The Geometry of Joy Analyzed in Art For September

Introduction to new investigations – works – thought:

Project name: “The Geometry of Joy”

“Joy Picked me”

I start the new series with the investigation into what the written word- Joy really means, in a worldly and/or spirit sense. In defining verbal and or written word Joy, one also asks who’s using the word, how, why and what cultural applications apply to the states of Joy.

In a search for artist who use joy as their center point the only one I found:

“What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject-matter, an art which could be for every mental worker, for the businessman as well as the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.”

Drawing for sculpture:

This sculpture looks at how to find Joy in not so Joyous times in life’s interaction.

Red glass has many principals in holistic practice and crosses into spiritualism. One of my favorite aspects of the red glass is the capturing miss guided spirits and burning them off in the light. The glass is an antique from the 30’s specifically gathered for this project.

Inventory Nr.: 236

Completion date of record: 14 September 2016

Size: 20 inches height x 10 inches width x 6 inches depth

Materials: antique plate with 14KT gilding; antique ‘Cranberry’ glass; threaded rod; transmission race; circles; bicycle breaks and bracket; bone.

All materials in this piece were specifically chosen and altered by me, the artist. The piece is welded, screwed and glued together. My studio notes on the history, meaning, and the processes by which I altered and incorporated each material in the work follow.

Broken, antique 14KT gilt plate: I acquired the plate in Berlin, Germany after a conversation in the gallery on how people put too much emphasis on the importance of material worth, being successful, and owning things; and how this relates to fostering, finding and applying JOY. I picked this plate for the meaning that was attached to its extreme expense and for the geometry of the cosmos print on it. I dropped the plate intentionally for the purpose of releasing the ‘preciousness’ in both myself and the plate so that this spirit, which was in us both, could cross physical and metaphorical boundaries, and allow for a transformation of matter.

‘Cranberry’ glass: I chose this red, antique glass [noted by the scar on top] for it preciousness and rarity. According to http://www.glass.co.nz/gibruby.htm: Gold ruby, or ‘Cranberry’ glass is made by including gold chloride in the glass mixture. Gold chloride is a solution produced by dissolving gold metal in a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid known as Aqua Regia. Tin, or stannic chloride, is sometimes added in tiny amounts to act as an oxidizer. The process is difficult and expensive. Today studio glassmakers can buy their gold ruby glass in rods from specialist manufacturers. This makes it easier for them, but even more expensive. Most gold ruby glass items made today have a thin layer of gold ruby glass coated with clear crystal. Richard Adolf Zsigmondy won the 1925 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in understanding and explaining that small colloids of gold were responsible for the red color. The most famous period of ‘Cranberry’ glass production was during the Victorian Era in 19th century Britain. The legend of ‘Cranberry’ glass’ discovery was when a noble tossed a gold coin into a mixture of molten glass.Red glass has many principals in holistic practice and crosses into spiritualism. One of my favorite aspects of the red glass is in the legends of stories told that red glass captures miss guided spirits and burns them off in the light. The glass is an antique from the 30’s specifically gathered for this project.

Threaded rod: I chose this to talk about the never ending journey of life.

Transmission race: A precision space that once held the pace and decided speed by encumbering smaller, perfect pieces of bearings.

Circles: signify shifts in consciousness.

Bicycle breaks and bracket: The breaks have many different purposes and meanings in this piece, such as fear, stopping and going; and all these tie back to the broken plate.

Bones: signify morality, inner structure, nature, foundation of life and no hidden agenda.

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scene building the Next Project: “OFF the TABLE”

This is the begging to the upcoming series following on the heals of pain and JOY but postulates family- morality- Political agenda.

Drawings for insight – whats to come:

Working drawing for technical staff direction:

Drawings for Exploded Silver for series: Garand- Off the Table

Pain in JOY how does it work?

Oil Drawings to the new series “LIMB” its a moral obligation in education!

oil pastel – that became 36″ X 72″ Oil & Tar painting

oil pastel – that became 72″ X 96″ Oil & Tar painting

Study: A suggestion from Dr. Michael Bowdidge (a professor from England): Try a process similar to Marcel Duchamp’s, used in Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, but in his case it took eight years. I have chosen one piece of sculpture that I created in April 2016, called Three Pi and attempted to draw out, find or connect to, in order to evaluate and find joy with in the piece. The process includes oil pastels and a sample is attached below, which are mounted 2B shown in NYC for December.