tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54489773460651255372024-03-13T09:17:36.352-07:00Andy Moerlein -- VERBIER 3DUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-40363569490646564152011-07-01T15:13:00.000-07:002011-07-01T15:50:17.052-07:00Postscript<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">One of my unmet goals of the Verbier 3D Residency was a third piece on the mountain that used my sapling technique and hand-made stones. I had gathered saplings early in the residency, but they were just too short and not my usual maple, oak, beech. They were pulpy and soft woods - mostly spotted alder and a cottonwood variety. I was not able to get the strength and length I needed for the high environment. But in our closing days I applied silver paint to them and built a piece for the final party:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d6TjTPM59r8/Tg5NdyouPBI/AAAAAAAAIGE/Q5vJAevMxIY/s400/IMG_3946.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624518158836448274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My industry and insecurity with my stones meant that I had over 20 made for the 9 I fit into my sculpture. The remaining ones were placed as remnants of my visit to Verbier. Here are some of the placements:</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JtApomwhdqw/Tg5NeqrcLHI/AAAAAAAAIGk/pOtgZgkH5QM/s1600/IMG_4018.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JtApomwhdqw/Tg5NeqrcLHI/AAAAAAAAIGk/pOtgZgkH5QM/s400/IMG_4018.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624518173880233074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; ">Placement #1</span></div></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ddFTTbMQVV0/Tg5NebwSnPI/AAAAAAAAIGc/x65fCsvKA6g/s1600/IMG_4020_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ddFTTbMQVV0/Tg5NebwSnPI/AAAAAAAAIGc/x65fCsvKA6g/s400/IMG_4020_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624518169874046194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Placement # 3</span></div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KUUDesFDUlE/Tg5NeBe81tI/AAAAAAAAIGU/1ehtnSRRRxU/s1600/IMG_4015.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KUUDesFDUlE/Tg5NeBe81tI/AAAAAAAAIGU/1ehtnSRRRxU/s400/IMG_4015.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624518162821994194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Placement # 5</span></div></span></span></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dLCuzteyPgs/Tg5NeJU6KTI/AAAAAAAAIGM/SkzCmSNHKVo/s1600/IMG_4011.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dLCuzteyPgs/Tg5NeJU6KTI/AAAAAAAAIGM/SkzCmSNHKVo/s400/IMG_4011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624518164927359282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></span></span><p></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Placement </span># 7</span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-50513440613838208892011-07-01T13:42:00.000-07:002011-07-01T15:09:48.915-07:00Final days @ Verbier 3D<div style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The final days were a blast of energy and fun. The finished works went up the mountain with huge efforts by many folks. We had several long days working around holiday schedules and the unpredictability of media, weight and just the complexity of each installation. My work and Donna’s were done with good timing, but Donna and I each had a final afternoon on the mountain getting grass arranged, soil raked, paint touchups done. Saturday the 25th we were up on the mountain until late in the afternoon, applying finishing touches and getting through final video interviews. We then came back to the tent to build our final sculpture.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Together we built a sapling Ibex, the mighty mountain goat of the high Alps. Our structure was covered with a layer of straw and soaked with oils. We set our Ibex in place on a steel mountain I had fabricated and then dressed for the evening’s party. It was a well ordered affair with a lovely VIP cocktail, the usual introductions and goodbyes (in both French and English), a painting competition (Art Battles), fire dancers, and lots of great music. As the evening scrolled to a close we ignited our sculpture. It went alight with magnificence. It was a GRAND close to our fine time in Verbier.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The after party went past our dropping time but we danced for hours before calling it a day well spent.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Sunday we all gathered for a walk through of the high mountain site at 2pm. We rode up the lift and then walked along the road between the end of the lift and the restaurant where Donna’s piece is so well featured out the main dining room windows. It was a great time for us all to talk and share the experience. Many impressions of the work were shared. Several of our new friends joined us for these two final events. Donna and I have several standing invitations for places to stay when we are next in Verbier!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">By four, most the artists and guests headed down the mountain, but Donna and I faced the clearest day we had yet seen in the high mountains, so up we scampered. For the next two hours we hiked into the alps, following a trekking trail to the first of the mountain lodges. By the evening barbecue, both of us were sore and exhausted - spent but smiling. It was glorious!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The final meal was full of goodbyes. We all regretted the end of this unique and lovely adventure. Donna and I left as the sun set, walking the last two miles down the mountain to our hotel to pack. 7:30 lift off for Venice!</span></p><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">THE FINISHED WORK:</span></div></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w2mD3ch-e-k/Tg5DevKgv3I/AAAAAAAAIF8/_fAaVSx84WI/s1600/IMG_3895.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w2mD3ch-e-k/Tg5DevKgv3I/AAAAAAAAIF8/_fAaVSx84WI/s400/IMG_3895.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624507179968020338" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zKMbPHZ6KlU/Tg5DerxwD1I/AAAAAAAAIF0/us8Cc6Ie82I/s1600/IMG_3899.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zKMbPHZ6KlU/Tg5DerxwD1I/AAAAAAAAIF0/us8Cc6Ie82I/s400/IMG_3899.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624507179058859858" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><p color="#232323" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">UPROOTED 2011</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">When a tree is wind beaten to the extremes of uprooting, it is a trauma that leaves a scar beyond the individual that is toppled. When a forest titan is blown over and the earth is torn by the tenacity of roots, even boulders can be hoisted aloft. These excavated stones leave an impression, the uplifted roots draw a shape, the remnant hollow becomes a shelter.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Man has marked this earth deeply. We are well rooted.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">I am unsure how as an artist, I can respond to the extremes of the Alps. My work is not a triumph over adversity. It is a personal story. I am recording my presence. In the fragile state of today's world I am determined to draw with a mark that lasts. In this Residency I aim to leave a significant trace.</span></p></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5z7bU34Tp3I/Tg5DedBOEVI/AAAAAAAAIFs/CjJ4-TFoD64/s1600/IMG_3887.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5z7bU34Tp3I/Tg5DedBOEVI/AAAAAAAAIFs/CjJ4-TFoD64/s400/IMG_3887.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624507175097209170" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dkOXZe4hVtM/Tg5DeG8ROOI/AAAAAAAAIFk/8YQVegYllys/s1600/IMG_3884.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dkOXZe4hVtM/Tg5DeG8ROOI/AAAAAAAAIFk/8YQVegYllys/s400/IMG_3884.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624507169170864354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w5qZKoaetA4/Tg5DH_pg5fI/AAAAAAAAIFc/K7ZWw0YF3vw/s1600/IMG_3861.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w5qZKoaetA4/Tg5DH_pg5fI/AAAAAAAAIFc/K7ZWw0YF3vw/s400/IMG_3861.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624506789256029682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">UPENDED (a ghost print) 2011</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">When a printmaker places a second damp page on the plate without pausing to re-ink, a ghost print is produced. UPENDED is a retelling of UPROOTED. Like a ghost print, much of the mass is gone. The impression is skeletal, but structure is evident. In a second pressing, only the deepest image remains.