Peer Review / Peer Response
On October 24 the class met to share and discuss Unit 2 projects. All of us had work on display and it was fantastic to witness the diversity of work that emerged from the challenge the assignments set. Some images and words from the day:
Students also spoke about their responses to the display and the project as a whole:
- seeing the intention carry forward from the mesh to the plaster
- such a variety of movement and textures, from such a simple starting place common to all
- black and white bag – contrast vs mimic, both powerful
- liked the plaster-strip stage better than the fully-plastered stage
- appreciates the “unfinished”
- the impulse to dip more things, different things in wax
- riffing on the narratives each piece evokes — especially the human-like qualities /stories
- open and closed
- off-balance / in motion
- pleasure in the collective — struggling but helping each other — community support
- plaster scared me but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would
- wax was frustrating / hot / messy / difficult to work with in chaotic noisy setting
- journey from time-sensitive (hot wax/pourable plaster) through to time-resistant (cured)
Also — half of us presented our WP sites, with the rest to do so next class. Here’s a list of memorable quotes from each presenter, to be further updated after the rest of us do our thing…
- Jim – “I thought I’d got to the end of the process… then things happened”
- Melanie – it would be good to honour the bee’s labour by offering our makings back next spring — if left outside the hive, bees could take wax and reincorporate it into their hive
- Carsyn – the wire bags have bouyant gestures, like dancing body movements
- Shawnna – finish wax work at home, for the advantage of quiet and centred contemplation
- Saskia – the bag squishing felt quite angry, cathartic maybe — and quite elating by the end
- Louisa – a deep dive into light play through the mesh bag with single layer plaster bandage
- Angela – “the quick dip into wax then cold water is a bit like a fast shutter speed”