work in-progress

from the ash

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:34:00 +0000

civilian deaths as a result of burns 2003, Iraqi
abas mosa alewe
abas zore agel
Abass alewy thahe al-masudy
ael gasem manaa
ahmed aesa mosa
ahmed amaar abed
Akel saleem marzuk al-masudy
akel slem mrzok alsawde
Ali abd al-amer mansur al-nasrawy
anwar kathem hashem alasbae
auob kathem hashem alasbae
bashar braim omran
basheer khamis falih
bshaar ali kathem alasbae
ehea nama ased grah
frsa gwad kathem alasbae
flah mahdi ali alzhere
gasem mhmed theban alkfage
gbar sn hamed
ghad glel ktran
gwad kathem abed hswn
hagert abd alabas abd alrzak abod

hasan kalb thgel
hasan slem mrzok alsaode
hdea kathem mhasan
heder ahmed aedan
heder hamed sahb naef
heder mhmed hson abrahem
hmod hmand gmrat almoswe
hnade ali kathem alasbae
hsen abas hsen alhasanawe
hsen abd shmke
hsen daawd salem kabe
Jeria hussen obead al-daamy
kasem mhmed mosa
kasem thbab naef amad alshmre
kathem ali alftlawe
kathem hashem mhmed alasbae
kathem jwad mnfe
kazem farhood Abdullah
kder mhmed usef
ksay nama thamer
magda slman rsn shnawa aldaene
maneaa thamer shadhaan
methak abrahem abd retkak almsawde
Methak ibrahem abwd al-masudy
methak kamel atshan
mhmed ali kathem alasbae
mhmed kshash hasan
mhmed nama mkef
mhmed rathe sahb naef
mhmed thamer fwaze
mntther usef falh
Mohamad obaed thahe al-masudy
mstfa hasan twfek
ngah mhmed bder almsode
nhaea alewe hmat
nsera shref shmke
ogal gwad kathem alas
Raja kathom hussen al-masudy
rhman shref shmke
Rna Sadek Hsen Al Hsene
saad gwad kathem
same hbs alhedre
sbah hasan mhmod al nage
slema
slema sadwn hashem alasbae
tmatha kathem hashem alasbae
yosef saber hatihut al-jashamy

Scope Basel

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:21:00 +0000

I have a piece up now in Switzerland, at the Basel art show called Scope. I am making this piece as a multiple. This one is 1 of 3.

451 F

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:27:00 +0000

burned

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:50:00 +0000

adding a few more details

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:10:00 +0000

Added a mixture of waxes, some with titanium white to fill in the names and add some contrast. It is interesting to me, that in flat light the white wax increases the contrast, making the engraved names pop whiter. Yet, in a side specular light, the sculpture without any fill in the engravings has more contrast, because shadows form.

engraved on my heart

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:41:00 +0000

civilian war casualties, Iraq - 2003, under age of 5
Abas Zore Agel through Mntther Heder Saed

A poem I heard and want to remember

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:02:00 +0000

A REAL MAN - by Ivor Cutler.

When I was 12 I wanted to be a real
man - an old man with a beard,
sitting at a table with a huge book
full of wisdom. And what did society
hold up to me for my admiration?
A golfer, a boxer, a man who ran
quickly; a soldier, a lawyer, a tycoon;
a motorist, a pop star; a footballer.
Into what kind of madhouse had I
been born? And what have I
become? A child, witlessly pouring
out whatever enters my head. I am
a madman and people gather to
listen to me make a fool of myself.
I am not a role model. This is my
protection and my security. I still
long for the table and the book, the
smell of an old man and an old book;
the afternoon light fading

