Behold! My first major piece of this year is taking form!

I'm making a tree out of wires and plastic tubing. It is now taller than me, which makes it hard to work on the top branches... The wires are glued to the piping using some kind of crazy green glue and held in place with masking tape while it dries. Masking tape is so awesome. Another interesting point: the base is made from a pipe welded onto a brake disk! I thought that was cool. I had to pack the inside of the large pipe with polystyrene foam so it would stand up straight on the base, that took a while (and it was pretty messy)! Oh, and see those mannequins in the background? I've painted them with liquid latex, which dries like a rubbery skin. I'm thinking of draping that, once I peel it off, onto the branches or somewhere on the piece. I need to add more wires and cables, maybe add more branches, and at least make them go where I want them to, dammit! I'm already behind schedule...

I like how the tree stands so straight, kinda like a lamp-post or something, representing the accuracy of today's technology and architecture. Yet the wires aren't perfectly straight, like the veins in a real plant. Oooh, deep

This piece is exploring the connection between technology, how it is incorporated with our lives, and nature (trees in particular - this explains some of my past deviations), which seems to be getting replaced nowadays...