One of the joys of being a professor in visual studies is that I can teach both undergrad and graduate classes which allows me to figure out what the topic will be each semester. For the graduate class I take my cues from you all ...our conversations in Junction, questions you ask and/ or questions I ask because of something you all have presented. For undergrad it is a little bit more structured, but I still have the freedom to choose books or readings. So this coming semester in addition to going to all the art based sites in Lubbock ( Museum, Art and Garden Center, Underwood, Buddy Holly, Ranching Heritage Center, Windmill Museum and of course Charles Adams Gallery)we will be concentrating on Native American Artist. This is inspired by a new map I just purchased from a young Native American in Oklahoma. His amazing map list all the names (both the name we call the various peoples and the name they call themselves ) for Mexico and North America including Canada. This is a mind altering map. Any notion that someone (we know it was not Columbus) landed on uninhabited lands is thrown out the window. http://tribalnationsmaps.com/fulltribalnationsmap/
Check it out. His name is Arron Carapella and I am also going to bring him in during the semester to share his research and devotion.
With that said this week I have been reviewing 4 books to go along with the class. Two I know we will use: " Do All Indians Live in Tipis?" and " Trickster: Native American Fables"....the other two are " I Stand at the Center of the Good: Interviews with Contemporary Native American Artists" and Dreaming the Dawn: Conversations with Native Artists and Activists". I absolutely love looking through books that I can share with others.
As for my art, I am sewing. Lots of blue thread on dark blue material. I lose track of time which is good because it does take time. I have my first set of slide back on a flash drive...I have not looked at them, too scary, too close to the dream. But I did take in my slides of my prints and my dolls. The dolls surprised me. For 4 years, the last year of my Dads life, after his death and my divorce all I could do was make dolls. There are over a hundred. Not pretty little girl dolls but sticks with cloth wrapped around them, with embellishments. A very odd world I made for my self. If you watched True Detective, my dolls would fit into the last scene with all the roots.
For this week think about the out of the box historical references you use in your work. In the blog I mentioned to Andrea to look at Retablos and ex- Votos...this is what I see in her work, what I am interested in is what YOU see in YOUR work. Not my vision but your heart's vision. Go back in time and find the source that informs you. Lynn I know you do this naturally...keep going and keep sharing. I am just trying to keep up.
One last note. The Oct/ Nov issue of American craft (which I think you can get online) has a short piece on "Busy Hands, Busy Brains"on scientists as craft people. Ana this may be something that can help your research.
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ReplyDeleteAt end of semester, Dec 7. The essays on your work and the work of others plus an image of your art
ReplyDeleteThank you for the reminder.
DeleteYes thank you for the reminder! Future will you expand on this please!
DeleteOK..I will repeat this tomorrow at the beginning of the next week's post . Your "final" is an essay about what you learned/how you grew/ what you discovered and any art it may have influenced or developed from the research. You also need to write on this class and the work others have done. Just a reflection on what might have influenced you from someone else's work.
DeleteI am a little confused. I am still posting new things on Oct 19 - what I thought was our current week. Also, there are so many stories going on in so many places that I am not sure I have kept up with all the individual posts.
ReplyDeleteHey Pamela! I believe you are on the right track :) I asked this question at the beginning of the semester and was told you need to post by the blog date (for example), but have up until the next blog post deadline to respond to others. So, for example, if the blog post is labeled OCt. 19, you write your post for it by Oct 19, but you have until Oct 26 to respond to our classmates' posts.
DeleteIt’s been wonderful seeing everyone’s work the past weeks. I was starting to get jealous of how the rest of the class was reading material that directly related to their craft and resulted in production, compared to my more conceptual almost data driven reading. Not that it wasn’t very informative and really helped me view a lot of things in a different light. That being said it was quite refreshing to move from the museum science text to something more focused on creating and expressing.
ReplyDeleteI am a little over half way through with Craftavism: The Art of Craft and Activism edited by Betsy Greer. It is actually a collection of essays by various Craftavist that work with everything from yarn, found objects, metals& ceramic, to needle point, cross-stitching & quilting. It starts off by describing acts of guerilla kindness, which instantly sounded appealing to me.
This section taken from the editor’s introduction really stood out to me.
“From leaving gifts for passersby to quilting for people we’ve never met, we see how creating for those we don’t know can fuel our hearts. By bringing positive intention to the making of things and creating to soothe our on as well as others emotions, we can discover what its like to create for the greater good.”
