So we officially had mid-terms last week and my studio classes mainly kept to that. I had a project due in my two core classes and started a new one in casting. My academic classes are both having their mid-terms next Monday. My week has been quite busy leaving me no time for blogging so a nice long post is needed.
Since my last post we have got gas back in the dorms and jewelry studio. There was a big problem because the gas also fueled the jewelry studio so none of the torches would work; most work ground to a halt for about three days. It was super crowded in the studio after it came back on as everyone was playing catch-up. In the dorms it was really not too much of a problem, we were allowed to take showers in the other dorms if needed, I just changed my schedule a bit so I could take showers at the gym. The heating was always a bit warm for me and my roommate so the only concession to that was to shut the window that we normally keep open. The lecture hall, the academic buildings and the photo building have yet to get the heat back on. They have dug two big holes in the upper part of campus.
I did fairly well on my first 3D project receiving a “B”, which I am happy with. The project was a set of tools; they could be anything and did not need to work. I did tools for the obsessive; there was a folding ruler with handle, a blade made out of soap, a table top thing with four clocks, a rosary for repetitive motion and a notebook for Post-Its with a handle. It’s not my favorite project but it was way out of my comfort zone so, over all, I’m happy.
In 2D for my color project I made a wall hanging with quotes on five panels. I don’t really like it. I feel that it could have been done better if some of the restraints of the project were not there, but I am in school so that cannot be helped.
Our next project should be fun. We are making a print and redoing the same print six times. This will be my first experience with print making and I think it may also be my last. I have great respect and love for print art and the people in that feald. I will enjoy knowing more about the process but it’s just not really my thing. I’m going to go for an abstract design as per the teachers’ wish – it has a better chance of looking good- I think I will do something with circles.
In casting I have moved on to my next project and am ready to cast as soon as my silver arrives. The project was based on the idea of sets or belonging together, we were to make three versions of something or make three of the exact same thing and treat them in different ways. I flip flopped a lot on the ideas but settled on a simple but very pleasing design.
Here are all of them as a set (It’s a nice photo because I had checked out one of the really nice SLR’s from school. Sorry about the watermark, I had to convert them from RAWS and did not have the right software)…
and here they are all ready to be cast.
I have also been working hard to find an apartment for next year. I am sooo over dorm life, if I have to make all my meals I want a kitchen I don’t have to share with 40 odd people. Apartment hunting is stressful mainly because i have never done this before and there is really no other option then to get off campus housing. My parents have stated the wish that I do not live by myself, so I am also on the hunt for roommates. The other option is to rent a room in a private home which would have some pros and cons. It would be nice to have a yard, I have really missed having a garden, especially as the weather has been getting warmer. I also would not have to go on the hunt for roommates.
As Spring break gets closer I get more and more excited to have a nice week long break when I can come back home. I fly out on the 16th and fly back on 25th. Can’t wait to see you all when I get back – Katie