Here is the second and final social construct.  This time it involved vessels that contained jell-o and double ended spoons to reach the treat and share.  However, there were twice as many spoons to jell-o jars so people had to buddy up in groups in order to participate in the experience.

Opening Night

These are a few stills I thought caught the mood of the night pretty well. If you click on the Vashon Beachcomber link to the right you can read what the local paper there said about me, it's about a paragraph down in the article.

This show was about how we socially interact and this video captures how I was able to influence that interaction through art.  The vessels you see on the shelves were filled with water (only in the red ones) and a tea concentrate (stuck on the inside of the white ones.)  The attendees were assigned to one of these colors and encouraged to make and drink the tea together.  You can see how these vessels made their way from one side of the gallery to the other through everyone's participation.

Show Opens Friday!

This Friday
June 1st
5-9pm
Valise Gallery
Vashon, WA

Come be part of the experience.  This event will be the first of two different interactive installations in the gallery and your participation is what creates the work of art!  So come have fun with me!  There will be tea to share, things to do and people to meet.  And don't forget to mark your calendars for the second event, Sat. June 16th starting at 2pm.

The practice run was a great success, thank you all who made it out!

The

Help Support Me, Get a Piece of Art

I need your help in order to go to a class at Pilchuck, and in return for that I'm going to bring you with me! (at least, intellectually if not physically)
See the full details at the site http://www.indiegogo.com/perceivingoriginality
Not only will you help create my experience there, but afterword I'll make you a work of glass art based on what I learned.
I hope you will come with me on this journey!

 Lots and lots and lots! My little tea balls are working beautifully!

 This is the first glaze firing, and they all came out ok, now onto major production!  I'm having so much fun with slip, who knew?

A Studio To Work In

I have finally moved into a shared space that has light, heat, running water and a radio! Oh modern conveniences! How I appreciate you!

I got right to work on making the molds I would need for the first of the events for my project "Social Constructs" that will take place in June.
Once the molds were made, the slip was poured and here are the first vessels (still un-fired) that have come out of it.