November 15

Today I had a critique in Drawing. I presented this piece where I made natural objects and placed them in nature. I was thinking about those huge cell phone towers that are disguised as trees but look nothing like trees. It's like our society recognizes our need to be around nature, but rejects it. Here are some pictures...

I also did not want to put them in a forest, but in a kind of fake nature setting, like on the college campus.

My next thing is to start working on a chandelier-type item (which is what I've been talking about all year, I know). I'm going to start with something that does not actually contain a light but all of the other structures of a chandelier still exist..like a Petah Coyne kind of hanging sculpture.

Field Trip! Nov. 4

Today was the field trip...we went to look at artists' studios. I was disappointed we only saw two, but the navigation of the bus through the tiny streets was more difficult than expected. I was surprised by how dirty they were! I was really interested in Alyson's work and she was a good speaker, I wouldn't mind listening to her even more. Maybe I was just tired, but I was less interested in Bruce High Quality.

Also, I've been working on these maps:



The top one is London and the lower  is obviously Manhattan. I really like the idea of cutouts and have been thinking of maps and space and maps vs. space...and this is what I've come out with so far. We'll see how it goes.

Also, I won an award at the Chance show woo! I'll put up a picture when I take a good one.