The object above in made of dirt. It is made by Bruce Gardner using some dirt he found, some water, and his hands. There were no further tools but his ability to synthesize the playtime activity of children in the mud with the scientific exploration of Dr. Fumio Kayo.
Hands, dirt, water, time. The four elements of art.
Dammit, I might have to do one too.
So the old audio production adage isn’t true. You CAN polish mud.
You know, it’s funny: I was considering naming this post Polishing a Turd After All.
Nice! Since reading this I’ve taken a couple of stabs at it. It’s harder than I expected, but you do actually start to see some results after a while.