Bravely Done

So "Bravely Done" is a weird piece for a bunch of reasons. First I started it years ago, that is mostly weird for other people it is surprisingly common for me. I start project when I am inspired and then if I like the start I will hang onto the beginning until I pick it to be finished. Anyway, this particular piece I started with my students when I was trying to teach them how to work with cardboard but I did not get super far on it.

I think that I also began to make horns for it but then stopped. But then it got targeted to finish and I wanted to have an attached beard but I needed to build a head so that I could make the beard and sort of know where it would fall on my face. So I made this guy.

Unfortunately many people feel this is the best part of the piece. All of this happened before I started experimenting with color but when I began to build the beard I worked on the color and then shortly after I began work on it Redux Gallery in Alameda was having a show on text so I also began paying attention to the text that happened to be included in the cardboard I was using.

Ultimately I was happy with the way it came out. I showed in the Text Show at Redux Gallery in Alameda.

Oh yeah and you can totally wear it!