JAGGED DESCEND

I am glad the way the final piece turned out. Even though I had planned to get the dimensions exact to show that the piece has organized structure, I was not able to achieve perfect depth of the popsicle sticks that I had initially desired. I was mostly able to measure with the eye, and create a circular descend with the use of only my hands. Another reason was that the ground was too hard to actually input the sticks, and using something heavy to pound on the popsicles only broke them. I like the final end result. I took certain close up photographs as to show the resemblance to the Neolithic structures that I had posted earlier in the blog.

As I read the textbook, especially the sections on pre-historic art forms, I did encounter several artist, who have paid homage to the 'Stonehenge' as well as other non-famous structures. Chris Jennings pays homage to Neolithic stone architecture by building a circular figure of various stone shapes. It is entitled “castle rig” in the textbook (pg. 11). My ultimate idea definitely went along with Robert Smithson’s “Slate Circles on flat plain” (pg. 30). I am very glad to have has the sun reflecting off in such a manner that delivered beautiful shadowing with brought the piece to life almost. My ultimate goal was to have the sticks line up in such a manner that would show the evenness in their natural setting. The piece done by David Harding called “Henge” shows how mathematically beautiful the structure can look if it is placed in a perfectly defined circle (pg. 37).

I have definitely come to appreciate the forms of ART among the Earth. I will now have a keen eye in viewing the earth with a whole new perspective.