This last week

So this last week was quite busy we are in the middle of midterms (they last two weeks) and family was in town twice! First off I finished my nightlight and sat through my first crit. CCA runs on a Critical format meaning after about every porgect you will have some kind of review with the class, this one was not to bad and was  interesting to be part of one after hearing all about them. I think the night light turned out well for a first project i think that if it did it a second time it would be a bunch better and i would make some real changes but its still cute. then on Tusday Gramah and Grampa Edgerton drove down for a visit. they are on a trip visiting relatives all through Oregon and California. I was the first visit on there trip. we spent the day having lunch at the good Indian place on college and running a few  that i had not gotten to cuz it was hard without a car. Then we when to Berkley we walked around and when to a after lunch tea at a little tea shop. Then then doped me off and when on there way to Modesto to see more family. It was wonderful to see them and get to spend the day with them. they have since arived back home.

then on this Saturday my aunt and cosine were in town. It was James birthday on Saturday and so we had fun in SF before going to a little town on the water called  Sausalito where the wedding my aunt was going to was being held. It was lots of fun and again great to see people from back home. Might post more on this later but for right now back to work!

so mutch to talk about...

I'm going to go day by day Thursday) My life is revolving around this night-light I'm making that's due Tuesday, I have so much to do, plus i have to start on the next project making a silver ring. I am just at the point where I discovered that I am running out of wire and will not have enough to finish and am about to go into full on panic when all the lights go out... there is some streaming we are all worried  about everyone on power tools - everyone is fine -  the foreign kid asked whats going on we tell him its a black  out then explain what that is, although it seems obvious to me. turns out it's not just our building, or campus but about a 6 block radius up college, the next morning we find out that a terminator box exploded. it was kind of fun navigating in the dark and it forced me to take a step back and panic about something bigger, whall realizing that there really was nothing I could do.  everyone when to bed early and then was woken up by the lights coming back on at 11.

Friday) class all day nothing exciting

Saturday) I found a Gym! more than that it's a Rock gym! it's only a 15 minuet easy bus ride away! the gym right down Broadway on 20th street and is really easy to find because there is a huge smoke stack coming out of the building, its smaller than stone gardens at about half the size they have a bouldering side and then the top rope side they built the walls around the smoke stack which is cool. there's an upper level too that they turned into more of a normal gym with treadmills and such they also have a yoga studio. one cool they do is loan out ipads for when you are on the cardio machines with supplications to Hulu plus and such scene they do not have a tv. here's a photo of the outside of the building

It was really great to work out but now i am so sore. oh well I will be talking my parents into letting me get a membership!

Sunday) had coffee like every Sunday, when to a place called bittersweet up a ways from School its a cute coffee shop with really good pastry's and dose tones of stuff with chocolate. here's a shot of some of the choclates in the case. 

there seems to be some kind of fair happening tonight on college (the street near us with all the shops and such) so I'm going to try to get all my homework done so I can go see what its all about this evening.

these nest two weeks are going to be full - Midterms are starting and go on for two weeks :( but on the bright side some family is visiting so that should be fun:)

de Young and update of projects

This Saturday I finally got out of Oakland and made it to San Fransisco, on a first year trip to the de Young Museum. The Building is super impressive and is panned all in copper. here's a few photo's  all the exhibits were good the building it self is a bit confusing with different wings and the tower. on the top-level of the tower is a viewing deck with amazing views of the whole of SF  the across the street in the museum of natural history, I hope to get there someday it sounds really really cool.  

Update on School work

In 4D we have been working exclusively in Illustrator and so far I have finished two info graphics - I have really enjoyed both these two projects, the researcher, the planing out and ideas along with getting to know the program better. the first one is a chart about PepiCo and the three Company's and there history's that make up this one larger company

The second project we did was so post to involve our social community so I charted all the people I have talked to in one way or another over the last month. It's not quit right but it's really close. What do you think? feel free to give me thoughts or ideas.

In other classes I have now written three essays, and am going to have my first quiz today in history - so we will see how that goes.

In Jewelry I'm still working on my nightlight and its starting to come together. here's a photo nothing is put together and none of the pieces are finished yet but you can start to see the idea.

Sorry its sideways It wont let me save the image the right way around...

Meet our mascost

That's right we have a mascot. I don't know why, we have no sports teams, and what good is a mascot if you can not make up rhymes with it and force some poor person to get shoved into the costume? I think they just wanted a thing to call the student leaders and an excuse to hold another contest.

Our mascot is.... Drum roll please.

a Chimera...

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ever heard of it? no well I haven't either.

that's because it does not excess, that's right it's an imaginary creature, as in a myth.

My school planer Describer this as A fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a serpent. an illusion or fabrication of the mind. according to Wikipedia it's a Greek Myth of a creature that lives in Asia minor in a place called Lycia.

here's a photo of a plate with one painted on

So every year they hold a contest for the best one, and so every year it changes this is the current design.

If you want more information on this strange creature check out the link to Wikipedia above.

Enter Monday

starting on my fourth week of school (well the first was orientation but still) All my classes have moved onto their main criuclium, and are fully under way. In drawing we just got started with two and three-point projection, took me a bit to get the hang of each because I kept wanting to do one point (think that road that disperses into the middle distance) Here's a simple two point and here's a sample of three point. 

In English I have written two essays on a song...I really hate this assignment but it seems that the whole classes is based on this and so I'm stuck.

