Drayton Hall Plantation Field Trip

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Fire! Fire!

This was our excitement for the night (it was in the Walmart parking lot...of course). Yes, that's a car on fire beyond the trees...

The Whitlocks

After Hailey's wedding, we took Kate to her parent's house in Easley. It was good to see the Whitlocks again....Bill let us borrow their bike rack so we can bring our bikes back to Charleston with us...

Gavin DeGraw

the end of Chariot

Large Lunch

Rob and Ashley had us over again today for lunch (they have been taking care of us pretty much all the time...). I had to post a picture of the nachos they fixed....

It was goooooooooood.....

Installing the Installation

This has been a crazy week. The installation had to be fabricated during the first half and installed during the second half. My group members and I spent countless hours heating plexi, shaping it, and clamping it to let it cool. We obsessed over connections, method of installation, and schedule. The image to the left is the final piece of our "aquaduct" which transports water (melted from ice in another art installation) across the ceiling and drips/drops it to a collection device two stories down.

As soon as I get pictures from the camera and grab some from my classmates, I will post a detailed explanation of the final product. Until then, here are a couple of shots of the installation process...

(The image below is of the 24ft walkboard we set up on scaffolding to span the two story gap in order to set up the aquaduct. I spent Wed-Sat up on that thing, coming down only to eat and sleep. You can see the first few spans of the auquaduct, on the left, already hanging from the ceiling.)

Forming the Plexi

This is a form like the one you saw in an earlier post (the one we cut with the laser). We are using heat guns (like the ones for stripping paint) to heat the Plexi, and then we are forming it into a slight "channel" to transport water. If that doesn't make sense, it will soon. As soon as we finish the installation, I will post pictures describing the project and how it works...

The gallery exhibition is opening on Saturday evening and we have to be finished with the fabrication and installation of our piece before then...

Triangle Char and Bar

Sunday, Lindsey and I had lunch at Triangle before I had to go into studio. I got a great pulled-pork sandwich with slaw and she had a massive omelet with grits and fruit.

After lunch, I dropped Lindsey off at Ashley and Rob's place to do laundry (thankfully, they have been letting us use their washer and dryer as much as we need to). I went to studio until supper and then came back to the Large's to help Lindsey finish the laundry and work on my internship journal (which is required by Clemson for course credit). The four of us had Sonic for supper.

When the laundry was finally finished (about 12:30am...10 hours, 7 loads), we stopped by Wal-Mart to pick up some felt for my studio classmates. I dropped it off on the way home and finally got to bed by 2...which was tough considering I had to be at work at 8am this morning...

"Tropical Storm" Hanna

"Tropical Storm" Hanna was a dud. It came down sideways for about 20 minutes at around 7pm...then....nothing. It just barely sprinkled the rest of the evening. Lindsey and I ventured down the block to Norm's for some supper. I snapped this shot of Lindsey just outside the door (Those are the sandbags all the stores/restaurants put out in front of their doors to keep the water out). The original image was dark, and from my cell phone, so this is the best I could do to bring it back using iPhoto...

We love Norm's.....

The Calm Before the Storm

This is a photo of the clear skies on Friday at around 5pm. Tropical Storm Hanna was supposed to blow in about 2 hours later...rather scary how deceiving the weather is isn't it?

At the same time, Friday was the "last" day of design before we had to begin fabrication of our installation. So....in a sense...it was also the calm before the storm...

The Results from the Laser

This is a form for a plexiglass piece of our installation...

The Laser Cutter

This thing is fun...