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">UPENDED works well in all seasons but was designed for the brilliance of the mountain terrain. Fog and clouds isolate the linear design and suspend the stones in vapor. Sun on snow creates a stark shadow reflection. The image will be doubled, compressed, stretched as the sun angle changes throughout the day.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">The steel rod has been bent and shaped into layers that lack geometry but that evoke volume - much as a brush patch occupies a distinct physical space with abundant disorder.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; min-height: 16px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "></span><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><br /></span></p></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zzsT2FHK96s/Tg5DHVF5brI/AAAAAAAAIFU/h6KjFAt44g0/s1600/IMG_3853.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zzsT2FHK96s/Tg5DHVF5brI/AAAAAAAAIFU/h6KjFAt44g0/s400/IMG_3853.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624506777832353458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; ">UPENDED implies both geologic and organic events. The stones reference authentic shape and colors while revealing a hand-made sensibility. They invite trust in their materiality as boulders, but show a painterliness, brushstrokes and surfaces that are distinctly created. Splash, drip and color confound believability. That was my goal for these still-life rocks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IrAPUBbTdTI/Tg5DG5xJ41I/AAAAAAAAIFM/qPoE7GMsvYc/s1600/IMG_3899.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b7X8ai9f1xw/Tg5DGu0BMfI/AAAAAAAAIFE/UoWFoWDqs4g/s1600/IMG_3844.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b7X8ai9f1xw/Tg5DGu0BMfI/AAAAAAAAIFE/UoWFoWDqs4g/s400/IMG_3844.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624506767556817394" /></a><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-61904362060755843252011-06-28T12:26:00.000-07:002011-06-28T13:09:18.520-07:00June 22 23Rocks for UPENDED proved to be a challenge. The colors I chose were based on the flowers and vegetation about the mountain terrain. The mauves, reds and yellows were impossible for me to wrap my head around. I made over 20 rocks for a total of 9 spaces. On the 24th I was driven up to install. The red ones were wild and untamed and intimidated me. They were finally replaced by genteler but still dynamic rocks. I was thrilled by the final composition, but the installation was not without a lot of agony. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QfJcrpakwK8/Tgoy1iUBMVI/AAAAAAAAIE0/eNEs5L-I2m8/s1600/IMG_3501.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 239px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QfJcrpakwK8/Tgoy1iUBMVI/AAAAAAAAIE0/eNEs5L-I2m8/s400/IMG_3501.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623362980050710866" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">RED STUDY </div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ui8WmbLWCL8/Tgoy0668xUI/AAAAAAAAIEs/YMynwMUbgK8/s1600/IMG_3853.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ui8WmbLWCL8/Tgoy0668xUI/AAAAAAAAIEs/YMynwMUbgK8/s400/IMG_3853.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623362969476580674" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tN8_SR5O504/Tgoy0cB1_MI/AAAAAAAAIEk/_7GEdFSPtXs/s1600/IMG_3855.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tN8_SR5O504/Tgoy0cB1_MI/AAAAAAAAIEk/_7GEdFSPtXs/s400/IMG_3855.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623362961183997122" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1oVLG8tnOVQ/Tgoyzyfp78I/AAAAAAAAIEc/aotSXyT8l1U/s1600/IMG_3858.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1oVLG8tnOVQ/Tgoyzyfp78I/AAAAAAAAIEc/aotSXyT8l1U/s400/IMG_3858.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623362950034747330" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Individual stones </div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ixtw20GI5hM/TgoyzB6w3MI/AAAAAAAAIEU/BwaZNIYiEao/s1600/IMG_3861.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ixtw20GI5hM/TgoyzB6w3MI/AAAAAAAAIEU/BwaZNIYiEao/s400/IMG_3861.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623362936995110082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">UPENDED Andy Moerlein 2011</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-14029451568926444462011-06-27T14:10:00.000-07:002011-06-27T14:51:56.261-07:00June 21st<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J1tuJ5gEK8w/Tgj2eg1IIHI/AAAAAAAAIEM/1qlaIAyPatA/s1600/IMG_3493.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Donna gets her stone base delivered on Monday and Tuesday she FINALLY gets the BABY BRINGER hauled up the mountain…</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YqM07MFYRRM/TgjzQlN8mEI/AAAAAAAAIDk/YumHSiK_wrc/s1600/IMG_3408.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YqM07MFYRRM/TgjzQlN8mEI/AAAAAAAAIDk/YumHSiK_wrc/s400/IMG_3408.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623011600966129730" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">It is laid on its side, then hooked to the sling built into the pipe spine we secured into the sculpture.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mquVsuZk1ak/TgjzP5vMkrI/AAAAAAAAIDU/lDoAixVSCJ8/s400/IMG_3411.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623011589294428850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KyIRIsNOXKU/TgjzQPmo-3I/AAAAAAAAIDc/kN4dp1hA054/s1600/IMG_3418.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KyIRIsNOXKU/TgjzQPmo-3I/AAAAAAAAIDc/kN4dp1hA054/s400/IMG_3418.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623011595164121970" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JYJFtKcg0qQ/TgjzQ6BW8HI/AAAAAAAAIDs/_oi_rcipmW4/s400/IMG_3435.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623011606550474866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">SHE FLIES!</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9wuTcnAEBDc/TgjzRJNzfwI/AAAAAAAAID0/34mRXoJXtG4/s400/IMG_3463.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623011610629209858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The truck driver pauses as the work settles upon the stone and expansion anchors are drilled and secured. Donna is a proud busy bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Jerome is lifted up by a strap to unhook the bird and close up the head hole.</span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ubiZNd_YjQ0/Tgj0zkVbILI/AAAAAAAAID8/M74ytDMDMyE/s400/IMG_3471.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623013301536104626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J1tuJ5gEK8w/Tgj2eg1IIHI/AAAAAAAAIEM/1qlaIAyPatA/s1600/IMG_3493.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pbH-STBwRKk/Tgj0z8ivSHI/AAAAAAAAIEE/u5sFZpSikjY/s1600/IMG_3927.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pbH-STBwRKk/Tgj0z8ivSHI/AAAAAAAAIEE/u5sFZpSikjY/s400/IMG_3927.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623013308034402418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">BABY BRINGER</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Donna Dodson 2011</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ubiZNd_YjQ0/Tgj0zkVbILI/AAAAAAAAID8/M74ytDMDMyE/s1600/IMG_3471.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9wuTcnAEBDc/TgjzRJNzfwI/AAAAAAAAID0/34mRXoJXtG4/s1600/IMG_3463.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J1tuJ5gEK8w/Tgj2eg1IIHI/AAAAAAAAIEM/1qlaIAyPatA/s1600/IMG_3493.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J1tuJ5gEK8w/Tgj2eg1IIHI/AAAAAAAAIEM/1qlaIAyPatA/s400/IMG_3493.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623015138841337970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">My UPENDED is hauled up and secured in place. I still have rocks to complete...</span></div></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mquVsuZk1ak/TgjzP5vMkrI/AAAAAAAAIDU/lDoAixVSCJ8/s1600/IMG_3411.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-15761173822771342212011-06-17T10:27:00.000-07:002011-06-17T11:21:28.107-07:00A FEW too many days slipped by….<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DGP3V_ih858/TfuTluL0HAI/AAAAAAAAIDM/kZTMeoxIj2w/s1600/IMG_3377.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7llxfKE8YRE/TfuTlSLmcnI/AAAAAAAAIDE/edZ2mbPZ4m8/s1600/IMG_3352.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7gNQKi2PzVY/TfuTk3oM5VI/AAAAAAAAIC8/L_FsLxpgh24/s1600/IMG_3348.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uMeKBRAiW0w/TfuTkoE0i1I/AAAAAAAAIC0/yJ6v07duJdM/s1600/IMG_3338.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6_4XGtAuLXU/TfuTkECAVEI/AAAAAAAAICs/WnoA0Bw6fiI/s1600/IMG_3329.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yuyHJPsZSwQ/TfuQBRE0sKI/AAAAAAAAICk/7tgSmsI8e5Y/s1600/IMG_3336.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yuyHJPsZSwQ/TfuQBRE0sKI/AAAAAAAAICk/7tgSmsI8e5Y/s400/IMG_3336.