it continues

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:06:00 +0000

Iraqi civilian war casualties under age of 10 , 2003 recorded only

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Aamaed mustafa hameed 7 child bomb
Aaysa yahyaa ali 12 bullet
Abaas abed al-Husien jabaar 9 missile
Abas zore agel 5 burns
Abd ala hsen lelo 4 shrapnel
Abed ala raja'a abed 3 bullet
Abed alla haythem laazem 9 missile, head injury
Abrrar abdalla abed al-wahed 7 missile
Aeat hmed hade unes 8 aircraft attack
Aeman fathel alialkabe 6 shrapnel
Afrah hashem bkma 9 shrapnel
Ahmad mohamad amwre awaynat 6 missle attack
Ahmed amaar abed 2 burns
Ahmed glel salm dhsh algorane 8 shrapnel
Ahmed naser al-deen armash 9 missile
Ahmed rhem kathem 9 shrapnel
Ahmed saber salih 5 bullet
Ahmed sadek abd alhsen 14 shrapnel
Akel mahdi alkfage 7 shrapnel
Akram abaas nahi 10 bomb
Akram kathom jawad kathom abass 7 missle attack
Alaa muneer jabbar 4 shrapnel
Aleaa saad abd alrzak 10 tank attack
Ali abd alrzak mfte 12 tank attack
Alaa muneer jabbar 4 shrapnel
Ali hussain majeed 5 Bomb
Ali mahdi hashish 7 shrapnel
Ali shaker abed al-hassan 4 missile
Ali talb gwad abas eight months shrapnel
Alk mhmed hgem alarean 4 burns
Amar Mohamed 3 missile
Amer dakel kzaal alkfage 9 burns
Amer magd kasem rheb altmeme 7 aircraft attack
Amjed ayad maryash 7 bullet
Amjed thamer abed al-wahed 7 shrapnel
Ashref katjhem gasem 5 shrapnel
Asmaael ohab asmaael 5 shrapnel
Asraa mtlob gasm aljore 7 shrapnel
Atbaak abed al-Husien jabaar 6 missile
Aumar mahamed jaasem eight month bomb
Bnen hsen gasem alkefake 6 shrapnel
Bnet hmed hade unes two months shrapnel
Easer farwk fwad alkfage 2 shrapnel
Ehea ali abrahem 7 shrapnel
Falah hasun 9 shrapnel
Fatma aesa atea albsare 4 tank attack
Fatma khalel nine months missile
Fatmaa hamzaa taleb 6 missile
Fatmaa shaker abed al-hassan 5 missile
Fazeel yakoob yuseef al sadoon 6 shrapnel
Frsa gwad kathem alasbae one month burns
Gasem mhmed hmod gmrat almoswe 4 shrapnel
Gead hasan gwad alaskrat 7 shrapnel
Gmal atran abrahem8 aircraft attack
Gmal ktran abrahem alzergawe6 shrapnel
Hager abd alabas abd alrzak alknane 6 shrapnel
Hagert abd alabas abd alrzak abod 6 burns
Haider ali khelaan 3 shrapnel
Haider saddam 9 sliver in abdomen
Hanan trky aoda 3 shrapnel
Hasan fathel kret mhnd 9 shrapnel
Hasan heder saed 2 shrapnel
Hashem ali hirat 9 tank attack
Hassan ali saddam 8 bomb
Hba shhab ahmed alflahe 4 shrapnel
Hder kald uones alzbde shrapnel
Heder ali abrahem 1 shrapnel
Heder gwad shrge alarthe 3 tank attack
Hend ali abed alrahman 5 missile
Hned taha naser albdre 6 shrapnel
Hnen kald uones alzbde 7 shrapnel
Hsen abas kathem alhsebe4 tank attack
Hsen fleh mhsen brea alshwele 4 bullets
Hsen zore agel 9 shrapnel
Husien ali hasun 5 shrapnel
Hussin ali hassen hameed 3 shrapnel
Ikbal hussien gameel 2 missile
Imaan zowaer oklaa 7 missile
Karar hameed abed ali 2 missile
Karar hussain mohammed 8 bullet
Karrar ali hasan 7 bomb
Karrar haider hamza 4.5 missile
Karrar salih ali almosany9 shrapnel
Kfran alaa krem 4 aircraft attack
Khaled ghally hasun 9 missile
Khaled ghally hasun 5 missile
Khawla ali abed alrahman 9 missile
Khtan nage adnan 6 shrapnel
Kela nama mke 2 shrapnel
Kena ali hirat 5 tank attack
Lwae sbar sbe 2 shrapnel
Mahdey abed al-atheem 1.6 missile
Mahdi ahmed mahdi alanze 1 shrapnel
Maher sami hirat 6 tank attack
Mahmooed shaker abed hassan 8 missile
Maitham haseeb jasem 3 missile
Mareej ali saddam 7 bomb
Mastafa mhmed kathem aliseny 8 shrapnel
Meth gbar kreg 9 shrapnel
Mhmed abd alhsen easen 5 bullets
Mhmed adel abas alashbal 2 aircraft attack
Mhmed ali kathem hmde alhasanawe 9 tank attack
Mhmed dham kasem 6 shrapnel
Mhmed fleh mhasan alshwele 1.6 bullets
Mhmed gasem gabir alasbhe 5 tank attack
