I think it is a good idea to explain why i like using plaster as a medium.. i work with it because i love its qualities , it is a transformative material which is liquid then a solid , ( i note that there is ‘process’ involved again, maybe i subconsciously lean toward that ..? ) . Plaster is practical for this project seing i need lots of ‘rods’ cast in the same shape and it lends itself to that task, i made a re-usable mould and created the ‘rods’ which i then put in the river for varying lengths of days/tides. The affect was amazing and the energy of the tide rushing around the ‘rods’ had made craters and flowing marks on them which were more and more extreme on the ‘rods’ left in the longest amount of time, the longest being 19 tides passing. i was very pleased with the work and got good feedback from people on it which was inspirational.. when i work out how to upload pics i will post some of the images of this work….
Ps i left the plaster surface in its raw state with no finish on it so that it could interact with the environment around it, by being elemental it will change as time passes and take on traces of lifes contact, physical and ephemeral…