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619243311512727714" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">It has been WILD around here. We laid the lovely stork down on her back to put a steel back bone for her to be carried and secured to the base.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6_4XGtAuLXU/TfuTkECAVEI/AAAAAAAAICs/WnoA0Bw6fiI/s400/IMG_3329.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619247207841551426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span> </span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">I returned to the mountain and secured my footers. </span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uMeKBRAiW0w/TfuTkoE0i1I/AAAAAAAAIC0/yJ6v07duJdM/s400/IMG_3338.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619247217517038418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">We visited the studio of a local artist. JeanClaude has a small but efficient studio. Check out that roof!? They use flat stones as shingles, attached with a clever hook system. According to our buddy Matt, they never leak and last as long as stones… I just want to see the raftering it takes to hold it all up with an added 5 feet of snow!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7gNQKi2PzVY/TfuTk3oM5VI/AAAAAAAAIC8/L_FsLxpgh24/s400/IMG_3348.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619247221691966802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">We had a stunning day at Art Basel, one of the worlds hottest gallery exhibits. This year they burnt all the records for sales on day ONE! We got VIP passes to be there. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">Basel was such a delight. Driving down the twisty road from our high alps paradise, through deep valleys peppered with castles, then on to the low flat lands of lakes and cheese on our three hour ride to the German speaking end of Switzerland - we got a renewed perspective of where we are — MAKING ART IN THE ALPS!!!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">I spent a day making a hap hazard scaffold up on the mountain so I was FINALLY staged to cement… then waited for a day of reliable weather, a cement mixer, a truck to haul my materials and finally made the move…</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7llxfKE8YRE/TfuTlSLmcnI/AAAAAAAAIDE/edZ2mbPZ4m8/s1600/IMG_3352.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7llxfKE8YRE/TfuTlSLmcnI/AAAAAAAAIDE/edZ2mbPZ4m8/s400/IMG_3352.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619247228819763826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DGP3V_ih858/TfuTluL0HAI/AAAAAAAAIDM/kZTMeoxIj2w/s400/IMG_3377.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619247236336851970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">I still have several days getting a finish coat and color on… but now I move on to FINALLY securing my last bit of steel and making rocks for my second piece.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">Dona has been working TOO HARD> She has done two 2am nights in a row and still insists on getting up at 6. Last night i refused to stay up with her and woke up in a fright when she never returned. I strolled over in my PJs and recovered her. The work is huge and lovely. She will be forever proud and I am confident the helicopers will film her piece as a local landmark.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">Speaking of helicopters, we work with two of the finest world class “off piste” (off groomed trails…) snow boarders. Matt and Jerome have been filmed and also film some of the areas most spectactular glacier drops on snow boards. Matt is a huge help - he knows everyone who lives here and can solve almost any problem. He speaks good english and it is so interesting to hear him go from steady calm English to the emphatic and expressive French. Same conversation - but French has a completly different approach use of intonation. It is built into the language.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#66FFFF;">Jerome speaks good but limited English. Working bilingually we smile and share a lot — and often miss a lot… but both these guys work like real heros.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-82755938415583849222011-06-16T13:31:00.000-07:002011-06-17T11:22:53.469-07:00The promised video of STORK! getting a spine...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xidv9uBL6uAUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-54994165257208722662011-06-10T06:24:00.000-07:002011-06-10T06:48:10.471-07:00June 9th<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nz1eZJ0BBao/TfIelPUOzLI/AAAAAAAAICc/WdqqDAAkzR8/s1600/DSCN0888.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WSN0VMIuTbQ/TfIekeZ65kI/AAAAAAAAICM/i_V9BB6M6SI/s1600/IMG_3325.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WSN0VMIuTbQ/TfIekeZ65kI/AAAAAAAAICM/i_V9BB6M6SI/s400/IMG_3325.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616585297270335042" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This morning was SO cold, but Donna was scheduled to run up the mountain to check out her site for soil conditions, (the architect/engineers had concerns about securing her work…) so I jumped into the van with 8 bags of concrete to finish up my foundation. My piece was covered in ice when I arrived, and even though I worked until 11:00, it was still iced over when I left.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qn_AniBSgqs/TfIekuuwSTI/AAAAAAAAICU/EBWH4eHnKGg/s400/IMG_3328.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616585301652687154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center; ">The pick was needed to secure the piece on the mountainside until the cement cured. This is SUCH an extreme place to work!</div><div><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I was done with all I had to do, I walked back to the lift, but it only runs limited hours. I was between trips, so I just hoofed it down off the mountain, cutting straight down steep slopes rather than take all the switchbacks. It was a cold, exhausting morning. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nz1eZJ0BBao/TfIelPUOzLI/AAAAAAAAICc/WdqqDAAkzR8/s400/DSCN0888.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616585310399810738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">After lunch we laid Donna’s STORK down on its back and worked out a system for giving it a proper backbone! See tomorrow’s video..</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-87043863041422337562011-06-08T09:44:00.001-07:002011-06-08T10:06:38.408-07:00June 8th<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had great materials success FINALLY… we hope. We found a local product that seems like the ticket! Donna made a sample, and I used her leftovers to cover some of my rocks. It seems to respond similarly to our US product. We are very happy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-W4Prru8oljU/Te-nUg62H7I/AAAAAAAAIB0/QRrOqKBLlgE/s400/IMG_3321.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615891231230271410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zZjpSL8UzTI/Te-nWVysL1I/AAAAAAAAICE/sPuJ4Kts9cc/s1600/IMG_3323.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zZjpSL8UzTI/Te-nWVysL1I/AAAAAAAAICE/sPuJ4Kts9cc/s400/IMG_3323.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615891262603013970" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But the truck drivers and engineers looked at Donna’s HUGE foam and scratched their heads a lot. It is looking like they want a hole down through the center… YIKES! This would have been easier as she built it, but I am optimistic that we can lay the huge sculpture down and drill through it for a helecopter hook. We fashioned a pipe into a drill and had adequate success:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CHvA_K-7UqE/Te-nUX6JFwI/AAAAAAAAIBs/NxkwuwBAhlM/s1600/IMG_3320.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CHvA_K-7UqE/Te-nUX6JFwI/AAAAAAAAIBs/NxkwuwBAhlM/s400/IMG_3320.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615891228811400962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We had a lot of fun shopping! The carts here are made for narrow aisles! They have FOUR swiveling wheels. It is wierd at first, but once you get the idea, WHAT dexterity.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-4834614145994644132011-06-07T10:04:00.000-07:002011-06-07T12:38:50.306-07:00June 7th<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Today started at 6:50. I set out all my needs for the move up the mountain. The truck arrive promptly at 7am. Lovely and crisp morning. a stunning drive back up the s curves to the site.</span></span></div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWqnJsf4DJA/Te5fWmx2ZvI/AAAAAAAAIA8/am1I6gRJqUA/s400/IMG_3302.