What follows are a string of wonderful stories and examples such as a huge quilt display at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts that brings together hundreds of small quilted peace and love flags from all over the world, made in response to the Boston Marathon bombings. Instructions on how to upcycle materials into new wares, and templets for Art projects that raise awareness about blood desies and the importance of donating blood in the community. Two guys running around the streets of a major city in Brazil inside a knit VW bus model to raise awareness of the dwindling pedestrian rights in the urban landscape.
My mother does a lot of quilting and is head of her quilting guild in Alabama and my Cousin is in an Army special operations unit so the stories of quilts being made for returning service men and women hit close to home. I think it is really powerful how these acts of kindness use craft and handmade items to show love and care towards others.
It got me thinking about how my own craft might apply. I really like the idea of making things and leaving them for people to find and a surprise and a bit of wonder in an otherwise drab and repetitive work week. That was something the first essay talked about. The Artist made cupcakes out of spackle and other hardware store goodies, then left them all over the place on her travels with little notes that said “ Take me, I’m yours.” I couldn’t help but think how that would just make my day!
So I am going to give plaster press mold making a go! It would take way too long to leave wheel thrown cups all over the place but a plaster mold could yield the volume needed in a timelier manner. Also I’ve always wanted to try and never had the chance or reason to really, until now! So I spent some time looking into the process today and plan on giving it a go this weekend for a trial run.
Carleen, you would absolutely love this book. Get it, or if you are going to TAEA in a few weeks meet us up for Mexican food on the river walk and I will give you my copy.
Also, David there is a door that showed up in my back alley this week. Want me to snag it for you?
David--As someone who thinks the world would be better with pie everyday, if find the industrial material cupcake interesting--a bit of wall board, a few washers, a little discovery that all things are not consumable in tiny bit size pieces. An itinerant-Wayne Thiebauld (one of my favorites)
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Daniel, that would be great, let me know when I can pick that up.
DeleteLynn thanks for the website it was interesting. However, with all due respect I am not understanding what you mean by "eating pie everyday" can you please comment more.
David shoot me a text me and I can bring it to you tomorrow after school or Saturday before noon. 806-83-4684
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DeleteThe book sounds like something that also needs to be on my bookshelf! I have also wanted to learn how to make molds for ceramics but have not made time to learn that process as yet. I learn much better by hands on approach as opposed to reading in a book, that is why I am attending all the workshops for my independent study project. I take the mini-class, then go home and practice.
Looking forward to seeing what you create to leave as gifts!
Pam I will document the process this weekend and do a little write up so anyone who wants to give it a go can reference it. Right now I am brain storming the kinds of objects I want to make and leave. In undergrad I did a lot of hand building forms that resembled hearts, lungs, kidneys, livers, all with infections and little growths. Not really the type of thing I think an average stranger would pick up and want to take home.
DeleteI am trying to think of items that people would want; Lynn has me thinking about universal objects that represent home to a broad range of people. David’s doors have me thinking about something that people would relate to acceptance and love. I have been looking at a lot of my daughter’s toys for ideas too.
Martha, have you ever used press or slip cast molds?
Sorry David just realized i typo'ed my cell number.806-283-4684
DeleteDaniel- I like the idea of leaving your art for some one to find. It gave me thought of how people do geocaching or global GPS hunting and using that as a way for someone to find art. Usually people have to go out into nature to discover the find, which I think, adds to the adventure.
DeleteI also thought of having a spot where one can leave a piece of their art and take someone else art, free art exchange kind of what people do with books.
That book sounds amazing!! Thank you for the recommendation, I will definitely be buying it!
DeleteDaniel this sounds like such fun! thanks for sharing! I may have to have this book as well!
DeleteMy thought goes to making Keys like old skeleton like keys with a little note attached... Not sure exactly why... maybe they are the keys to our success, our heart, our doors....
I have been doing some molds with glass making and I did some slip casting molds a long, long time ago. I've seen both used. It just depends on what you are casting and what objects you want to create. With slip casting you have a lot more options, but the mold making process is a tad longer.
DeleteI think it would be great to make some molds of your daughters toys! I think something about the familiarity and remnants of youth would be interesting to find...or to leave.
