Comments on: Stage 675, Metamorphosis of a WIP: Gilding the Lily

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:52:53 +0000

I know what you mean. I am doing that with shape on the sides of an octohedron. Rather than spend a week building on it, then hating it, this Sketchup program allows me to visualize it, hate it, and save on materials. Right now I don’t like the drama or the rhythm of the waves. The depth is too subtle. And so, I’ll “carve” them a little deeper, and perhaps lower the frequency.

http://virtualsculptureakottenstette.blogspot.com/2010/01/preliminary-sketch-of-octahedron.html

By: ssstephg

ssstephg — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:32:02 +0000

yeah, i needed to bring in some grit. it’s still not finished. that’s the thing tho. overdone to one person can be not even close to finished to another. i don’t call something finished until it feels resolved to me. plenty of times, or maybe even usually, that means a host of people “liked it better before” but, for me, there’s no point leaving it if i haven’t brought it to a point where i feel satisfied that whatever i was working through with the particular piece has been resolved. so it’s work and rework and scrape and apply until a satisfactory balance is found. for me, it’s too easy to find a stage where something is pretty and just stop there. that rarely feels right. there’s rarely enough tension or interest at that point.

btw, thank you but you know that ain’t no way to earn a prize, my friend.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:19:28 +0000

Well…it’s certainly less saturated, but in exchange it’s now got grit!
How does one know when the process has been overdone? How do you control the application of it?

I like it, but for different reasons now.