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615530627348981490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The loading and off loading were most professionally handeled.</span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E-x0M0Fa9b0/Te5fW6IWMVI/AAAAAAAAIBE/J1m4UQ1RcBE/s400/IMG_3307.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615530632543613266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">I was again thoroughy thrilled with the site I had decided on. It has a long vista as one approaches, and a spectacular outline against the glaciated mountains beyond.</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FsuScMg21ns/Te5fZsoMgcI/AAAAAAAAIBc/bfKyUfAA5GM/s400/IMG_3312.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615530680458707394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8-HBQ2Ht0f4/Te5fk4E2jtI/AAAAAAAAIBk/RMMFzTcCQq0/s1600/IMG_3314.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">I had Jerome, one of the French fluent assistants, to help me and he was a great worker. We beat ourselves up diggeing in the tough soil. deep slots followed the contour of the piece.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8-HBQ2Ht0f4/Te5fk4E2jtI/AAAAAAAAIBk/RMMFzTcCQq0/s1600/IMG_3314.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8-HBQ2Ht0f4/Te5fk4E2jtI/AAAAAAAAIBk/RMMFzTcCQq0/s400/IMG_3314.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615530872510254802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Then we mixed cement to secure the piece as rain slipped over us. We caught the 12:30 lift down off the mountain and arrived to hot plates opf food saved for us. I still have several hard days getting the piece covered with cement and then stained. The site is steep and so I will need to spend a day building a scaffold so I can reach the higher places. I will catch a ride up the mountain on the lift and return similarly. The view and ride are exceptional. What a place to work!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Donna had a great day getting solutions to our materials dilema and doing the final shaping on the skirt ruffels, feet and lower areas. Now she will work her way up the shape cleaning up details as she awaits the new material.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FsuScMg21ns/Te5fZsoMgcI/AAAAAAAAIBc/bfKyUfAA5GM/s1600/IMG_3312.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CpXZXqRURWY/Te5fYErGc9I/AAAAAAAAIBU/Yxx6HNmp2pc/s1600/IMG_3311.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cmw3yItx6Ek/Te5fXaeo2pI/AAAAAAAAIBM/Jnn6W_aosJg/s1600/IMG_3309.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E-x0M0Fa9b0/Te5fW6IWMVI/AAAAAAAAIBE/J1m4UQ1RcBE/s1600/IMG_3307.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWqnJsf4DJA/Te5fWmx2ZvI/AAAAAAAAIA8/am1I6gRJqUA/s1600/IMG_3302.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx7MT4ydeEFFeQBMIHFVpgJc3xBsEf5JBH4l5Xj_syc6FksTXyOz8hRG1CpUhNUh6Eqsci_RQgPcT88LKvvOQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxtTiHhUUUvtgHtJOwNF7peFrY3GG-wVex2KtCW62n_kyyJWLCUrcQeuEHv_EfM0hsqaNAQQFmQkanHochKwQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-84819775211622372872011-06-06T12:23:00.001-07:002011-06-06T12:55:33.432-07:00June 5th & 6th<div style="text-align: center;">Sunday June 5th was a bit flat. We got to the tent early as usual (we generally start before 8, most others arrive by lunch...) We had a lovely dinner party at Maddy's the night before, and the key was not in place... Perhaps the mood made others a bit forgetful. Donna had work, but I mostly putzed about. After lunch the key showed and I got some work done. We had a hard pour midmorning, clouds the rest of the day, but both of us got work done.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Monday JUNE 6 was a serious work day. Donna cut out her monument's lovely feet and just as the day closed... popped out the sawzall and trimmed in the ruffel for the dress! So close -- so cool.</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xJwDVm5C2A8/Te0q9Z0SXII/AAAAAAAAIAs/1F-OhNk3LIw/s1600/IMG_3297.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xJwDVm5C2A8/Te0q9Z0SXII/AAAAAAAAIAs/1F-OhNk3LIw/s400/IMG_3297.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615191544791456898" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I0Bj1rKub9k/Te0q8-sWP-I/AAAAAAAAIAk/urLQCn8uS1I/s1600/IMG_3298.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I0Bj1rKub9k/Te0q8-sWP-I/AAAAAAAAIAk/urLQCn8uS1I/s400/IMG_3298.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615191537510399970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I played with my steel curlyques and the welder. </div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PSh24AhFBJQ/Te0q7_1k2uI/AAAAAAAAIAc/bS0F6Xw0TAQ/s1600/IMG_3299.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PSh24AhFBJQ/Te0q7_1k2uI/AAAAAAAAIAc/bS0F6Xw0TAQ/s400/IMG_3299.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615191520637672162" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7dQcTZMEFgg/Te0q7Wl3A0I/AAAAAAAAIAU/boeupptOKU8/s1600/IMG_3300.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;">I built a base for it that will go into the ground to secure it in place:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1MALpp3huMc/Te0qy0IkR0I/AAAAAAAAIAM/o9AllLm-V6A/s1600/IMG_3301.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1MALpp3huMc/Te0qy0IkR0I/AAAAAAAAIAM/o9AllLm-V6A/s400/IMG_3301.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615191362877278018" /></a><div><br /></div><div>The cement guys brought us the wrong materials completely. Even with good translation, it was frustrating. I finally went down to the factory to chat about acrylic additives and glass fiber with my laptop in hand. I don't know how it works, but when I google it comes back in English, but when they google on their computer it comes back in French!</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, one of our local helpers brought me to a stunning mountain ravine to gather saplings for our burning sculpture. The tree selection is less than premium. I got a small collection -- less than half I need, but I might have to make due... </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7dQcTZMEFgg/Te0q7Wl3A0I/AAAAAAAAIAU/boeupptOKU8/s1600/IMG_3300.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7dQcTZMEFgg/Te0q7Wl3A0I/AAAAAAAAIAU/boeupptOKU8/s400/IMG_3300.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615191509565899586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We continue to eat like hogs. The food is basically home prepared for kings and served at a small pub directly across form our work tent. It is HARD not to eat too much.</div><div><br /></div><div>On thing that continues to give us a chuckle is the "size" decision one is faced with daily when flushing:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGwSN5ckPY8/Te0v9mzfpQI/AAAAAAAAIA0/BDrusQuVm9s/s400/IMG_3295.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615197045835932930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-73411593448767156772011-06-04T09:39:00.000-07:002011-06-04T10:00:31.280-07:00June 4th<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Today was a nice day. We both worked hard - but Donna worked harder! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">She has attacked the legs.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EZ7LonHJMt8/TepibiCukLI/AAAAAAAAH_k/KQrqlQ0F_2Y/s400/IMG_3286.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614408110604980402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> I worked on ideas. First in foam...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rYFznPXiu44/Tepibzjc-gI/AAAAAAAAH_s/IU8lnORqngI/s400/IMG_3294.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614408115305642498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">Then in REAL rocks....</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kCzHBzLQRz8/TepicqTAjYI/AAAAAAAAH_0/oTHO23S7wv8/s1600/IMG_3292.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kCzHBzLQRz8/TepicqTAjYI/AAAAAAAAH_0/oTHO23S7wv8/s1600/IMG_3292.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kCzHBzLQRz8/TepicqTAjYI/AAAAAAAAH_0/oTHO23S7wv8/s400/IMG_3292.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614408130000620930" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vpPj6M6qewI/Tepic-dVzDI/AAAAAAAAH_8/wD9BSE_kGfM/s400/IMG_3289.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614408135412665394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Then I started bending up for the new piece...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I16AquTngZs/TepidVIHroI/AAAAAAAAIAE/6QTirnlqfdw/s1600/IMG_3287.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I16AquTngZs/TepidVIHroI/AAAAAAAAIAE/6QTirnlqfdw/s1600/IMG_3287.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I16AquTngZs/TepidVIHroI/AAAAAAAAIAE/6QTirnlqfdw/s400/IMG_3287.