Also, I bought a book on mold making for glass and it saved me so much time and grief. Find a good book resource on the process that really investigates it. It will probably save you a lot of heart ache :)
DeleteWonderful to try new mediums! Also, I will be at the TAEA conference in Nov. too!! Hope to recognize classmates from their little blog thumbnail :D
DeleteGreat ideas. I especially love the idea of an art exchange.I wonder if it would work in Junction...not the best pieces that everyone needs for their portfolios but some examples or first tries.
DeleteAnd I am so glad the book is going well. My undergrads begin it this week and I am hoping they will have the same response.
I was just in Dallas and had dinner at Norma's (an oak cliff dinner) with a tee shirt with a pie on it and words encouraging everyone to eat pie first, being enjoy/indulge
The statement about eating pie
I am still working through ideas of home by reading The Next America which is dense with interesting information about what America looks like now and what it is becoming. I several of the sections such food for thought. For example, there is a discussion framing how to read the book about how actions in practice often are the vanguard of "the institution". For example, most Americans say they do not approve of children born outside of marriage, yet 41% of all births in the US were to unmarried mothers.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is the statistics on one true love
28% believe in a one true love
more men than women 31% to 26%,
close in married and unmarried 28 and 29%
The older Americans embrace the notion as do the young
32% for 65 and older
30% for 18-29
by race whites least romantic at 24% believing in one true love
Blacks 32%
and Hooray
Hispanics at 47%!
What does this mean for home and family or how we feel safe?
I am trying to figure that out.
It might be interesting to put the data comparing rates of unmarried mothers by race next to the romantic true love data by race. From a public educator view I tire of people tip toeing around the real issues with our at risk students. We (public education) put a lot of focus with regards to graduation rates and standardized testing passing rates in the frame of race. A big emphasis is placed on minority passing rates and closing the achievement gap, something I am all for. However I find the real common thread is not the at risk students race, it is that they come from low income single parent ( almost always the mother ) households. It doesn't matter if the student is Black, Hispanic, or White. If they are coming from this background they are far more likely to struggle and be at risk.
DeleteI often wonder if we are concentrating on the wrong things. Should we ignore the root of the problem and simply use it as an identifier of students who needs help? Does this help solve the underlying issues with why these students are struggling in the first place? How does public education address these underlying issues, or is that even its place? If it isn’t public educations place to address these underlying issues then whose responsibility is it? If it isn’t public educations job to address these issues then how is it fair to hold it singularly responsible for the outcomes of these students?
This is one of the biggest, if not the biggest issue I have with my job. I don’t have an answer for the questions I posed, and they are clearly very difficult problems to solve. What frustrates me is that this conversation never happens in public ed, at least not publicly at the local, state, or federal level. Instead we talk about accountability, teachers lose their jobs & passion for education, and the underlying issues aren’t addressed. That being said the achievement gap is being closed thanks to many teachers working themselves to death. But it is just data and I for one am not convinced we are giving many of these at risk students the skills they actually need to be successful and keep from repeating their parent’s mistakes.
Daniel I agree and I disagree.. As I too have a lot of students with split homes or single mother homes.. But I also have found that a lot of those students strive harder than any others. A lot of those Mothers push their children harder than my students with "married parents." I for one being a "single" mother, push my son to be better, and I do believe I am setting that pathway for him to be even better than I am. A lot of my single mothers have damn good jobs and education. I believe I have set that pathway for my son as well. Does this apply to all? No.. but there are just as many students out there with "married parents" that do way worse than the "single" parents. I have a lot of students who live with both parents and are more "at risk" then those that live with only one parent. I do believe there are a lot more issues, underlying issues that have more to do with whether or not a student lives with "married parents" or a "single parent" I do believe so many of my 'single" parents try harder, give more, and do more to make sure their children do not follow in their footsteps as well as their children succeed. Are all parents like this no.. but there are a lot more than we see or think... I for one am one of those parents, "single moms" that push for my son to succeed and go beyond what I have, and I do believe I have set a pretty good path to follow.
DeleteComing from a split/then single parent household myself, my mother really pushed me to do well. I don't think she necessarily pushed me to do better than her, but I've always told myself that I would want my kids to go much further than me in life. I have many students whose parents don't really push them to do much, but I make a point to talk to them myself about the importance of doing the best they can so they are successful.
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DeleteAndrea wasn’t saying students from single parent homes are always low academic performers or can’t overcome that obstacle.
