w 0 R m h 0 L 3: There Will Come Soft Rains

Well the Godling show is behind us. I plan on putting together a free Hive Scum patreon post with some of the photos that I took from the event, and I'll link that here when it's complete.

This post is just about the piece that I created. The show was organized by Martin McCoy (@martin.mccoy.art), Shane (@7he_blindman), and with help from Joe (@armageddon_bound) and Cody (@texasladybugauthority) as well as others involved with the space. They did a great job organizing and setting up the interactive exhibit.

It was a mad dash to get my work done, and I wanted it to feel like a in-between of the gallery works I've been making and something 28 focused...

Here's a finished shot of it hanging in the space:

And the flyer for the show:

The work itself started off by raiding a box of scrap electronics/big bits that I had. Originally I wanted a television mounted behind it that would be looping clips, but that was a bit too much to bite off in only a month and a half or so...

At this point the "bee" concept hadn't been figured out. I knew it was going to be something plant related but how it would all tie together I wouldn't figure out till a thrift store hunt. I went into the thrift store with my challenge: find something in that store... before my daughter starting getting too wily. I found the bee head on a remote control car, and the nerf gun pieces to tie it all together. Did another round of grit - then primed it with a heavy white zenithal.

Painting it was done in a few layers. I didn't mean for that to be the case but I kept washing paint over it and not leaving enough color behind.

As you can see - it's looking way to washed out at this point, so after a few more pushes of color we were getting somewhere

I got around 90% of the way there at the HS studio one Thursday night. Just needed to figure out the lights. Gage told me (rightfully so) that I needed to figure out a way to tie the big light together with the rest of the piece. So I went home and worked on getting that part of the piece buttoned up.

I'm pretty stoked on how the light game out. Modpodge, toilet paper and a few drips of ink while wet. then a spritz of spray paint. I may have to do a larger piece this way.

So there you have it. I wrapped it up, Gage brought it down to the show and worked with the coordinators to set it up. Gage also set me up in his hotel room, and brought the piece back, so he's a REAL MVP of the weekend.