Mhmed hamed abd ala 8 tank attack
Mhmed kathem abd hashem 4 shrapnel
Mhmod abhem hashem alnaeme 5 shrapnel
Mhmod mhmod ali hmade 9 tank attack
Mksm nthem abd alrzalk hsen 5 shrapnel
Mntser wathek gaseb alale 7 shrapnel
Mntther heder saed 2 shrapnel
Mohamad abass abd ali rahan 4 missle attack
Mohamad marzuk farhan al-ajme six months bullets
Mohamed aalawi kadem hamza 2 shrapnel
Mohamed ali kadem hamzaa 2 bomb
Mohamed baaker ali kadem 2 missile
Mradi abas kathem alhsebe 7 tank attack
Mream saed abd saed 7 shrapnel
Mrem adel awda alhmrany 5 bullets
Mrttha adel mahdi alaskrat 2 shrapnel
Mrttha wathek gaseb 4 shrapnel
Mrwa dham kasem 9 shrapnel
Msafer adnan gaber alaskre 6 shrapnel
Mstfa hasan twfek 3 burns
Mstfa jlel salm dhsh alkerane 7 shrapnel
Mstfa naem mhmed slman 6 aircraft attack
Mstfa saad aldleme 6 shrapnel
Muhamed ibraheem mezr salman alsheemary 9 shrapnel
Muhamed shaker abed al-hassan 7 missile
Muktada abas nahey 5 bomb
Murtadhaa aayad taleb 2 missile
Murtaza abas saddam 7 bomb
Mustafa abed alameera 9 bomb
Nagham abaas nahi 8 bomb
Nathem hamed mshkwol 1.5 shrapnel
Nawraas hasun akrook 7 missile
Neemah juadd kazem 5 shrapnel
Nermeen kasem Mohamed 9 missile
Nethem hbeb gasem alsaade four months shrapnel
Noor saad six months missile
Noora fatah ismael 5 bullet
Nora dakel lfta alfade 6 shrapnel
Ogal gwad kathem alasbae 6 burns
Raafet sami hirat 2 tank attack
Rahman abas 9 shrapnel
Ramlah rashid ahmad 9 missile
Ream abd alslam shnn 4 shrapnel
Reath gbar sbke 1 tank attack
Resel mohamad rathe al-ardawy 4 shrapnel
Rhman shref shmke 9 burns
Rkea hmza mnshad alhgebe eleven months bullets
Rkea hmza mnshad alhgebe eight months shrapnel
Rswl ahmed hdkan fhd alsaode 9t ank attack
Russel hamza taleb 6 missile
Saab kasem fathel 9 shrapnel
Saad agel gbar haef 5 tank attack
Saad kamal aajel 9 missile
Saadia ali thabit 9 missile
Saif saad 6 missile
Sajad wisam hasan 5 shrapnel
Sakrah kasem 8 missile
Salem mahdey jabber 7 shrapnel
Sbah azez hashem mhmed alkzale 7 shrapnel
Sef mhmod ali hmade 7 tank attack
Sgad heder saed 5 shrapnel
Sgad hsen usef 7 shrapnel
Sgad kathem kaze 8 shrapnel
Sgad wsam hasan alabraheme 5 shrapnel
Shed agel anber alabade 6 shrapnel
Sheerin hashim naaem 9 bomb
Shfaa baker kzaal alkfage 9 shrapnel
Shhed kne abd alhasan 8 tank attack
Shhed kne abd alhasan alkrkele 7 tank attack
Shtha mke name 9 shrapnel
Slema fwad kzer 8 shrapnel
Tabarek hamzaa taleb four months missile
Taha saeed abas 9 tank attack
Taher adel mhmed abd ala alkrsan 9 tank attack
Tba ali hasan 1 shrapnel
Theaa smer gbar maged 5 shrapnel
Thha heder slman abed 3 shrapnel
Tho alfkar gbar hade almgtwme 7 tank attack
Tho alfkar shaker gaber aljbore 9 shrapnel
Tkea hnmed ghed fthan 3 shrapnel
Tmara mahdi srhan alankome 1.3 shrapnel
Warda haidr hassan 6 missile
Wrda kald uones alzbde 5 shrapnel
Yasser farouq foaad nine months bomb
Yosef mezher musa al-ardawy 7 shrapnel
Zahraa abed kasem 9 missile
Zahraa mohamed munear 6 missile
Zaid ali kadem hamza 1.5 shrapnel
Zaineb fadel sabaah 7 bullet
Zayen al-aabeadeen 2 bomb
Zaynab faalah hassan 6 shrapnel
Zaynab mosleh ali 3 bullet
Zeaa saleem abdul sadaa 9 shrapnel
Zeen al-aabdeen kareem 6 bomb
Zenab gasem same 9 shrapnel
Zenab heder saed 3 shrapnel
Zenab kasem fathel 8 aircraft attack
Zey alfoqar omran 8 shrapnel
Zhra gwad kathem alasbae 6 burns
Zhra talad kder hmod 7 shrapnel
Zhraa abd gasem 5 shrapnel
Zhraa ahmed hdkan fhd alsaode 6 tank attack
Zhraa ali hsen 8 aircraft attack
Zhraa dham kasem fleh 3 burns
Zhraa hsen mften alhasanawe 7 shrapnel
Zhraa mhmed kder 7 shrapnel
Zina ali hirat 3 tank attack
Zmen alabden klel thaef eight months aircraft attack
Zoher dakhel lafta al-daamy 3 burns
Zuhair alali hussien nine months shock
it continues

