Today I began packing to head home tomorrow, I feel like I am at a good stopping point with my work where I can easily pick up where I left off when I’m back in Laramie. Ultimately, we will continue to update this blog as we keep working on the work well after leaving Wendover. The end result of the postings and the project as a whole will be an exhibition of our work – hopefully at several venues.
I have to say that I feel like this residency has been very beneficial to my studio practice as well as productive and necessary. I have enjoyed my time just making do here in the studio “Gilligan’s Island Style” with what I have on hand and what I could find (even though there were a few trips to the hardware store). For example, all of the framing for the walls, the siding for the building, and the tower structure were made from strips ripped out of just four 2′ x 4’s. It’s safe to say with this project I became one with the table saw and brad nailer.
After I get back I’d like to resume work on the trailer in my studio at home where I can spend some time looking at it on a clean wall and consider how to finish the composition. Also I’m eager to get back to fabricating the steel components of the tower. I look forward to seeing what Pat and Shelby are up to with the rest of their time on this blog, I know Pat recieved approval to go into a goldmine later this week so I’m eager to see what comes out of that. Shelby has been getting some really nice photos with his game camera as well.
I’d like to conclude this posting by giving a special thank you to Matthew Coolidge for letting us do this. Matt was instumental in getting all of this in Wendover as well as the Center For Land Use Interpretation started. To the best of my knowledge there are at least five other centers in addition to Wendover through out the U.S. and the open ended scope of the work that has come out of these programs has been amazing. I highly reccomend that you at least check this place out – there’s nowhere else like it.
GOLDMINES! 