ok, that’s why I’m so damn busy lately.

’cause I chose an intro of sculpture and my first project is casting — with some kinda reason, I use Este’s hands for this. I can’t really remember how long I spent in the studio but the night right before the presentation, I spent 8 hours straight to hang those little hands onto ceiling.

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this is how it looks like at the end. 145 hands casted in total, probably only used about 100.

the first thought is from a glass piece I saw in Corning Museum of Glass, It’s Raining Knives by Silvia Levenson. That’s why I decided to hang those hands up, instead of putting them in jar or on pasta plate.

the movement idea is come from a commercial back to 2006, directed by Nagi Noda, a Japanese artist, designer and director. The way she did with the frozen animation, put each frame separately, and kept the motion moving, inspired me with my own project. I put hands in different positions and kept them in line to simulate the motion of 2 people. These 2 people were at the opposite corners of the room, saw each other, and ran toward each other to have a high five. Their emotions were presented in the colors of the hands. First, they were happy when they saw each other, so the hands are red. However, they suddenly thought about “do I really want to see this person?” and remembered some bad memories between 2 that made hands turn purple and blue. But they were still happy to see each other and they turned back to warm color as yellow. At the center of the room, they had their high five.

I feel kinda bad after the presentation ’cause I forgot to mention her name. she did several impressive commercials (I’d say that’s another form of art) and you can just youtube her name to look it up.

some of the classmates said if I don’t mention the story, they thought those hands are simulated butterflies flying. It could be, since butterflies never fly in straight lines. Some others said I could also put them in candy jar ’cause all the colors I use were so similar to candy colors.

oh well, since this is casting my daughter’s hand, she was there for my presentation too. Actually, both she and I were part of this piece. The flying hand line started at the door way that if I did hang up hands there, it might hit people all the time and probably be gone by the time of presentation. so I took those off, left a gap there, and use Este’s and my right hands to complete the piece.

here are the photos when Este was sitting in room looking at my piece




about Nagi Noda and her commercial : http://creativity-online.com/?action=news:article&newsId=130889&sectionName=ad_critic_news
It’s Raining Knives by Silvia Levenson: http://www.cmog.org/dynamic.aspx?id=194