FOR WEB SEARCHES:
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
http://www.squidoo.com/deadbabies#module2857937
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
http://civilians.info/iraq/

I am suprised we all don't go crazy all the time

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:27:00 +0000

latex

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:05:00 +0000

This is to carry your broken heart in one combination I am trying out.

I completed all the cutting and gluing on this bag, yesterday. The last one is always make it my favorite. I am sure I am not alone in loving the last thing I have done... that, or, loving the next thing, the idea... or the thing I am working on, the thing I am touching. Loving the present or stages of the future.

This also shows the final (so far) display that I have chosen. The straps are final... in-fact I have now finalized 6 bags and 4 hearts, with 4 more hearts about 80% done.

everything was strange and new

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:12:00 +0000

The beginners mind... keep all preconceptions at bay... not only does it help to connect to the work at hand but also to see when enough is enough... not to over work, which I have a tendency to desire.

binding you to me

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:00:00 +0000

putting humpty dumpty back together

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:35:00 +0000

a statement

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:28:00 +0000

The series to carry your broken heart is a multidisciplinary meditation on finding peace within tragedy, fear and loss. It is not completely the question of how we endure: but, how we find the grace to become pieced together again, to prevail at forgiving, others and ourselves.

This series is also a meditation on the commoditization of feeling, and by extension a meditation on what fits into the category of art and that of commodity. When there is a large national tragedy, the nation is told to go out and shop. This project is as much a comment on retail therapy and the fetishization of comodity, as it is a receptacle for those emotions we turn our heads to hide. In this way, the experiential nature of the objects becomes cathartic.

To carry your broken heart consists of heavy, anatomical hearts made of metal, broken and mended hearts made of cement and gypsum, and rubber semi-translucent hearts. These are housed in what looks to be a purse, or clutch or handbag of sorts. The design is articulated with a close fit so that bags themselves suggest what is inside.

the nature of broken hearts

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:21:00 +0000

They are all breaking...

I can pinpoint certain conditions and outcomes. I think I can narrow down some specifics... and I have ideas to try for the next time.

