Well today is an exciting day for me and one that I have been looking forward to for a long time.It is the day that I can finally see some light at the end of the tunnel.
Up until now I have been building individual components for the finished diorama.But today I will be completely breaking everything down and totally finishing each part and installing it permanently.This is where the fun really begins ,watching your ideas finally coming together.Its like you have reached the top and are coasting down the other side.It is also a time were I seriously start researching "whats next".It is a time when I feel pulled in two directions.One the excitement of finishing up and the other the excitment of beginning something new.
For the next project the most creative time is right now.The time that we artists live for.Creating that mental image in your mind.Knowing that it is something that has never existed before and would never have existed without your creative input.It is very personal in nature and I believe a spiritual experience.
So far on the top of my list of "whats next" projects sits a Wright Flyer in a museum setting.It will be suspended from the ceiling of the museum with a model of one of the Wrights at the controls.A little boy and his grandfather will be standing on the museum floor,hand in hand,looking up in wonderment .
The model itself will be of the Wright Flyer 2 which is seldom modeled.Essentially it is the same airplane with a few dimentional changes to make it more stable.What the Wrights called their first really controllable configuration.Also on the museum floor there will be museum artifacts.Maybe a wind tunnel,maybe a bicycle(with their rudamentary 1st wind tunnel idea),glass cabinets containing artifacts.I reall y dont know yet.
Well ,thats the plan so far .As always there will be numerous changes as I go along but thats also part of the fun because even I dont know how it will really look when finished. Cheers! John.
