I Have A Plan

 Final Project-A MEANINGFUL PIECE OF WORK that is a new thinking, and brings you to a new place; inspired in studio work or teaching.

I was excited by the work of many artist I looked up this week.  Andrea Dezso, an artist who works in layers like a stage set had amazing intricate work.  Also involved with layering in a beautifully different way is Arturo Herrera who works with printing over collage.  Matthew Blarney sounded hilarious in his process of Drawing Restraint, but too scary for me when looking up his other work.  Finally an artist I know, from 1995, Tim Hawkinsons' (and I go way back (he he.)  way of working ironically, was mentioned during the review of my sketchbook.  Turns out, I'm post-modern in my playfulness and metaphors.

So, I'm really looking forward to making some words out of sign language letters of interesting materials as my choice in the final project.  I worked with a lot of tactile solutions in my sketchbook, and brought a L out of plaster to add to the alphabet, AND though no one saw it, my animation included words out of everyone's letters.  I really enjoyed the look of them, and feel that making whatever word is going to add to my newest portfolio of work.  And might I add, it seems very marketable, so Target, I'm ready to accept your check with multiple zero's!

Other experimental drawings that students mentioned was by working with bleach, or Softscrub with silk screening.  Sounds like I might need to get a book on it to school myself in these techniques.  Another new concept for me was creating a book that would then open up into four sets, like a carousel, sort of: scenes of a book.

This weeks hands-on activity was made by a few small groups of workers, making globes.  One group created out of cardboard or bamboo strips, one in stop motion animation, one that was with experimental materials like glue and beads, and my group of Romina and Jake who made tape casts of balls.  It was a fun way to capture this shape.

Before we left this intimate group for the night, we summed up what was to be expected.
last class- final project
14 blog posts
14 reflections
18 sketchpad assignments
and then a quickie demo was given on ironing bags to create a book cover-3 shopping bags, folded over, should create 18 layers, and 12 pieces of 7" x 3 3/4" paper should be cut for the inside pages.