Orbit

Just completed last night. The shell of half a sphere, made of Mohair fibers, 42cm diameter.

Dancing up and down, between ceiling and floor - strung, crocheted and sewn with nylon thread.

And it's full moon today.

PS: Orbit is now part of a private collection.

Working

My 'work bench'. Drilling holes into acrylic glass with a drill thankfully borrowed from neighbours upstairs.

Most things take a little longer than expected... Finding material is a task on its own, but very rewarding. I came across Modulor and was happy to cycle 8km back and forth, twice. Three storeys packed with an enormous range of materials. It was hard to get me out of there.

I'm working on various items simultaneously. Things that I've done before happen in different ways. Using other materials changes the outcome. And, Marion's facilities provoke different procedures.

Sketches

1. co-ordinates

2. static

3. spiraling

Patterns of dots in a circle - with a sphere in mind. The co-ordinates (from H to B, see post 30 April) may have left their traces in these drawings.

4. sunflower seeds
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The first sketch 'Co-ordinates' merged into a drawing based on circles which is more static (2.). This turned into a spiraling (3.) version.

The resulting design recalls the pattern found in fir cones and sunflowers (4.).

The aim is again to transform from second into the third dimension...

Walking

Finds during the first few days, all within about 15 minutes walk from my current dwelling:

West:

Having said that there isn't much green near my doorstep I 'found' this piece of landscape not far from my current home:
Ploetzensee, a lake fed by groundwater in the middle of a huge green park, or rather three large parks.


South:

Lady with a hat peers over the trees into a street further south from here.




East:

Galerie Max Hetzler resides high up on the forth floor of the 'Osramhoefe'. A huge space entirely lit by daylight.
Work by Tony Ziegler.

Some more pics here.