Last night in art materials class we worked with found wood and metal. I brought in some driftwood I found walking along the beach. We worked in groups and at first my friends wanted to make a lamp but I wasn’t that into the idea. We pretty much had the lamp constructed, and it was fun to find stuff in our bags that we could use to add on to the artwork. Finally the lamp kind of fell down and I suggested we just turn it over and make something different. Then we decided to make a hanging structure installation piece. I wish I had a picture of it, but it’s in my cell phone and I can’t get it out at the moment.

Anyway it was my first installation piece and it was fun! We just started placing objects around it and making a piece that had a flow from the very top structure to the floor. We were laughing out loud, it was just a great experience. I was always intimidated by installation pieces but making this freed up my anxiety because it’s a temporary structure anyway, so why worry about it? So does anyone else out there have experience with installation or temporary pieces? It can be really fun for certain populations because it takes the pressure off making something really monumental that has to stand the test of time.