Pastoral Care Project
The Changelings, 2021
Villnachern, Switzerland
This is my process of impregnating wild clay collected from a forest in Villnachern, Switzerland (Sept 2021), while in residency with number_5 GmbH, with locally found agrimony seeds, wedging the clay into an elastic state, letting it rest, then making sculptures of children and placing them back into the wild to grow. These initial maquettes are The Changelings, and are part of the larger body of work entitled Pastoral Care. This video was created and edited by artists Gordana Bezanov and Martin Siegrist.
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Forest walking
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Testing earth near water stream for clay
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Found some soft clay piles while hiking
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Found yellow clay on side of rode
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The clay needed little processing
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Found another deposit of grey clay
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Here you can see the red clay just along the road
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Placement of seated girl
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Here she is along the road, September 2021
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December 2021
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January 13th, 2022 atrophy process coming right along!
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March 8th, 2022 someone looses her head
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March 8th, 2022
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Placement of the boy in an old tree in the forest, late September 2021
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January 13th, 2022
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February 1st, 2022 w/friend
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February 1st, 2022
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February 1st, 2022
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March 8th, 2022
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March 8th, 2022 the boy is simply a mount now
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Late September 2021
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This first piece is hollow and cracks on the first month; October 16, 2021
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By March 2022, she is in pieces
The Children
Collection of drawings and paintings of children.