As for the cement... I recommend at least 9 minutes of mechanical mixing, I will try 3 slush casts with mixing and perhaps tapping but I will have to see on that one... not more than 30 sec. over night heating @ 100. Do not be impatient.

remember: 1 kilowatt = 1 pound of coal burned

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:21:00 +0000

sewing up your heart

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:56:00 +0000

Ok,

I do not know what it, I am having the devil of a time trying to get theses done right. I am now going to tack everything together so there will be less puzzling and more straightforward sewing. I have the seams up and they come in at a triangle. I think that is a tricky thing to sew correctly.

aging

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:59:00 +0000

I first used an antiquing patina on the outside of this sculpture.

For the inside, I brushed on cuperic sulfate. I had to brush on and wash off several times.

I also got a lot of whitish crystals. I used several abrasives to remove.

The last time, I used an ultrasonic cleaner and dish soap. Then, I brushed on more cuperic sulfate and a final rub with 3M abrasive cloth.

On this one, you can see some of the heat patina I achieved when pouring from the tin can.

to melt my heart

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:29:00 +0000

Gravity casting a low melt alloy of bismuth and tin into RTV silicone.

I have a laugh at myself, melting metal in a coffee can, an angle iron attached to it for the handle. Yet, while reading a book of interviews given by David Sylvester with american artists, I remarked at a comment Robert Rauschenberg made. He was talking about on the goat in one of is combines. It seems that some viewer sat on it during an exhibit and broke one of its legs. That in it self is noteworthy and makes my smile widen; yet, it was his statement after, saying that with his "at-home craftsmanship" he could not repair it properly (to avoid changing it's over all appearance) and had to send it to a taxidermist. That at-home craftsmanship is what struck me. There is a balance there that has always interested me.

owie

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:57:00 +0000

I have been playing with the hearts lately, finding images to fill the cavity. My 2 year old son picked one up from the table, held the two parts in his hands and says, "owie". And I reply, "Yes, That is a kind of owie."

pursuit of something other

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:25:00 +0000

I wonder how much time is spent on the wrong pursuits because it is easier or feels better in the right now. Even the gut can fool. At times you must fight and kick and scratch and curse just to stay on the high ground.

get happy

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:31:00 +0000

The best way, or at least one way, to change the way I am thinking is action.
The Making. The white grounds which are sacrificed to the pigment. They comprise repetitive actions in which I need to take great care; yet, the decisions are bound by minimalism.

I mix rabbit skin glue 3 parts to 2 parts chalk from Champagne. I do need to have a tweezer handy for any stray hair from the Gesso brush.
I consider them my little Robert Ryman's. You can see this traditional ground does not go on very smooth so after it drys I sand it and add another coat in the opposite direction. I do this around 5 or 6 times, which gives me a really creamy surface, without being too polished.

distinction

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:00:00 +0000

I wanted to make a distinction. The projects I am working on definitely have me thinking about the big picture. However, it is not my mortality that gets me pondering, I have had that down for a while. When you have another to think about, the mortality of someone else that you love, suddenly that uncertainty that you are comfortable with does not seem to settle down quite so nicely. There are a lot of unresolved emotions.

the power to reconnect

noreply@blogger.com (fotofather) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:25:00 +0000

I was at Safeway, reading to Leo from the children's books, when I saw a photo-journal type book, Crazy sexy Cancer Tips. It was 8 X 10 formatted, a nice book to hold, with tips on how to stay positive, among other things. It was written by a woman and the photos were mostly of her. She seemed happy in the ones I saw. I could not spend much time on it because I was also teaching Leo...green tractor, red tractor. I was immediately connected... not only to the ultimate end but to everything. To the here and now. The death potential as the connector. I am assuming she is a survivor. I am happy for that... it would almost be too much to bear if you connect with a woman's struggle over 2 to 300 pages, repleat with positivity and photos, in the end, only to find there is an afterward... It is like the back story to Confederacy of Dunces or the movie Waitress. Perhaps the large tragedies make our small tragedies bearable. Or we get stuck on things like this because we assume a long life, taking our time, getting around to it. When, in fact, we should take our time because there is not much of it and that is the best way to spend it.