DeleteI grew up in a single parent home from the time I was 4 until graduation. In many cases I think it can absolutely be a motivator for success, I know for myself it always has and always will be. My mom was a motivation and inspiration working part time and getting a second degree while raising my sister and I right after my parents split. She graduated from UH in 2 years with a M.E. degree and worked at Dow then Bechtel and was able to provide a wonderful childhood for my sister and me. My father to this day is not involved in my life beyond a phone call or email once every few years, so my dad in a very different way is still a motivating factor for me to be a better father and avoid his mistakes.
What I was trying to point out is that public education places focus on closing the achievement gap from the perspective of race. This insinuates that Black and Hispanic kids inherently have something that predisposes them to lower levels of achievement with regards to academics. I would argue these lower levels of academic success have more to do with socio-economics and family dynamics than the color of their skin. These issues present themselves across racial divides so we should find a different way to analyze the problem of underperformance.
Instead of saying our campus or district has a problem getting our Hispanic males to pass the EOC in biology, what if we said our population coming from households lead by young mothers without high school diplomas is having difficulty with the EOC in biology. Because students come from those backgrounds regardless of race be they Black, White, Hispanic, Native American and so on. That is the kind of group we should focus on.
My campus has a program called AVID that is starting to look at factors like what I have described, and it is focused specifically on potential first generation college grads. AVID doesn’t say “CHS has a low rate of black and Hispanic students going to college”. It says “students who come from families with low socio-economic levels and whose parents don’t have an education beyond a high school diploma are less likely to go to college.” Then asks how can we address that, how can we fix that.
So if we are actually going to focus on these kinds of issues and factors, what can we do to address them? Do we treat the symptoms of the problems while ignoring the cause? Is it public educations job to address the cause? How is it fair to hold whole campuses accountable for the problem when public education isn’t targeting the problem? Again I don’t have the answers, I have opinions, but I am fully aware these are complex issues, and clearly sensitive ones. However that shouldn’t keep us as public educators and a society as a whole from having these kinds of discussions, because servicing students in need is more important than ruffling a few feathers.
Emily I never thought about love from a biological standpoint, but that makes a lot of sense. I myself always felt very romantic growing up and the idea of one true love rang true, I felt a bit odd about it because it isn’t really the image society places upon young men these days. Having had my fair share of serious relationships before meeting my wife I still believe in true love, but my understanding of it is broader and more mature. Really interesting point you bring up!
I know schools are in crisis because we continue to think the next "style or method " of teaching is the answer . Classes are too big and there are too many sessions everyday. It is a zoo with out a zoo keeper. Some problems are based on class/ race/ economics but i believe the answers are based on relationships.
DeleteThat makes more sense Daniel, maybe I read it wrong or interpreted it wrong. But I get what your saying and agree with you. A lot of our students will do what their parents do. We have this year quite a few first time graduates in the pie family. I know I was the first on one side of my family to go to college and graduate with my bachelors and I will be the first on both sides of my family to obtain my masters. I will be the first of my brothers and sisters to get my masters and I think the second in all my family (step family) to get my masters. I think as educators talking to our students and sharing our stories empower them and showing them they are able to go to college when so many think that can't, I think that's one of the first steps to fixing these problems. Most students have just been told they have to get a job or have to take care of the family instead of bettering themselves and getting higher education.
DeleteAnyone coming Dallas way may want to try and see this exhibit, especially thinking of Carleen, Martha and Future. It makes me think of the first book in the first class I took here at Texas Tech with Ed Check: Janet Zandy’s HANDS: Physical Labor, Class, and Cultural Work.
ReplyDeleteReception and Artist Talk - Margarita Cabrera: Sewing Our Landscape
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014
Presented by Talley Dunn Gallery
FREE!
Talley Dunn Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition with El Paso-based artist Margarita Cabrera. Her exhibition, Sewing Our Landscape, will open with a reception and artist’s talk on Oct. 24 from 6-8 p.m. and will be on view through Dec. 13. The artist’s remarks will open the reception at 6 p.m.
