To early for images

I am often telling my students that the difference (at least one of them) between researching on the web and researching in the library is the ability to look at the book next to the one you thought you wanted, the ability to revel in the happy accident. While the equivalent of typing in the wrong address may arguably allow the same happenstance, and perhaps the presence of links even outweighs this... ok, I digress.

I was looking for technical references today and a book of Andy Goldsworthy's work caught the corner of my eye that I as not familiar with. It is called Enclosure (Putnam). I was unfamiliar with this particular body of work, and it was refreshing to view the clear photographs, but more importantly to read his words (diary like entries - similar to this blog). In a section, he speaks of "working quickly/directly and letting the work complete itself"(paraphrase). I have been struggling for many years to balance the intuitive desire to allow the material qualities to influence the eventual form directly and the "designer's" need to force the material to succumb to formal requirements. 

I think I'm thinking about this (@ 3:00 in the morning) because of the most recent "sample" I'm working on. It utilizes metal mesh (similar to the piece produced for the IIT exhibition). I've been enjoying working with the qualities of the mesh and allowing the exact form grow while keeping the general shape in mind from sketches developed. At this point, I have been thinking about using OSB as the "backer" and having the mesh (various densities) form a "layer" on top that the storage would then pierce.