Inquiry heats up under the summer sun

Summer days are drawing too quickly to a close at my house and I’m working to focus my research question. Cooler mornings have even spurred me to work in the studio. I must admit I included an image here only to try and entice you into reading this entry, and perhaps lure you to my blog where I’ve posted my questions and included the responses I came up with when I completed the activity. Rebecca has already found a few chinks that I completely overlooked (thanks for that!) and I’d be very grateful to have another set of professional eyes looking things over.

As far as the image, it’s the “rough draft” of a visual narrative. Each figure a paragraph expressing one idea, the narrative not complete until all seven figures are finished and in place. The work is very much like the formal critique I want my students to complete – there is a purpose for each component and they all work together. Like good writing each separate sculpture needs to be a strong statement that can stand alone (like a good paragraph), but together the idea coalesces into an idea larger than the sum of the parts.

Just some “food for thought.”