As a sculptor and performance artist who works both in the studio and out in the community, Cabrera seeks to create work that explores issues such as immigration, fair labor, craft traditions, and economic empowerment. Known for her sewn soft sculptures of everyday household items, Cabrera uses the imagery as a way to remind viewers about the people who fabricate these products and the low wages that they are often paid. In her first exhibition with the gallery, Cabrera will present fourteen soft sculptures representing cactus plants native in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
The artist has sewn the sculptures with fabric from border patrol uniforms, and many of the works feature embroidery crafted by immigrant workers that relay their own individual stories of crossing the border. Both the terra cotta pots in which the plants are displayed and the Tenango de Doria embroidery applied honor the work’s cultural connections with craft traditions in Mexico. Sculptures such as Platano (Carlos Calles) and Sabila (Teresa Sanchez Garay) were completed during a special project called Space in Between in Houston as part of a collaboration with immigrant workers to share their stories and raise awareness about fair working conditions and immigrants’ rights.
Pam this sounds like a great show, will you be going?
DeleteWow this sounds great!! I will try and make it before it closes. Did you end up going? How was it?
DeleteWow, I googled her work and it's really neat! I also just saw that she did an exhibition in San Antonio that I remember seeing!
DeleteI have not had a chance to go yet but plan to go before it closes.
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ReplyDeleteAs I thought about the references I see in my work, I started thinking about the art that excites me the most. Contemporary ceramics artists such as Kristen Keiffer and Julia Galloway have been my inspirations in the functional clay world. They bring femininity and depth to a field that is often dominated by men. In the sculptural world I am still fascinated by the mixed media artist Cristina Bothwell. Her glass and clay sculptures are constantly on my mind and she has been a big influence in my current direction.
I feel like I am in the mid-semester slump at the moment in my work. I’m still working on the woman feeding the rabbits sculpture and I’m struggling to make her structurally sound. I know I will get it, it is just moving painfully slow. The rabbits are almost done, and then I am going to cast parts such as the ears, head, tails, etc in glass.
The dollhouse I cast in glass will be done this week! It has been in the kiln for almost 4 weeks now. Because my piece is so thick, the cooling rate was extremely slow. Hopefully I can get it polished up enough to post pictures next weekend.
I will also be visiting the DMA and Nasher this week to see some new exhibits.
I can't wait to see how you bring glass and clay altogether!
DeleteI'm sorry you've been in a mid-semester slump. It's totally understandable though with everything else going on in your regular life. I think going to the galleries and experience art in a different way will hopefully inspire you. I know whatever you create will be amazing!
DeleteSometimes for me it helps to step away for a moment and reevaluate what I'm working on, then come back with fresh eyes.
Future, I caught up on past weeks responses this weekend. Just wanted to let you know!
DeleteI will go back and read it all...do not worry. I am sorry I missed the show. Did not see the note till Sunday. The good thing about conferences is you see lots of friends but you do not always see alot of art.
DeleteJulia Galloway has some really nice forms. Are you going to do and wheel work this semester?
DeleteI actually just decided to go back and redo most of my woman sculpture and I'm glad I did. It's coming along better now. Daniel, I'm thinking about pursuing some wheel forms and handbuilt forms. I'd like to continue the extreme texturizing of forms, but I want it to tie into what I'm doing now. Any suggestions? I'm also interested in trying a half woven/half ceramic piece. So many ideas, so little time.
DeleteThis week has been a bit of a struggle with finding time to read. I am still in the Daring Greatly by Brene Brown book. Still reading about being vulnerable and now in the Vulnerability Armory so that we learn to handle being vulnerable instead of hiding from it. One thing I have started doing is a "Gratitude Jar" meaning when something good, great, meaningful, etc happens, I write it down and put it in the jar. Then after so long you go back and read all the good things that have happened. Sometimes we focus so much on the negative things in our lives that we forget about all the little and big things that bring joy to our lives. I leave it by my bedside so that at night when I lay down and of course think about all the things that happened that day, I have my jar with a pen and paper to write down those good things! I have also been making sure I stop worrying about getting things done and spending good quality time with Carson, whether its during Karate twice a week, homework, reading, cuddling, etc. but that when he wants to spend time with me, I stop what I am doing and do something with him, even if its only for a few minutes. This has been really good for us! Always taking in the positive, not allowing the negative, and being grateful, thankful and joyful for the time we have together!
ReplyDeleteAndrea, I think I have a tough time focusing less on the negative things in my life and not giving enough credit to the positive. I'm going to work on that this coming week. :)
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DeleteBeautiful. Those moments of choosing to be grateful rather than angry, hurt, tired, etc are so valuable. They change the way you view others and view your life. It could also change the way you create art as well!
