Sunday, January 8, 2012

The making of... stress

The feeling stress is partly made on the couch and partly made in my studio. For a few evenings, I roll little spikes that I keep in a container. When I have enough, I apply them to the base of the feeling. I start out with holding the feeling upside down and carefully place each spike next to each other in a bit of slib. When I nearly reach the top, the feeling is too heavy and delicate to hold. Then I place it onto my turning table directly onto a kiln shelf. That way I don't have to move the feeling anymore as it's superdelicate once it's finished.
Once 'stress' is fired, it's very firm and sturdy and it's a fun feeling to touch. :)

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You make it look so easy. I'm sure it isn't!
"Stress" lóóks much better than it feels .......

(I mean the fééling ;-) ......)
Cool! There is so much work here!
I just love watching you make things.
I love it! And the spikes look so uniform! Beautiful. Look forward to seeing it fired and can imaging how tactile it is. Happy New Year, by the way :-D
Can I just say that your words "the feeling is too heavy and delicate to hold" hits something in me. For me this is what stress is a heavy and delicate feeling.
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zsazsazsu · 687 weeks ago

don't like the 'feeling' but love your expression of this feeling !
That looks like it take a ton of time and patience. Must be stressful at times, haha. Beautiful!
Is that clay?
cool :D very neat to see how it is put together
Yes, that's clay! :)
Amai, wat een werk! Maar het ziet er dan ook super uit ...
you have a lot of patience!! i would like to hold stress in my hand :)

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