I’ve been working on that bigger project, featuring GWB, for a while now, and it’s a while yet to go before it’s done. But to test some of the techniques I’ll be using on that, I decided to do a smaller piece. Thus, Screw Moo:
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It began as simple plywood. Aha! But then an artist got his hands on it, and it was transformed. Nearly seven hundred holes were drilled into a careful pattern in a carefully selected area of the wood, based on a series of computer simulations and artistic interpretation thereof. The wood was then sanded and prepared and spray-painted black. Three hundred and thirty three screws were carefully punched through sheets of paper so that they would all be facing head up, and their heads were spray-painted red. After the paint had dried sufficiently, the long and tedious process of carefully screwing hundreds of tiny screws into an intricately planned two-color design began. Last night, around four in the AM, the final screws were in place, and the piece was signed, dated and serialized.
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Seriously though, I’m glad there’s only one color of screw to deal with in the GWB project. It makes the whole process a little easier, since I don’t have to refer constantly to diagrams and guides to determine where I am and where I am not supposed to put one type of screw or the other. Also, since it’s about 48″x32″, although it will be a lot more screwing, the end result should be more satisfying. Look for it in around a month. I hope.
Anyway, enjoy “Screw Moo” – a proof of concept, from which I gained some valuable experience.
