Time-Lapse the Dusk

Camcorder in a tree
time-lapse for 2 hours at dusk.
Watch.
These are four stills from the film
magical.

Mixing Desk Heaven. To the Beach.

Vibrating bass string on the F.T.

Late last night I found in my pigeon hole that my little mixing desk had arrived, this is good news as it now means I can add fx's to the Fibonacci Tree if I want to, so today I played around with it, a bit of delay here a bit of reverb there etc etc.  I had a lot of fun and the noises now coming from the piece are terrific, even more terrific!, surely not.

We after lunch went Lyme and the Florence Griswold Museum, a house full of American Impressionism, the artist's studios, a gallery and beautiful riverside site.  This was good, some of the painting were good, the artist studio excellent, good barns so all in all a place worth going to.

But our highlight was the trip to the beach, a private beach 'Old Lyme Beach Club' of which one of the women from the lunch the other day is a member.  This was old school colonial, all weatherboard and private.  the sea was 78 degrees and we all swam out to a floating pontoon where we dived and jumped and splashed in the sea before back to shore for a BBQ of tuna, chorizos, peach and lettuce salad, yes Jacob had come too! there was beer and wine and as the sun set the moon was superb.

What a great break for us all, like kids being let out at playtime.

A walk back again in moonlight to my shack, this time Andy wanted to come and as we walked and talked we noticed the mist on the lake, as ethereal as any Arthurian legend.

Fibonacci Tree. Short video for Nancy.

Oh boy what a very poor nights sleep that was, but made some use of it and created a time-line for the sound and vision I intend.  But I do feel fairly rubbish today, it rained in the night which was nice.

No breakfast today, just up and see Amanda about siting the Fibonacci Tree for the Open Studio and I get the site I wanted which is in a hollowed area near the music studio.

I went over to photograph the FT and just had to have little play, oh my dear lord what fun that was.

Back to Pond studio to do the short video for Nancy's pre publicity, add sound and off she goes on here for you all to see.

time-lapse of water through hole in the raft

Applying for a Water Vole commission, as one does.

Day finished on a high note with a wonderful moonlit walk back from the house to my shack in the woods, can't remember the last time I did that.

Power up the Fibonacci Tree. Get video'd for I-Park promo

camcorder recording pine needles

Today saw Mason back so able to drive the mixing desk and speakers over to the red barn and power up the Fibonacci Tree..........all good here, she plays really well, a good breadth of sounds, I also added another bass string to the top leg which has a bit of tremolo when moved.....lovely.
I will put photos on tomorrow, the camera and me never seemed together at the right time!!!!
Did manage to break two of the piezo microphones, lucky I brought five with me!!!!, I might get some whilst I am here also a preamp for them.

I did a one hour long time-lapse of the pine needles and ants to go visually with the sound I recorded the other day, I think they will work and be part of the overall I-Park film and sound item I will be putting together.

Nancy came by to video us for the website and promotion of the open studio, my god it is all coming around very quickly.  she liked the time-lapse of the water from the raft so I will get that to her, and she video'd me playing the FT which I think went well so hopefully it will all look good.

Roman has downloaded the next series of Mad Men so the evenings are sorted, what a strange ritual this has become.

Time-Lapse. Stringing.

Well that was a good day, probably the best here so far, strange that yesterday I was feeling a bit sorry for myself and wondering what I was doing, what relevance does any of it have.  But today was a resounding affirmation that being an artist is what I do and what I still want to do after 30 odd years.
I reshot the time-lapse on the raft through the square hole to rid myself of the line of wood in the first effort, Boaz was so right to say that visually it wasn't working before, this one is so much better,

Time-Lapse  pond life

I also had a go at a 360 turn in the lake whilst time-lapsing, this was too quick it transpired on later watching but was an interesting process.  I also did a drifting time-lapse where I let the wind take me wherever it was going to, of course I ended up in the trees but it was a fun journey nonetheless and might have some worth at a later stage.

Later I strung the Fibonacci tree, which went well and after putting the two lighter gauge strings on I still had time to put the two bass strings on as well, it sounded good, some good resonance and the bass strings produce a harmonic from the two lighter strings when bowed.  There is a natural listening part of the sculpture which I think I may develop to give it an acoustic life as well.

I also found out that the 1/4 spanners they have here are perfect for tightening the piano pins, so I must get one before I leave.   Another fine day.  Photos of me curtesy of Roman.  Thank you.

 Still of Time-Lapse through studio roof

The artists at I-Park with me. Fibonacci bridges, Migraines

I thought that it was time to show you all a portrait of all the artists here, well not all the artist because Andrew is missing, but here are the rest.

Tess Martin:  Animator:  http://www.filmandscissors.com

Boaz Aharonovitch.  Photographer:  www.boazaha.com

Roman Moshensky.  Film Maker:  http://iamnotangeltoo.livejournal.com

Judith e Stein:  Writer:  www.judithestein.com

Jee Soo Shin:  Composer: www.jeesooshin.com

As for me?

Today I have been making bridges for the fibonacci tree, all drilled and fitted.

I think I heard a Fisher Cat last night!!!!!!!! there was something terrifying out there when I walked home last night.

Didn't sleep so well last night!

Oh a got another migraine tonight.....buggerations.

Burning, Burning, Bed.

Flint Sparker  I love these

Okay it is official the sofa bed has to go, sleeping on it has given me a split personality, one half unbearable the other half unbearable!.

So today has mainly been burning, burning wood and burning in the sun, because of having to burn the wood outside in the blistering ( I have them) heat, I forgot my hat which was folly to say the least and had to belt back on the bike to get my hat before I fried.

Okay anyone in blighty knows that when I burn my wood I have a large torch with various nozzles for differing areas, Mason at first comes with this little ones (see pic)

 he can see the foolhardyness of this and acknowledges that I will be here for the duration of my stay just burning this log, he goes off and to his enormous credit comes back with something I am more use to.....Hurrah for Mason.

In the past in England I have learnt that in the summer you make summery type artwork and in the winter the more physical to keep warm, well I have forgotten that....Phewee I sweated today if it wasn't for Jacob's meals I would be a trim 11 stone by now!!!!!!!

Today was a day of people coming to my rescue, Tess gave me black ink and a paint brush, Mason basically everything, including........a fanfare please.............a double futon mattress oh lordy tonight I will sleep the sleep of those that sleep!!!

Mad men keeps us going at night, the cicadas are still hard at it..I saw a Wood Chuck today which looked rather cute.