.  It may be best on a thin plinth,  or just on a small shelf.

I`m thinking this would be part of the candle piece.   I have been trying to edit my film!!!  It is certainly not perfect but it has got some parts I like - the edgyness of it is compelling.  Barrie did a good job with the filming - small-time actor though! We had a laugh doing it - the props kept moving by themselves - spirits amongst us, and I accept it could have been mother as she does visit me at times.

These are molds of keys - for the door, and rather than attach the two sides together to make one key - I fashioned them to look like they make be emerging from the woodwork of the door:                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                    

                                         
There is no doubt I will have to pin (not literally) Mike down to doing my jobs and talk about the hanging of my door when we return to college - until then I will continue research for my dissertation plan which is really interesting, and hope it is a suitable subject.  I will try and improve the editing on the film - all 3 and half minutes of it.  Nel frattempo mi amici Buona Pasqua - non mangiare tanti cioccolatini - ciao!