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614408141497675394" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vpPj6M6qewI/Tepic-dVzDI/AAAAAAAAH_8/wD9BSE_kGfM/s1600/IMG_3289.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kCzHBzLQRz8/TepicqTAjYI/AAAAAAAAH_0/oTHO23S7wv8/s1600/IMG_3292.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rYFznPXiu44/Tepibzjc-gI/AAAAAAAAH_s/IU8lnORqngI/s1600/IMG_3294.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></a></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EZ7LonHJMt8/TepibiCukLI/AAAAAAAAH_k/KQrqlQ0F_2Y/s1600/IMG_3286.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-75741961333339564442011-06-03T12:45:00.000-07:002011-06-03T13:01:40.255-07:00June 3rd<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FdMXIEo0H_g/Tek7opMPjxI/AAAAAAAAH_I/S60n7HvaUzE/s1600/IMG_3838.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>We had a great day today. Donna knawed on her piece with persistence, getting the left side to match all she did yesterday. I cranked on the wire tying and discovered I was hugely along. By midday I was DONE!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ip_VGpID4ew/Tek7oZ-BQeI/AAAAAAAAH_A/PsIDJHE7Z-I/s1600/IMG_3832.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ip_VGpID4ew/Tek7oZ-BQeI/AAAAAAAAH_A/PsIDJHE7Z-I/s400/IMG_3832.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614083975845855714" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xYQRtqpHEKk/Tek7n4bZVHI/AAAAAAAAH-4/fNL5HmoHJWY/s1600/IMG_3828.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xYQRtqpHEKk/Tek7n4bZVHI/AAAAAAAAH-4/fNL5HmoHJWY/s400/IMG_3828.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614083966842262642" /></a>Now I need to arrange for a truck to drive the steel armature up the mountain so I can set it in place, dug a footer and cement it in place. Then I will spend two long days mixing cement and covering the structure with a thin layer making a strong but some what flexible piece.<div><br /></div><div>Freed up for the afternoon I began a new idea...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FdMXIEo0H_g/Tek7opMPjxI/AAAAAAAAH_I/S60n7HvaUzE/s400/IMG_3838.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614083979932045074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><div><br /></div><div>A little rain fell in the afternoon, but it stopped in time for a world class hike! We went further up the mountain and saw a world we both are falling in love with.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b6Gkxf3PlGI/Tek9XnSCzcI/AAAAAAAAH_Y/qZp49MTyOJU/s1600/IMG_3284.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b6Gkxf3PlGI/Tek9XnSCzcI/AAAAAAAAH_Y/qZp49MTyOJU/s400/IMG_3284.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614085886384983490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2rZolTUliAQ/Tek9XeihaTI/AAAAAAAAH_Q/ylIy9kIWWeo/s1600/IMG_3274.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2rZolTUliAQ/Tek9XeihaTI/AAAAAAAAH_Q/ylIy9kIWWeo/s400/IMG_3274.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614085884038179122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-363589205425758722011-06-02T12:53:00.001-07:002011-06-02T13:03:13.587-07:00June 2nd<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x9kFF6Qd_Vw/TefsDaj-FiI/AAAAAAAAH-w/y7BSSEDZdWc/s1600/IMG_3271.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-05ZR9Byx_iA/TefqZnA5j7I/AAAAAAAAH-g/AS-yLkWKTdc/s1600/IMG_3268.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-05ZR9Byx_iA/TefqZnA5j7I/AAAAAAAAH-g/AS-yLkWKTdc/s400/IMG_3268.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613713186230996914" /></a><br />The snow lingered today! But we had a good day of work in the tent. I am doing the chicken wire and it is tedious and meticulous work. Every layer needs to be securely tied to the steel structure so as to keep the overall thickness as minimal as possible. I expect to move up to the mountain next week and then secure the piece and cement it in place. It will be a great experience to be up above tree line for many days of hard work!<div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x9kFF6Qd_Vw/TefsDaj-FiI/AAAAAAAAH-w/y7BSSEDZdWc/s1600/IMG_3271.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x9kFF6Qd_Vw/TefsDaj-FiI/AAAAAAAAH-w/y7BSSEDZdWc/s400/IMG_3271.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613715003954566690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eJ45pL-KsNw/TefsC2mbgkI/AAAAAAAAH-o/bAwt6Bo79y8/s1600/IMG_3270.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eJ45pL-KsNw/TefsC2mbgkI/AAAAAAAAH-o/bAwt6Bo79y8/s400/IMG_3270.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613714994301207106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eJ45pL-KsNw/TefsC2mbgkI/AAAAAAAAH-o/bAwt6Bo79y8/s1600/IMG_3270.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><br /></div><div>Donna keeps up the careful shaping that makes her piece a daily joy to observe.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-751815364627947372011-06-01T02:23:00.000-07:002011-06-02T12:52:56.175-07:00June 1st SNOW!!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K4Vkz_r6o7Q/TeYF9fIk3TI/AAAAAAAAH-Y/FaF0hqD1sFI/s1600/IMG_3823.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K4Vkz_r6o7Q/TeYF9fIk3TI/AAAAAAAAH-Y/FaF0hqD1sFI/s400/IMG_3823.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613180539451530546" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DxqRRMywA8M/TeYFUZjo_9I/AAAAAAAAH-Q/g6z6au7wMzU/s1600/IMG_3246.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DxqRRMywA8M/TeYFUZjo_9I/AAAAAAAAH-Q/g6z6au7wMzU/s400/IMG_3246.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613179833579798482" /></a><br />We woke up to 4" of snow today. The tent is drippy and chilly. This place is WILD!<div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-67070889899312341492011-06-01T00:57:00.000-07:002011-06-01T02:23:04.163-07:00Day # 12<div>It was wet and cold all day. I planned to bring my piece into the big tent*, but it is too tall. So I worked outside applying chicken wire. I got soaked three times and dried in between. It is tedious work getting the wire smooth and tied tightly to the steel structure.<div><br /></div><div>*The tent we are all working in is huge and solid - 30 x 100 feet with 12 ' height in the center. There are 7 of us working in there, and then another 6 swiss artists are working in their own studios but join us for some of the events.</div><div><br /></div><div>After a slow day on my part (Donna CRANKED again -- see image!) we had the local office of tourism stop by with "fixings". </div></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VbFaODs7-zI/TeYEpgxJTVI/AAAAAAAAH-I/grOPSNfeduU/s1600/IMG_3244.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VbFaODs7-zI/TeYEpgxJTVI/AAAAAAAAH-I/grOPSNfeduU/s400/IMG_3244.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613179096781114706" /></a><br /><div>The plan had been to go to a party spot in the forest under a big shelter, but temps foreclosed that agenda. The partay came to us! And these folks know how to party! We began with good swiss wine (after a long day of work...) and then enjoyed raquette - a local specialty where they singe a HUGE wheel of cheese and the scrape the browned skin and melted slurry over small potatoes with pickled onions and sweet gerkings. The company was diverse - a traveler who was working with the tourism office on a booking computer program - a jazz musician who hauled out his fugal horn - a local boy who knew how to run the raquette cooker and regaled us with stories about growing up with fighting cows... ETC...</div><div><br /></div><div>After lots of great food and wine and music and dancing they broke out the pear liqueur and coffee. As we strolled back to our apartment a hedge hog crossed our path, and the chill was intense. A change was in the air!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-25772464438934616732011-06-01T00:35:00.000-07:002011-06-01T00:55:35.521-07:00Day # 11<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Day 11 was a hard day of work for both of us. Rain and even snow is in the forecast so I knew I needed to get welding done or I would be unable to work for several days, so work I did. Welding is easy work, but steady, and it takes persistent focus to do an efficient job. I am getting better everyday! I pushed HARD and worked into dinner time before I simply said DONE. Tomorrow, come rain or shine I can begin layering the chickenwire on for the cement coating.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-55GQ9-2GoVU/TeXtHPQt_PI/AAAAAAAAH-A/A8xq7E6VImo/s1600/IMG_3819.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-55GQ9-2GoVU/TeXtHPQt_PI/AAAAAAAAH-A/A8xq7E6VImo/s400/IMG_3819.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613153219198713074" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--RGOoH2HWUU/TeXtG87mLdI/AAAAAAAAH94/dvJ1dK3lJOw/s1600/IMG_3817.