Titan of Industry

The Titan of Industry

Well, Strange Fruit has not yet materialized. It is still stuck somewhere in my head.

In the meantime, I created The Titan of Industry, above. In the background is an old photo of King Street West in Chatham. The items inside the box make reference to the native population that was here, the Black population, the many theatres, the car industry, and the fur trade. Perhaps this piece should be subtitled "The Chatham That Once Was".

I am working on another piece for Eye For Art, which is the bi-annual art exhibition that got me started on all this two years ago. The piece will be called Forgiveness. The Curator at the Art Gallery said I should be pushing the envelope a bit more with my work, so I decided to see just how far I could push myself. I think that Forgiveness is a step down that path. How far have I gotten? Let's just say that I had fun with a saw and a Ken doll. And yes, there are bird skulls involved. It should be interesting.

This Saturday, I'm returing to the Retro Suites Hotel to install theatre-style curtains around the piece I created for the lobby. After talking with the owner a few months ago, we both agreed that the piece didn't look quite finished. He loves the theatre-style curtains that I have used on shadowboxes, including the one that he bought last year called The Wedding Circus. We'll see how the installation goes, as I can't drill into the wood trim that frames the space around the piece. So far I've come up with a tension curtain rod, some velcro, and lots of dressmaker's pins!

Work is getting in the way of my art, but I AM creating some pieces.