A blueprint of the
"evil eye"
that will reside on the top
of my keyhole sculpture.
"evil eye"
that will reside on the top
of my keyhole sculpture.
So I'm in a conundrum! You remember I've mentioned how artists work, moving into areas they are not sure of, areas they may have never gone before. Well that is how I feel right now.
I have constructed two pieces on the subject of "Suspicion." One was to be placed on top of the other. You remember the fumbling and bumbling that happened with this second piece....well the other thing that went array was the fact that, in the cuffufell of trying to match up the twisted side panels, I inadvertently placed the side panels on the outside rim of the bottom piece, instead of on top along the edges. Which was what was supposed to happen.
So when I put this second completed rectangle up on the first one anticipating something amazing and wondrous, I was sorely disappointed. Due to my error, the upper piece is now bigger in dimension than it's bottom partner, and it looks like one of those kid games you play, what doesn't belong? Well it just doesn't belong!
Besides that, I had gone "creative" with the keyholes, expanding and bending them, so now they do not match the lower piece in basic design either.
Now I know, it is a mistake and should not have happened. But...sometimes mistakes are the revelation of something new and exciting and that certainly might be the case here.
I really liked the second piece, even just on it's own. It certainly has something unique and original about it. The first looked boring beside it. Could not this second one now stand on it's own? What if I made a suitable top for it? The right kind of top could make this second one an interesting sculpture.
I have constructed two pieces on the subject of "Suspicion." One was to be placed on top of the other. You remember the fumbling and bumbling that happened with this second piece....well the other thing that went array was the fact that, in the cuffufell of trying to match up the twisted side panels, I inadvertently placed the side panels on the outside rim of the bottom piece, instead of on top along the edges. Which was what was supposed to happen.
So when I put this second completed rectangle up on the first one anticipating something amazing and wondrous, I was sorely disappointed. Due to my error, the upper piece is now bigger in dimension than it's bottom partner, and it looks like one of those kid games you play, what doesn't belong? Well it just doesn't belong!
Besides that, I had gone "creative" with the keyholes, expanding and bending them, so now they do not match the lower piece in basic design either.
Now I know, it is a mistake and should not have happened. But...sometimes mistakes are the revelation of something new and exciting and that certainly might be the case here.
I really liked the second piece, even just on it's own. It certainly has something unique and original about it. The first looked boring beside it. Could not this second one now stand on it's own? What if I made a suitable top for it? The right kind of top could make this second one an interesting sculpture.
The two rectangles, the first one I made on the left
and the next one with the fancy keyholes
on the right.
and the next one with the fancy keyholes
on the right.
So I got an idea...since in our or my case, I was suspected by many, why not place an "all seeing eye" on the top of this second rectangle? Didn't Sauron the evil ruler of Mordor have an all seeing eye in The Lord of the Rings? But he suspected anyone coming into his territory, guilty or innocent. What if I called my piece, "Scapegoat"?
So the all seeing eye can look through the keyholes all he likes and see nothing. Empty. There is no one there. I know the public, viewing the piece will peek through the keyholes, and of course also see nothing and wonder why.
Here's the definition of "scapegoat" from "Dictionary.com"
"1. a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
2. Chiefly Biblical. a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur
after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its head. Lev. 16:8,10,26. "
So, I have drawn up a blueprint (above) for an evil eye to sit on top of this keyhole laced rectangle, with the eye itself set inside, would you believe, the form of a keyhole!
I'm liking this better all the time.
So the all seeing eye can look through the keyholes all he likes and see nothing. Empty. There is no one there. I know the public, viewing the piece will peek through the keyholes, and of course also see nothing and wonder why.
Here's the definition of "scapegoat" from "Dictionary.com"
"1. a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
2. Chiefly Biblical. a goat let loose in the wilderness on Yom Kippur
after the high priest symbolically laid the sins of the people on its head. Lev. 16:8,10,26. "
So, I have drawn up a blueprint (above) for an evil eye to sit on top of this keyhole laced rectangle, with the eye itself set inside, would you believe, the form of a keyhole!
I'm liking this better all the time.
“The best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds
set against dishonest words.”
John Milton
set against dishonest words.”
John Milton
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