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--RGOoH2HWUU/TeXtG87mLdI/AAAAAAAAH94/dvJ1dK3lJOw/s400/IMG_3817.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613153214278282706" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4OiVr5v_BDM/TeXtGdw9JkI/AAAAAAAAH9w/LrvamSsgwy0/s1600/IMG_3815.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4OiVr5v_BDM/TeXtGdw9JkI/AAAAAAAAH9w/LrvamSsgwy0/s400/IMG_3815.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613153205912151618" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><br /></span></span>Donna worked SO HARD. She is up on scaffolding and climbs up and down constantly to reposition or just see where she is going. She uses mostly a hand saw in the firm foam so she is constantly using her full body to shape her Stork. These are 12 - 14 hour days, and she stays mostly cheery and seems refreshed even as she comes off the ladder covered in lavender dust.<br /><br />The rest of our crew are very interesting. We have a traditional wood carver, <a href="http://www.head-line.co.uk/timholmes/timothyholmes.html">Tim Holmes</a>, who has a to-die-for red larch log. It was 30' long with a massive girth, but he felt he could ONLY complete a 12' piece in the month allowed, so he had it cut in two and hauled up the mountain to Verbier. It is a richly scented wood fresh cut and oozing. He is doing a loosely figurative piece. He is British, but he lives in France with a temporary place in Verbier. He is hoping to show and sell here well enough to ski and sculpt forever in Verbier.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-17562146305378053302011-06-01T00:29:00.000-07:002011-06-01T00:34:07.679-07:00Day #10<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A fun couple had stopped in the tent where we work early in the week and invited us to a sip of wine at 1, so we were thrilled to visit The Bagnions at their fun chalet for a midday break. They proved be delightful company. He is French and runs a vineyard in Saint George. It has been in family for generations, and the vintner who manages the grapes and processing has been there for three generations! They KNOW the soil, vines and wine.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-teIw42kkaiI/TeXq1ppoUbI/AAAAAAAAH9o/qHiHag3SHJ8/s1600/Le%2BBugnion%2BDay%2B10.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-teIw42kkaiI/TeXq1ppoUbI/AAAAAAAAH9o/qHiHag3SHJ8/s400/Le%2BBugnion%2BDay%2B10.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613150718021620146" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Today was a Sunday and all power tools and noise was prohibited. We came to the work site and worked quietly but not all that productively. Donna was slowed since she could not use the sawzall, but I was able to weld quietly. After our day of less the optimal effort we came to the conclusion that Sundays are best left to hikes and exploration.<br /></span><br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-15137581402630107082011-05-28T23:36:00.000-07:002011-05-28T23:50:54.472-07:00Day #9<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">We had another AWESOME day! Sunny and bright -- but SO COLD! Sculptors who wore shorts were chilly all day. Even midday when it warmed up the chill was present, and returned as soon as the sun angle lowered.<br /><br />Saturday saw a bump in curious visitors. People came from as far away as Geneva to see what they had read about in the paper.<br /></span></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chda2Vp4csY/TeHp9yxog7I/AAAAAAAAH9g/nhQYGgwyTHg/s1600/DSCN0856.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chda2Vp4csY/TeHp9yxog7I/AAAAAAAAH9g/nhQYGgwyTHg/s400/DSCN0856.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612023858491589554" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br />Donna was up on her scaffolding all day carving huge chunks from the beak and freeing her wings almost to the waist. Proportions and shape are fully evident as she works to rough the huge pillar of polystyrene foam. She is a curiosity that has the crowds talking. I welded and fiddled with ambition. HUGE progress, but my welds remain fragile and sloppy. I am NOT a welder...<br /><br /></span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-253k0ajty5U/TeHp9o6FiaI/AAAAAAAAH9Y/poBEA2M5RQk/s1600/DSCN0853.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-253k0ajty5U/TeHp9o6FiaI/AAAAAAAAH9Y/poBEA2M5RQk/s400/DSCN0853.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612023855842691490" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Paul Goodwin, a curator from Tate Britain in London came in at 4 for high tea and conversation. He talked with us each individually to familiarize himself with the work and our ideas. Tomorrow we will each have a deeper individual conversation with him. He is here now and then will return when the work is done. His role is one of added ideas, providing curatorial context and writing about the entire residency. It was exciting to meet him and we all found him to be an accessible and generous thinker.<br /><br />For dinner we had an exceptional gathering of the most generous of Verbier community leaders at the home of Madeleine Paternot, one of the Residency founders. What a spread, what fine company, what an exceptional home we all enjoyed. The fireplace was aflame and a much needed barrier to the MAY! chill. The languages were aswirl.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Madeleine's father and best friend proved to be college buddies of Peter Haines, one of Donna's (and now my) good friends. Peter is a member of Boston Sculptor's Gallery with Donna and I. It was one of many amazing coincidences of this residency. Verbier is a focal point in the world. Small in population, but hugely influential people accumulate in the chalets and ski slopes. We are so lucky to be here.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br />Our crisp walk home as the night ended was alight with stars. We chatted about ALL the people we are meeting and remarked that all these friendships will be with us for a lifetime.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-8417772320799335772011-05-27T10:44:00.000-07:002011-05-27T10:55:40.096-07:00Day # 8<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nXIXgb4hcuY/Td_li4eJS5I/AAAAAAAAH9Q/9ziHHfPVfLM/s1600/DSCN0851.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nXIXgb4hcuY/Td_li4eJS5I/AAAAAAAAH9Q/9ziHHfPVfLM/s400/DSCN0851.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611456048164064146" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5R6wB14FaAU/Td_lijdHKMI/AAAAAAAAH9I/MFHx6NjM108/s1600/DSCN0850.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5R6wB14FaAU/Td_lijdHKMI/AAAAAAAAH9I/MFHx6NjM108/s400/DSCN0850.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611456042522585282" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjyHzUtLM-8/Td_liBknBRI/AAAAAAAAH9A/KEVrs4fuTW0/s1600/DSCN0849.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjyHzUtLM-8/Td_liBknBRI/AAAAAAAAH9A/KEVrs4fuTW0/s400/DSCN0849.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611456033427227922" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OCXK8GII60s/Td_lhlsI-OI/AAAAAAAAH84/m00JPIPqc7c/s1600/DSCN0848.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OCXK8GII60s/Td_lhlsI-OI/AAAAAAAAH84/m00JPIPqc7c/s400/DSCN0848.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611456025942620386" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hCvJkBk5Ero/Td_lhQhEMPI/AAAAAAAAH8w/wvrbFxCeFaQ/s1600/DSCN0847.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hCvJkBk5Ero/Td_lhQhEMPI/AAAAAAAAH8w/wvrbFxCeFaQ/s400/DSCN0847.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611456020259025138" /></a><br />We had rain today and so I spent the day doing details and drawings and lists and stuff. Donna was on the ladder cutting and carving lovely things all day.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-63595520453771440982011-05-26T10:46:00.000-07:002011-05-26T11:14:01.755-07:00Day # 7<div style="text-align: center;">The BLOG MASTER!</div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K_keN945bR4/Td6X4H_bvlI/AAAAAAAAH8o/A9t4wC-Bfek/s1600/DSCN0845.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K_keN945bR4/Td6X4H_bvlI/AAAAAAAAH8o/A9t4wC-Bfek/s400/DSCN0845.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611089176223792722" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">FLOWERS FROM THE STUNNING FIELDS ON THE MOUNTAIN!</div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--TJt6V2Jssc/Td6X32MAzrI/AAAAAAAAH8g/dLEVs8wNduw/s1600/DSCN0844.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--TJt6V2Jssc/Td6X32MAzrI/AAAAAAAAH8g/dLEVs8wNduw/s400/DSCN0844.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611089171444715186" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G04l4cdkc9k/Td6X3iSUHQI/AAAAAAAAH8Y/ZeqY3GHpoj0/s1600/DSCN0841.