Amélie moule: septembre

6 octobre 2013

Et voici les péripéties d'Amélie en moulage, édition de septembre...
Enjoy!


"Once again, let's start with a bit of music...

In August, you told me that "the materials ALWAYS have something to teach... ALWAYS, and often when you least expect it, or just before a deadline".
Geez........  Combine that observation with the fact that the deadline for François-Houdé Award was September 18th, and, well, you get the gist of what the first half of September looked like for me!  Failed attempts galore.  The devil's in the details, the devil's in the details indeed...
(Aluminum and I now have some unfinished business.)

 I did, however, learn.

And I did take the time to finish my failed pieces anyway, because I did love them even though they weren't exactly presentable.

And I did come up with something for the Award in the end, which is all that truly mattered (AND got nominated as a surprise bonus!).

But what a crazy/humbling/hectic/destabilizing experience it's been!

Ironically enough, as if to balance things out, right after finishing my piece for the Award I started working on a piece for a contract that turned out really [really really] well, and on first attempt too (see picture of the glass finger below).

Hm.  Go figure...!

And just like that, September was over.

Barely saw it pass by...

It's been quite a lot to take in for a single month - a strange blend of stress and failures and successes and surprises and woh-what-do-I-do-now's...
The whole thing has left me feeling a bit befuddled to be honest, but I believe that beyond the befuddlement lies good food for thoughts.  And I love good food.  ;-)

To finish, here are a few pictures of the piece I presented for the Award, called "Requiem" (hence the choice of music).

Well, I guess that's it!  Until December...

Take care,

Amélie "