Following on from my posts dated 1 November 2014 and 31 October 2014 about the Fragility Spheres project, two more spheres have joined the group, which is now back up to eight.
(As before, the spheres have simply been placed in a formation in my kiln shed to illustrate the new additions and the overall group, not with a purpose consciously to explore the 'placing in formation'; that will come later.)
The group had been reduced to six when, in July, one of the larger white ones was taken to continue its story in the Netherlands. This Dutch 'participant/contributor' (still searching for the right term) spoke about his connection with the particular one he chose because of its weight in the hand and the change in density of the coiling as it progressed, which he identified with the change in the intensity of life from youth to older age. I hope he will expand on this further on this blog, as is the plan for the other people who have become involved up to now.
Another larger black one went to continue its story more locally back in June.
In November last year I referred to 'Phase 2'; eight months on, this should perhaps be named phase 3, but this Spheres project has certainly been very much in my mind over this time and has matured very positively. Indeed one of the people who has one of the spheres talked about them as having 'been hatching', which I rather like the sound of.
One of the developments has been that I came across the term 'fragility of existence' the other day and liked it, and prefer it to my previous 'fragility of life'. So, I shall refer to them as such from now on.
I plan to work on adding (another two or three) to the group before the Autumn Term starts at Tonbridge and will actively invite the participants/contributors to join in the logging of this project by giving an update of their sphere's life-story to date.
I shall get things started by logging the story of the very first sphere I made for this project.
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