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she is literally loosing it as they fell the trees

06 Sep 2012

Dopt (the dog)

the Dopt stands on the subfloors (the eternal self renovation in process with the floors to be last) and literally demands to be let out. no telepathy involved; she is quite vocal in her demands. whem stymied, she then reverts...

afternoon napping slug of a pup!

hmmmm. not a bad idea. I think I am going to give my hands a slug nap for the rest of the week and then start on my work for the art league. my hands definitely need a puppy slug...

triple sweetness.

04 Sep 2012

art, art foundations, art review, exhibition, teaching, WASH foundations

art foundations WASH - SHSU, original blog

FIRST Mayuko Gray of College of the Mainland art gallery provided me with Javier, a young painter who intuitively understands working in real space. He was perfect for the install this weekend. It made my life so much easier and...

for the briefest of moments i felt like my old self, and i find that incredibly refreshing.

Ha. i just love how this post on Robert Boyd’s art blog began, “…Kathryn Kelley is one of the most interesting artists in Houston, and is about to have an opening at College of the Mainland, which is unfortunate…” it...

I dissolve my fabricated seatings exhibition @ College of the Mainland

Artist talk and reception Wednesday, September 12 @ 2 pm College of the Mainland Art Gallery 1200 Amburn Road Texas City, Texas 77591 Incessant thinking and incessant thinking (again) Remnant inner tubes. ~4.5′ x 3′ x 3′ each. I dissolve...

anti wall skid paper in place for first part of install

laid out and ready

yes Howard S. I contemplated leaving them thrown about ready for install.0

half loaded. no alcohol involved.

34 bellows and two eleven foot chairs plus sixteen foot table runners (joists) loaded on 8×16 foot trailer. about 20 more empty frame bellows of absence to load, table top elements and legs, three chalkboards, three incessant thinkings, plus hardware...

push came to shove and then I gave up

Drove up an incline, not really popping the clutch (and yes I have a clutch. real trucks use stick!), rocked the truck and trailer till the dang set of stupid big spheres rolled out. Should have filmed it. It was...

laughing outloud

29 Aug 2012

ha! the colts finally have returned to the fence’s edge to nuzzle at the Dopt. one of the mamas moved a certain way giving my Dopt a start. she turned to take flight and smacked right into a pole. I...

hard to tell

29 Aug 2012

that the done pile groans and the to do, dwindles, but it does. strewn out in its done flung pile ~24 feet in length, though individual units themselves max out at about 18'. the empty framed ends are now piled...

tongue lulling, she hovers behind my legs as though I stand guard

after chasing each to their own mother overrunning her own shadow breaks engage, pack pedaling begins the Dopt turns, makes a beeline for me as though I could protector her heads high, bodies tentatively ridgid only mild concern with my...

leisurely morning strolls wan

meandering meditations will have to evolve into the days heat till fall takes hold. surely the Dopt will adapt to an abbreviated pre day's breach walks along with my long morning absence (school).0

piled high and deep (not always evident

26 Aug 2012

about twenty units flung into an I-am-done-with-you pile, which stands about waist deep (4') by a tad longer than three of me stacked head to foot (18' or so).0

who ate my sanding sponge!!

DOPTY!0

digital to, omg, super sonic

seventeen units ranging 8 to 1o feet in length digitally (hand) cut with scissors = about six months; about forty units when done ranging from 10 to 18 feet cut with rockwall sonic crafter (motorized scissors) = a smidge over...

five blades dulled; three spools of tie wire cut, folded and stitched

more wire prepped to cover a few more hours of stitchery, then back to cutting and folding. figure at least 20+ more stitching hours to complete this ONE PIECE. fortunately other pieces are minimal labor (time). still need to get...