Wednesday, December 12, 2007

done and on the way



Hi Frances & all,
Here's a photo of the finished sculpture. Many thank yous to Peter Clark for photographing it today. It's on the way, packed in peanuts and a double set of boxes. Frances - I'll send you some instructions for unpacking this delicate nightmare along with price, title, etc. Thank you again for the opportunity!

xoxo
Annie

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

sculpture update


Hi Frances & all,
Here's my sculpture progressing, many thanks to Krista who stopped by the studio at Saint Mary's today & told me about all kinds of other products you can pour on sculptures to make them shiny. I'll be working on these vines at night for the next few days to make sure they're ready on time, & of course I need to add more blood.
Anyone who wants to post and isn't into blogging, feel free to email me images and I'll post them up for you, annieheckman@gmail.com.
xo
Annie

Monday, November 26, 2007

if at first you don't succeed, cover it in glossy white paint




Hi everyone,
Light a candle for my sculpture. I'm taking this opportunity to experiment with some new installation ideas on a small scale. I'm hoping that posting images will make me want to impress you with my sculpture's speedy recovery.

Frances - the original paper installation idea I told you about is still part of this. It's just been partially eaten by glossy white paint. It will morph back into itself shortly.

More soon!
xo
Annie

Sunday, November 18, 2007

"our sexual dimorphism"




Hi Frances and everybody!
I'm diligently working on my piece for the show...I'm afraid I've gotten myself into a project that is waaaayyyy more time intensive than I thought (story of my life). Its a book (which I thought would be library-appropriate)...if I can't finish it, I'll send a series of prints, if that's okay! I'm just a little worried about shipping/production time. The title is "Our sexual dimorphism wasn't apparent to the naked eye, and required advanced imaging instrumentation." Click here to find out what dimorphism is. I was thinking about this idea in terms of the geographic separation between Buda and Pest....and the Turkish and European influences throughout the city.

On a side note: I have a friend who is going to the HMC residency this winter. He asked me to give him my thoughts on the residency....OY VEY...I didn't know where to start!

Happy Turkey Day!

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Please post everybody! xo

Hi Frances & all,
I just sent out a ton of invites for folks to post (& Frances, I just granted administrative privileges to you, so you can go in and change things in the settings whenever you like). I might change the pink.. by the time anyone reads this maybe there won't be so much pink. I'm glad you like the idea of a blog; I think it will be a great way to keep track of what everyone is doing.

Hugs all around,
xo
Annie

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Chain Bridges

Hi Annie,

The pix look great! What a brilliant idea to create a blog for the show. Maybe that could be part of the exhibit that the library could use for dialogue about the theme. What do you think?

I think the size of the files will be just fine and I'll pass this info on to Kate.

xoxo
Frances

Another Chain Bridge photo


Hi again Frances,
I did a some work on this one - there actually was a blue sky that day. More soon xoxo.

Chain Bridge Photos from Annie







Hi Frances,
I had so many photos with the chain bridge that I thought I'd start this and post them instead of filling up your inbox. They all need a little brightening up in Photoshop (although this lighting might be accurate for the weather that day). Hope these help and let me know if the blog seems to work as a format; I could pass admin privileges over to you or just email out invites to everyone if it helps. xoxo