Psssssst! Shhhhhhh! -

"I Ate All the Candy"
cut & torn paper collage by Mick Mather
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I went to The Everson Museum of Art last night for a series of exhibition openings. At the top of my list (since I had a secret of my own) was the Post Secret Exhibit. I've known about this project for years and always promised myself to send Frank Warren a secret of my own. Well, in a round about way, and with the sort of community spirit that was, I believe, originally intentioned, I've done it.

Everson Unwrapped - December 5-14, 2008

"Through the Looking Glass, Installation View I"
stacked found glass sculpture by Mick Mather

As promised, here's an installation view of the glass tree I have on exhibit at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. The piece is for sale at $500 with all of the money donated to the Everson Museum for this annual holiday fundraiser. This is a bargain price, I can assure you, and if the piece should come back to me there will definitely be a mark-up somewhere between 50% and 100%. More details after this event closes on December 14th. I'll add another view tomorrow along with the exhibition statement ... please stand by! :)

Thursday Challenge: Health -

"Liquid Sunshine"
digital photograph by Mick Mather

Health is the theme at Thursday Challenge this week and I suppose the benefits of drinking good old fashioned orange juice ought to fill the bill. Well, forgive the fact that I've had to run right in, run right out. This is a big night for me at the Everson Museum and there's lots to do before I go.

Installation day -

"Everson Unwrapped Tree, Under Construction"
stacked glass sculpture by Mick Mather

Today's post is one of the documentation photographs taken while I was creating this piece for the Everson Unwrapped event that opens on Thursday, December 4th. The piece is just about 25" tall - go here for complete information - and I'll be installing this very, very soon. When I have the final documentation photographs of the finished installation I'll be sharing it right here.

New from Janus Park Walk

"North Pond II"
manipulated digital image by Mick Mather

While I was working on this piece the day before yesterday a few things in regard to that Walking Art Project were beginning to solidify. At least in terms of documenting the event in preparation for making proposals for an exhibition. While the photographic record of that walk is minimal the possibility for artistic documentations is not. In addition to my busy schedule, my commission and installation for the upcoming Everson Unwrapped event along with the madness of the holidays, work on this project is moving full steam ahead.

Work, work, work -

"Sister Kate at the Wheel of Fortune"
digital collage by Mick Mather

Yesterday I spent a half day at The Everson Museum assembling my stacked glass tree. It took 2 hours to get the work area set-up and to develop a working rhythm. It took two more hours to get the tree a mere 9" high. I need to go in earlier and stay later if I'm going to finish it. At some point I'm also going to have to worry about how to keep it together for a move to storage until I can actually install it. Cross your fingers - yes, just like Sister Kate here who's just spun the wheel! :)

Commission accomplished -

"Through the Looking Glass"
digitally manipulated drawing, post proposal study by Mick Mather

My proposal for a conceptual art piece to be displayed in the Everson Unwrapped event at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York made the final cut this week and I'll soon be busy creating two trees, if possible. I thought you all might be interested to see how that part of the process is accomplished and below is the actual proposal submitted:

• stacked sheets of found glass in the shape of half a tree
• installed against a mirror so the whole tree is revealed as a reflection of itself
• a round hollow feature midway between bottom and top is the single ornament composed of empty space
• when you bend to look into the ornament, you see your own reflection (the viewer is now the ornament)
  

A rough sketch was added, a nod to Lewis Carroll for the title and, voila! Another proposal completed and submitted.