DeleteAttitude of Gratitude, thank you for the reminder. Being vulnerable has been one of the hardest things for me to do but I was fortunate enough to find a safe place in the rooms of a recovery program.
DeleteSorry I didn't post last week but I did get somewhere with what I would like to do. As I was looking through the Science textbooks I checked out at school, I realized that much of the visual design was very uninteresting. I do feel that there could be a modernization of textbook design but I wasn't really sure what I would have considered modern.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest question I face is "What do kids read??" Most of them don't, but they are constantly browsing through the internet. So I researched modern websites and found a couple that really stood out to me. The designers of these sites create their websites almost like a magazine and the information is organized so that it is "user-friendly". Check out one of the sites I found some interesting designs: http://designmodo.com/colours-in-modern-web-design-inspiration-tutorials/
After looking at these, I searched for images of interesting magazine layouts since these would more than likely include more informational pieces within the design. I'm new to pinterest, but I found a guy who has boards that follow visually stimulating designs in art, advertisements, marketing, posters etc. What was really interesting about his boards was one on Data Visualization & Infographics: http://www.pinterest.com/abrightcontrast/data-visualization-infographics/ These designs are focused on typically boring graphs and data, but the designers really push the envelope on creating beautiful work!!
When I saw these, I really thought about how this generation of students would be hooked on some of these designs/artwork!
I decided to create my own Pinterest board to help organize all these new designs I wanted to reference back to later!!
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DeleteI feel like Tumblr (with censors on if you're sharing with your students) would also be a place for inspiration. There are many young artists who have been discovered there and it has become a fast growing place for artists to connect to each other and might also offer some different ideas for you. Just a thought!
DeletePinterest, has also been handy for me and keeping ideas organized. I took a look at your Pinterest board Ana and I particularly liked the ones "Meet the American Badger and Turning water and Energy into Wine." I think I would get hooked on science seeing more visuals such as these. I was wondering what the cost would be to buy textbooks with these great designs/artwork?
DeleteWonderful. On Saturday I spent a bit of time discussing if students read or if they can write with a Community College professor. My argument was they communicate better and more often than we ever did or do.......and they do it globally through the internet way past the "pen pals" of my day. The real issue is that they do not write how we write and we are left out. We are the ones who are behind the language trend. Schools are stuck in 1950s. How can we change it?
DeleteI too have been looking at infographics as a part of my classes. I feel like it would be so easy to research an artist and show their work, talk about process, etc in short simple chunks. I'm still toying with how to fit it in, or if it would work. I'm interested to hear if you try it! I've also considered using them to present projects to students rather than a PDF. It is much more interesting.
DeleteI'm also an avid pinterest user. I show my students my pinterest nearly every day to look at images. It is easily one of the best ways for my students to discover new ideas and images. When we are talking about an idea of theirs it is so easy to show them an artist they might like, or a technique they can try. Pinterest has changed my art classroom!
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ReplyDeleteI responded to five of you tonight in last week's Oct 19 blog post. Such fantastic work going on in this class! :)
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ReplyDeleteI have spent the last two weeks working on ideas and developing my painting. I have stretched my raw canvas onto my garage wall hoping for inspiration. Well earlier this year I wrote about my graphic design background and began to think about my bigfoot "lurker" character. I began to sketch and came up with a design that I will use in several of my paintings. I documented the process and have added it to my page "Progression" If you are curious to what I am working on go take a peak. I am hoping to tackle the raw canvas this week.
Loving the documentation!
DeleteI like the bigfoot guy, I thought he was a gorilla at first.
DeleteWell I used a gorilla for a reference a gave it minor human features like the jaw line. The body will be more human like. I will start that design next week.
DeleteIs the gorilla man going to go onto the previous canvas you showed us? How are you planning to integrate them together? I'm very curious!
DeleteMartha, I am creating a silkscreen that I will use to print onto various canvases. I will be adding my big foot image to the current canvas.
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ReplyDeleteWow! I can't wait to see what you come up with!
DeleteHeavy topic, but I think a paiting it a great way to tackle it Emily. Teen suicide in general is never easy to talk about or deal with. I didn't think much about it until I started teaching high school. Just about once a year a student takes their own life either at my campus or a campus in the greater Lubbock area. Lubbock has 250k people but still is small town-ish enough that when it happens someone will always know them or someone close to them, ripples can be felt. Very sad.
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