First week of print was slow, worked both on mono print and drypoint but not happy with results, just experimenting. Trip to London for weekend, went to the Anslem Kiefer at the White Cube and was completely blown away an experience. Also saw Joan Mitchell late work, not as good as her earlier work.  Did more mono printing today and here are a few examples.

My theme for the print elective is invasion of personal space, as in the Church being forced down my neck, also the restriction of space because of economic situation. The opposite of this is the creation of space in ones mind through having some sort of spiritual practice. The artists I have been looking at are Tapies, Kiefer, Frankenthaler, Idris Khan and Angela-De-La-Cruz.

What a buzz sculpture was, incredible room of people doing wonderful stuff, everybody who visited were blown away by the amount of activity. In the second week I started to make a piece with bamboos with the intention of handing them, the theme being separation but that changed as I made more and more of them. In the end they were like a little forest or musical instruments or a little tribe a gathering. Going to enter them into the drawing competition along with a spinning top drawing.

Walking blind in sculpture is quiet fun. Found myself a bit of grid and hung it from the celling and started attaching wire. Next attached sweet wrappers and tinfoil to it. Not looking to bad but difficult to photograph in the crowded space, presto lets film at night and light it with a single source, a red head in this case. This elective is a lot of fun and wide open, like painting with objects.