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G04l4cdkc9k/Td6X3iSUHQI/AAAAAAAAH8Y/ZeqY3GHpoj0/s400/DSCN0841.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611089166102437122" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dU6w7QCvqbs/Td6X3KR-qqI/AAAAAAAAH8Q/M3kZRFBHMP8/s1600/DSCN0840.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dU6w7QCvqbs/Td6X3KR-qqI/AAAAAAAAH8Q/M3kZRFBHMP8/s400/DSCN0840.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611089159658580642" /></a><br />We went to the mountain for a second visit. The 30 minute drive up to the top of the first level of the ski lifts was as exhilarating today as it was on Sunday. This is a marvelous event! Visionary! Skiers will enjoy an outdoor sculpture gallery as the descend one of Europe's most developed ski mountains.<div><br /></div><div>Donna chose an especially remarkable site that has a vivid mountain background - right in front of the newly constructed 5 star restaurant. My site has a crisp horizon line to ski, plus several great views as one approaches the restaurant or descends the slopes. Organizer Kiki Thompson has encouraged me to do a sapling sculpture as well as the ferro-cement piece I have planned. It is an exciting addition to my plans here, but will add a lot to the already full schedule. Donna and I have been invited to do a burning sculpture on the closing night party, so we will be WELL featured in all this excitement. We are so happy and proud to be here!</div><div><br /></div><div>The languages are marvelous to experience. People shift from perfect English to beautifully accented French, or Italian, or German or Swedish with such ease, and no one seems frustrated with my very limited French. Many say No English with no embarrassment at all! Donna has been a hit! Her french has been well exercised, and although the vocabulary is still slow to return (when it began to rains she said it was crying outside...) she has no problem being understood and even very much communicative! THEY ALL LOVE HER here!</div><div><br /></div><div>Curious thing is all the timers on lights. If you take too long in the bathroom - you get shut up in the dark. (But an observant person will note there is a switch in the stall for </div><div>re-illumination...)</div><div><br /></div><div>I got in a short day of welding due to our morning mountain visit and then this evening an exciting collector and friends hosted a lovely wine cocktail before dinner... I am making solid progress, but am DYING for a normal 12 hour day of work.. Oh well residencies are as much about the networking as the work produced?! </div><div><br /></div><div>Donna cut and sheered the foam! She too put in a short day but had GREAT results.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-17958769128503022812011-05-25T12:22:00.000-07:002011-05-26T04:04:36.305-07:00Day # 6 - Drew's 25th Birthday!!!<div>Today we have a GUEST commentary contribution from Donna Dodson. (Be sure to check out her facebook entries for more details and images!)<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Day #6: The glue arrived and the styrofoam blocks are in place. I will begin carving tomorrow. We wandered out side today before lunch to find the cows and fell in love with them up close. They have giant leather collars painted with hearts and huge tin bells that you can hear from a distance. We both made alot of progress today in the studio and it is exciting to see our pieces taking shape."</span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L-2fmqn5s_4/Td1aXjwdiTI/AAAAAAAAH8I/pOmWC8FAczc/s1600/IMG_3211.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L-2fmqn5s_4/Td1aXjwdiTI/AAAAAAAAH8I/pOmWC8FAczc/s400/IMG_3211.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610740071555500338" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2pEujOqm704/Td1aXTNf58I/AAAAAAAAH8A/vdRRrtO3aCA/s1600/IMG_3209.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2pEujOqm704/Td1aXTNf58I/AAAAAAAAH8A/vdRRrtO3aCA/s400/IMG_3209.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610740067113887682" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X19Xxf7mXGw/Td1aW8h_q7I/AAAAAAAAH74/zKrVJneC5OI/s1600/IMG_3206.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X19Xxf7mXGw/Td1aW8h_q7I/AAAAAAAAH74/zKrVJneC5OI/s400/IMG_3206.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610740061025840050" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oar6xi-Nyg4/Td1aWkrDv3I/AAAAAAAAH7w/mQZDSHVCsXY/s1600/IMG_3187.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oar6xi-Nyg4/Td1aWkrDv3I/AAAAAAAAH7w/mQZDSHVCsXY/s400/IMG_3187.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610740054621405042" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CFQvEevkcqM/Td1aWTjN-kI/AAAAAAAAH7o/sK7xXVKLOBw/s1600/IMG_3183.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CFQvEevkcqM/Td1aWTjN-kI/AAAAAAAAH7o/sK7xXVKLOBw/s400/IMG_3183.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610740050025118274" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-10863086971873964132011-05-24T11:58:00.000-07:002011-05-24T12:44:46.814-07:00Day 5! Work day for real!.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CSZ78TSL9_U/TdwKlNvoI4I/AAAAAAAAH7g/s_3ROLONhTg/s1600/IMG_3178.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CSZ78TSL9_U/TdwKlNvoI4I/AAAAAAAAH7g/s_3ROLONhTg/s400/IMG_3178.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610370870257656706" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UCX7KTaDRos/TdwKkn2PMbI/AAAAAAAAH7Y/43m-VjdGH8g/s1600/IMG_3174.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UCX7KTaDRos/TdwKkn2PMbI/AAAAAAAAH7Y/43m-VjdGH8g/s400/IMG_3174.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610370860084834738" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0HGQ0FWA5PE/TdwKA64xJ1I/AAAAAAAAH7Q/sN6xQagXrBE/s1600/IMG_3173.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0HGQ0FWA5PE/TdwKA64xJ1I/AAAAAAAAH7Q/sN6xQagXrBE/s400/IMG_3173.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610370246720431954" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GGwMyC4zrnE/TdwKAkPGVxI/AAAAAAAAH7I/v_4l-6ME7kY/s1600/IMG_3166.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GGwMyC4zrnE/TdwKAkPGVxI/AAAAAAAAH7I/v_4l-6ME7kY/s400/IMG_3166.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610370240640079634" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sPrAIz7CGik/TdwKAM6fiCI/AAAAAAAAH7A/4rxAUNyWWJw/s1600/IMG_3165.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sPrAIz7CGik/TdwKAM6fiCI/AAAAAAAAH7A/4rxAUNyWWJw/s400/IMG_3165.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610370234379634722" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WdUzEccwQ40/TdwJ_wKi3YI/AAAAAAAAH64/bPhNguyBmZg/s1600/IMG_3162.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WdUzEccwQ40/TdwJ_wKi3YI/AAAAAAAAH64/bPhNguyBmZg/s400/IMG_3162.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610370226662333826" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uhqEo9TnKEQ/TdwJ_aHP-HI/AAAAAAAAH6w/sgjyoQBaI0E/s1600/IMG_3157.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uhqEo9TnKEQ/TdwJ_aHP-HI/AAAAAAAAH6w/sgjyoQBaI0E/s400/IMG_3157.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610370220742932594" /></a><br />We got up before the sun broke over the mountains and were on site to unlock. I worked on my model and Donna laid out plans for her foam carving. In no time the deliveries began. Foam and plywood were unloaded and the other artists began to work. I got the welder out and started melting steel together. The structure is taking shape. FINALLY! Donna piled up her foam pieces but the glue was not here, she will stick it together tomorrow. What a pile of foam she has ahead of her. <div><br /></div><div>I am still struggling with my imagery. The design is feeling very decorative. It WILL be lovely, but I am not convinced the content will survive. Oh well, I MUST go on. I seriously hope to complete a series of THREE of these structure. The medium is steel rod structure covered by a dense layer of chicken wire (three per side minimum) then finished with glass reinforce cement as thinly as possible to about 1-3 inches thick. At this point the plan is to build the structure here in town and then trailer it up the steep winding roads to the mountaintop sculpture park then apply the cement on site. Cementing will be three or four challenging days doing all the work by hand with very limited access. Donna's piece will likely be flown to site fully finished via helicopter. The final location for all the work is accessible only by foot, bikes, skis and dogsled. A five star mountaintop restaurant shares the road with our sculptures, but access to the working site will be a daily challenge as we finish up our work.