thought i better go back to the green - this is where all the answers are to my not-formed questions anyways - dont really know what i was doing in the city - collingwood childrens farm - was expecting the convent to yield better opportunities cause of it's scale - but found a tree by a fence which i wanted to work with - only prob was it was at the gates of the children's farm - so every child (all 600 of them) asked "why is the lady taking photos of the fence (and later on, the grass)"? as the go in.... quite amusing conversations, lots of queer looks...
the grass was wonderful and smelt of spring - as the weaving went on, tho, the grass drooped as it lost turgidity - which affected the outline of the tree... this one was rather rough, but I learnt a great deal. and got stung by lots of nettles during grass-gathering - again, it took about 4.5 hours i think.
i need to take more frames after, and more particularly BEFORE starting.... i will come back and take a photo a day until it's not there - also the zoom slipped when the first camera battery ran out - the zoom resents - so very much need to move to constant power.
the intervals are defined by the average length of the grass surrounding the fence...
from the other side of the fence...
curly-ness...
and from the other side again..
Met Andrew who works at the farm and is very friendly - he suggested talking to the office re hanging out in the area long-term -
i talked to Rob at the office of the children's farm about how one would go about mooching around there for months on end - he referred me to the filiming + photo rates, which are $20 fee + $20 entry a day (this is the student rate). hmmm. so no, then... praps there is another way.... it feels very safe around there - good place to work..
i think with this weave... i dont know - it felt great, but perhaps too dense? the materials need to be handled more gently, the weave itself closer (ie the p.o.v.) and more intricate, less bombastic.... however once this was finished i really liked the effect of the wind, which would be quite different closer up..
that balance between sweeping change and minute movement - i have so far to go.......
the grass was wonderful and smelt of spring - as the weaving went on, tho, the grass drooped as it lost turgidity - which affected the outline of the tree... this one was rather rough, but I learnt a great deal. and got stung by lots of nettles during grass-gathering - again, it took about 4.5 hours i think.
i need to take more frames after, and more particularly BEFORE starting.... i will come back and take a photo a day until it's not there - also the zoom slipped when the first camera battery ran out - the zoom resents - so very much need to move to constant power.
the intervals are defined by the average length of the grass surrounding the fence...
from the other side of the fence...
curly-ness...
and from the other side again..
Met Andrew who works at the farm and is very friendly - he suggested talking to the office re hanging out in the area long-term -
i talked to Rob at the office of the children's farm about how one would go about mooching around there for months on end - he referred me to the filiming + photo rates, which are $20 fee + $20 entry a day (this is the student rate). hmmm. so no, then... praps there is another way.... it feels very safe around there - good place to work..
i think with this weave... i dont know - it felt great, but perhaps too dense? the materials need to be handled more gently, the weave itself closer (ie the p.o.v.) and more intricate, less bombastic.... however once this was finished i really liked the effect of the wind, which would be quite different closer up..
that balance between sweeping change and minute movement - i have so far to go.......
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