In history we are still in the ancient world and watched Hero (yep that's right) and some Bollywood film (yep) to compare two similar kings, we only watched clips and I'm glad about this. In Jewelry we have started on the night-light I was not happy with any of my ideas but I had a late inspirational wave and now if I can really pan out this design she may let me change it.

In 4D I'm working on two things in illustrator, one is a complected graph of Pepsi Co. the second one being an info graphic of my social networks, I might post them after they are done.

Some notes on my Sundays 

It rained all day... ok it was misting but still it was almost rain!

Photo of the Day (well several days ago) 

I have seen lots of these, and have dubbed them water drawings. people make them by taking a plastic water bottle poking a hole in the top.  then just drawing with the water.

Intresting bitsover the past week

So far into college life I have discover a few new things about me and college in general they are as fallows 1. I really really really hate cooking in a public kitchen, you can heat something up or make something really simple like pasta but anything else is kind of imposable and takes way more planing then it should.

2. I had  a really good art history education

3. I am one of thought weird people who is not constley dootling and does not values there skechbook over there life

4. In fact I have come to despise my sketch books (that's right I have three now + the one I am assumed to just have and keep on my own)

5. the suplys lists they give you - and the books on them - are not always needed, and more suggestions, except for the things you really do need

6. Art supply's is expensive - and I am sure Blick's is only alive because of us (they are less then a block away and are the only art store in the area)

7. Seattle weather is exciting. Bay weather (so far) is boring

8. I hate mini fridges

9. Tracing paper is about the most useful thing ever invented

10. And I am even more in the minority of people here who seen to like to read - you know for fun.

Its Wednesday so we have hit that mid-week push to get everything done for your last days of class before the weekend. I'm off to my last class of the day - Art history- then i am going to go back to my dorm, eat a apple, draw some sketches, hammer down my idea for my jewelry project for the second time and then get all the info i am going to need tomorrow when I make my info graphic for my 4D class on Friday. Zap some dinner and watch Hulu, until the dorms calmed down enough to the point where my ear plugs will block out the noise.

My jewelry teacher wants to see really refined designed for projects, she nixed my first design for this project saying she could not see how it would fit together and that it was too much trouble - it was rather delicate but I like it and plan to make something like it anyway just later. she then told me to make a belt buckle - i said not and started working on a nightlight that I am hoping i will be able to stick to, I will take more about it later when theres more to show.

My new 4D class is great, I could tell after i had been in the class ten minuets it was better, way more interesting.

someone has put a second plastic solder on the speaker in my History class.

my now full friday

I just moved into a new class, switching from one 4D teacher to a second 4D teacher. It was the right move I could tell the moment the class really got started. today we had a great preview on using Adobe illustrator its quite interesting, and a bit odd because I'm used to Photoshop its kind of a cross between that and paint. however having a class that goes on for six hours is really long, so when class gets out we are all ready to leave. after that i did some shopping and Skype with a freaind. kind of reasitn up because i have tons of homework and stuff to do over the weekend. in outer news there seems to have been a rash of bike stealing on campus in our dorm allow there have been seven people who's bikes have been stolen. My bike is fine plus I have two locks witch is a discouragement, that was a great tip! a few of the boys in the dorm.were thinking about setting up a stake out, but that plan probable died because who wants to sit out in the dark?

Importand news!

Turns out I had the wrong mail box key. witch makes lots of since, so now I have a new mail box number (really my old mail box number) # 126 if you have sent any stuff to #125 I think it will be fine and I have let the people know that there is stuff sent to the wrong person so they know and I will keep reminding them so its ok but just take note of the new one!

Finnishing one project now on to the next exciting project!

In jewelry today, we have been working on samples, mostly to get us familiar with the basic techniques, such as sawing, filing sanding, texturing (if you want) and polishing. My gecko turned out very nice, here's a photo In real life its shiner. I textured it with a very nice little line hammer, and it came out quite well. Our next project looks really cool, it must have at least three layers of mettle, be larger then two inches across, and have at least one layer that has been pounded out in a form, and must all be held together by rivets. This can be anything you want she suggests a belt buckle, Bracelet, night light, botch or a pendent. Right now I am leaning towards a night light or bracelet.  In case you cant really pitcher this here's a photo of one of the examples she gave us. So this is a night light not quite finished. She used two kinds of metal, the back two layers are copper, she just treated them with different finishes. the cat is rounded out and made of silver.  The holes on the edges are where the rivets go, and she plans to put a thin sheet of glass behind. I am quite excited to start working, I need to have a working idea on paper by the time I go in on Thursday. On outer notes I am going to switch to a different 4D class, same focus different teacher and day. The teacher I have now is a jerk, and the student teacher annoys me, spending a whole semester with this guy would be really hard. I will have to give up my free Friday, but will have one class on Tuesdays and Thursdays so its a triad off. For a better teacher and smaller class it's worth it.

in my drawing class tomorrow I have five drawings due, in five different styles so I better get moving on that.

And a fire in the Dorm...

As I was writing that last post a low droning started in the hall it was not super loud but it kept going for a few seconds got me a bit worried. my roommate, having just got out of the shower gave me a questing look. I poked my head out my door. The hall was smokey, and all of it was coming from the kitchen. there was a group of people in the hall and since none of them seemed to be panicking and I had a headache I shut the door and when back to my computer. However the fire alarm kept going so i got up for a second time and this time seeing people leaving I did to mostly because of the noise. there was a group of kids including our RA already out there, he was calling houseing apparently the fire had been put out almost at once by said RA. The alarm when on for several minuets before they came and shut it off, the only damage seems to be a fry pan and the hall way will smell like smoke but at least the noise has stopped.