She Needs A Name

{Torso Project :: Step One}

Who knew it was so easy to order a mannequin online?  I did a quick google search a few weeks ago and a few days later I had a female torso sitting on my studio floor.  I don't want to spill the beans on what I plan for this beauty, I thought I would instead document the process here and let it unfold that way.  This is one of the few instances in my artistic process where I see with perfect clarity what I want to create ahead of time, and it is now a matter of figuring out how to do that with the materials I have.  With most pieces, I simply start throwing paint and materials on a wood panel or canvas and see where it takes me.  I am curious to see how things go with this latest idea - not only is it already fully formed in my mind, but this is also a three-dimensional piece.  I'm not sure it could technically qualify as a sculpture...I think assemblage is a more appropriate term.

{Torso Project :: Step Two}

After moving in and out of my studio all week with nary an art supply lifted let alone used, I finally dipped my toe back into work yesterday and today my mojo is back in full force.  I got some extraordinary news today which means the timeline for my main project of the year has to be moved up a month, but the truth is that I work much better with a deadline and I am actually happy the heat is being turned up a tad.

To use the word of a friend, I am feeling soft in all of my creative projects these days.  Soft as in content; soft as in wide open, fluid, organic, unattached, willing to lean a little bit farther in to the side of letting the path unfold for me versus trying to structure it the way I think it should be.  The fire inside me is not churning wildly with sparks flying all over the place, but is instead burning slowly and steadily, and I carry it with me everywhere I go.

Comments

[Ms. Conley]

I like something simple like, Wondering Muse, or Jennifer....ha... I also like Frida's name.

[Stacy Kathryn]

I've always had a fascination with mannequin's ever since I was young. I really hope you add wings to this one! It is going to be fun to see this project unfold.
Something about that last paragraph it is where I want to get to...steady. (Does that make sense? my words are not coming out right today)

[linni]

ohhhh...beautiful! is this the first time you do something 3d? and yes, i think wings would be appropriate...just make sure they look like yours...xx

[melissa]

I like Frida's name...it goes with your ladies India obsession. Seeing this unfold will be fun...it makes me want to dip into some plaster of paris...like in grade school!

[Lisa]

I am so excited to see her come to life! I might be way off base, but I have a feeling she might end up with a pair of wings...at first when I saw her I thought bodice, goddess, daughter

[Frida]

Ooooh - how fabulously exciting. I love her already and I think while she is in transition she could have a transitional name - a name signifiying change and transformation or creation.

Like Rachana (pron ra SHA na) a Hindu/Sanskrit name I like which means to create...