</div><div><br /></div><div>The weather continues to be stunning. Chilly in the morning, hot midday, cools off fast like all high alpine environments. It has been clearer each day and Donna insists on photos constantly. We have a growing collection of portraits with STUNNING landscapes.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-1674810058416839622011-05-23T12:12:00.000-07:002011-05-23T23:45:59.294-07:00Day #4<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6voxkhOkSgA/TdqytOQ1opI/AAAAAAAAH6o/XJ6Ut_hUZF0/s1600/IMG_3156.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6voxkhOkSgA/TdqytOQ1opI/AAAAAAAAH6o/XJ6Ut_hUZF0/s400/IMG_3156.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609992775835951762" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uP-p94-0hfk/Tdqysrk3_BI/AAAAAAAAH6g/diptu064_d0/s1600/IMG_3153.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uP-p94-0hfk/Tdqysrk3_BI/AAAAAAAAH6g/diptu064_d0/s400/IMG_3153.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609992766524750866" /></a><br />This has been a day full of conceptual ruminations. I came to the residency with an image of a wind downed tree and the resulting cavity beneath. There is a lively impression that freshly toppled trees leave that I find evocative. The uplifted boulder, snugly wrapped by roots leaves a shape in soil. Similarly, some stones stay soil bound and leave their imprint on the risen root mass. No windblown tree goes down cleanly, there are always roots that resist the collapse and show an evident tension - connection - to the original tree location. I love the energy revealed, the spaces created, the perforations that happen when trees fall over.<br />How does this relate to my mark making in the alpine vista? How does the distinct edge of mountains and sky reflect the edge of a windblown stump? How can I include the impressed shapes?<br /><br />Uprooted<br />Wind beaten to the extremes of uprooting is a trauma that leaves a scar beyond the individual that is toppled. When a forest titan is blown over and the earth is torn asunder by the tenacity of roots. Even boulders can be hoisted aloft. These vacated stones leave an impression, the uplifted roots draw a shape, the remnant hollow becomes shelter.<br />Man has marked this earth deeply. We are well rooted. Our presence is seen in the very extremes of our planet.<br />I am unsure how as an artist, I can respond to the extremes of the Alps. My work is not a triumph over adversity. It is a personal story. I am recording my presence. In the fragile state of today's world I am determined to draw with a mark that lasts. In this Residency I aim to leave a significant trace.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwCmflloPCNr4EOckaJ_RrynYnfvAnStjSQ-pCG8QFc9ZqWB0n2TS-R4DZSdN1palnKAdvl3lHVuWB2J3zKFA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-53083454221859620302011-05-22T12:01:00.000-07:002011-05-22T12:29:36.788-07:00Day 3<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LhXx6j956K4/Tdlg7ZoI9-I/AAAAAAAAH6Q/um57feRADkk/s1600/Breakfast%2Bat%2Bthe%2Bchalet.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LhXx6j956K4/Tdlg7ZoI9-I/AAAAAAAAH6Q/um57feRADkk/s400/Breakfast%2Bat%2Bthe%2Bchalet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609621384474458082" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Sundays are a day of rest. We slept in and met at 10am for a drive up the mountain. We are installing our work most of the way up the mountain. It is HUGE up there. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyEOXV3biUltNlDUhRBGQ0JKrMmRONkSYGSzywNQCE7J66ZBN72y8zWgbR2_-fBI0szRHMJdQ-jlAvhjzsAQQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V5jTXg7OGCA/Tdlg7t2Tg2I/AAAAAAAAH6Y/Fv1U_mLnZTo/s1600/This%2Bplace%2Bis%2BHUGE.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V5jTXg7OGCA/Tdlg7t2Tg2I/AAAAAAAAH6Y/Fv1U_mLnZTo/s400/This%2Bplace%2Bis%2BHUGE.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609621389902578530" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><b><u><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;">Vernissage Listing information</span></span></span></span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"><span></span></span></span></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><b><u><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"><span></span></span></span></span></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><b><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;">Who:</span></span></span></span></b></span><span><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"> Verbier 3-D Foundation Sculpture Park and Residency</span></span></span></span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><b><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;">Where: </span></span></span></span></b></span><span><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"> Verbier, Switzerland. Place de L'Hermitage </span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;">- Parking at Place Centrale - 1936 Verbier, Switzerland</span></span></span></span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><b><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"><span></span></span></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><b><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;">When: </span></span></span></span></b></span><span><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"> June 25, 2011 from 6 - 8pm </span></span></span></span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><b><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"><span></span></span></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><b><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;">What</span></span></span></span></b></span><span><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;">: Vernissage for </span></span></span></span><b><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;">Verbier 3-D Foundation</span></span></span></span></b></span><span><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"> Sculpture Park and Residency entitled, </span></span></span></span><b><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;">"Go Tell It On the Mountain" </span></span></span></span></b></span><span><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;">with the</span></span></span></span><b><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span></b></span><span><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;">curatorial premise set by Paul Goodwin, Curator of Contemporary Art at Tate Britain (London). </span></span></span></span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><b><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"> </span></span></span></span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"><span></span></span></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span><b><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;">Why: </span></span></span></span></b></span><span><span><span><span style=" ;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style=" ;font-size:small;"> The sculptures created in Verbier, will be exhibited 12 months, braving the four seasons at a highaltitude of 2,100 meters (6,800 feet), between Ruinettes and La Chaux. Featuring a roster of emerging and critically acclaimed Swiss, British and New York-based artists to include André Raboud, Will Ryman, Zak Ove, Andy Moerlein, Kiki Thompson, Josette Taramarcaz, Edouard Faro, Etienne Krähenbühl, Musa Hixson, Timothy Holmes, Nathalie Delhaye, Donna Dodson, Gregory Coates and Sam Bassett</span></span></span></span></span></p></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448977346065125537.post-1744395250665832302011-05-21T12:13:00.000-07:002011-05-21T13:33:45.844-07:00Day #2<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8pkxHQ5Y-5Q/TdgTS2XmI5I/AAAAAAAAH6I/FVhpcjQ1JjE/s1600/IMG_3099.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8pkxHQ5Y-5Q/TdgTS2XmI5I/AAAAAAAAH6I/FVhpcjQ1JjE/s400/IMG_3099.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609254550443008914" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Today we woke up to the most amazing views. It is still hard to imagine this place. The Alaskan boy is seeing slopes extreme! Houses and roads stuck on sheer vertical. Hang gliders leapt from the cliffs above and sailed for hours on the thermals.This was the official start of the residency. We all met up for breakfast. What a fine team has assembled. We viewed the huge work tent and proportioned work areas, then drove down the mountain to Martigny to buy a few more tools. An afternoon walk got us out to see cows, sheep, eagles, donkeys. We all meet up in an hour for dinner. We have groceries in the fridge, tolls assembled. tomorrow will be a trip up the mountain to see possible sites, then we begin in earnest Monday.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyOEInHfs_hBOTBPm6FrNqs0LAhQbPoktRJpNkb6_sU5IZDYaxstMo5uSCsCNZ39OSV4PQiXSs5XhVCjHsLaw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0