It was June when we drove down to look for housing. My job started on July 1 and we would have to move all our possessions down and get settled before I got on the job. We checked into a motel in Tucson and enjoyed a dip in the pool before retiring for the evening. Morning comes early in June with a quick buildup of heat. We appreciated that when we opened the car to find the rear view merrier had melted its seal to the windshield and lay on the floorboard. We have adjusted with the help of good air conditioning in the home, in the car, on the job and all businesses. It's dashing between these cool islands that is limited and planned well in advance.
Southwest II
This brings me to what I wanted to say about my art piece shown above. I titled it Southwest II but it has taken on the nick name of Hot! Hot! Hot! The shape was achieved by placing Fiberglass over a two foot diameter balloon. A mosaic of wood pieces establishes a rigid shell. The balloon was taken out and a base of saguaro ribs attached. Saguaro ribs also form the neck at the top of this vessel. A band of small smooth rocks was attached around the center of the piece and tinted resin grout was worked into all spaces between wood segments and rock. The color of the grout varied from white on the top and bottom, then transitions to blue, yellow, and finely red around the rocks in the center. This is a global temperature vessel and the grout colors lead you from cold at the polar caps through temperate regions ending at the equator rocks and Hot! Hot! Hot!.
More detail can be found on my art at my website <www.apatchablue.com>
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