Day 2: workshops

Today we started on our projects out of newspaper and masking tape. Making a puppet is not as easy as it seems. You have to make sure that everything is sturdy and strong so it will not collapse when you put on the paper mache. When you have newspaper it's hard to make the detailed shapes and make it look proportional and smooth. Margaret was amazing and make a simple figure in less then 20 minutes and with only a couple pieces of tape while I on the other hand just kept on wrapping and wrapping.  After three hours I finally got the head and body with legs but still have more to do.

Workshop day one

             Today the Coofebs got to meet Margaret DeLima. I at first I thought the she will be so intimidating and all business because her writing makes her sound so intelligent but she was inspiring and had so many great ideas. So the big project that we are doing is going to make an artwork of the seven sins and get to auction them off for a charity event. I've always been into charities and donating so I am looking forward to donating my piece and hope to finish it off. From the art works that she has shown us her work seems to come from childhood memories that seemed to be in her mind.  But one thing she said really stood out to me and is very true. The power of the art seems to dull well you look back. The fire that has you so motivated to make the art fades after a while when you look back at the artwork. Sometimes it is easier to explain the art after you let the fire die down but when you still have the anger or emotion inside your artwork the art seems to be strong and bold like it represents your feelings. 

           The idea I have its to make the sin of pride be represented through a puppet hanging. Animals can also represent some of the deadly sins. Like a snake for envy or a seagull for gluttony. So the animal for pride would be a peacock. With this puppet I will incorporate some of the peacock features so it will seem like puppet morphed with a peacock to represent pride. From that the meaning is the this sin can only be control by man and how this sin can not work alone.

Margaret DeLima

I am so excited to work with Margaret DeLima because it would show me or help me see what I may have to do during my internship. She is a visual artist and is trained in working with clay with happens to be a coincidence because I had thought of a new clay idea I had been meaning to do for a while but didn't know how to make it happen. She also knows how to work adobe photoshop and illustrator which I have recently learned how to use and would love to get a few pointers since I'm not that great on the computer. From the art works I have seen her made it seems that she enjoys working with material and incorporating mix media. The people she mold mainly seem to be self portraits which interest me to see how she sees herself through her work. What I would also like to do is just see what techniques she likes to use because it seems like we do different types or arts. Margaret seems to be more hands on and I would love to learn about how she makes her art works because not everything can always be drawn on paper.

Commericals.

The best part of your week is when you know that you have finish the work that you needed to complete. I was glad that Kalli and I were able to finish the commercial and came out really well.  I wish I would have payed
more attention  to the editing so I would know more for future references. Looking around the room you can see everyone so into their work and all of the different ideas that people have. From old grandmas to we explodes thing Besides that I am looking forward to everything that we are going to do. We have The Prisoner, wall paintings, books, commercials, and STAC live. this is going to be the busiest year I have ever had.Oh and thank you Kalli for doing an amazing job with the editing.

Daily pratice

My daily practice is to write about anything that interest me. At  first I was going to do a the fashion blog but turned into what I found interesting to me that day. In the beginning I had no clue about what I was going to write about fashion. but I started writing why I liked the outfits and what I would pair them up with but I didn't seem to interest me enough so now i have decided to just write about things that entertain or strike my eye. I have a good feeling that i might not be ale to keep up with writing everyday but I'll try to a least write as much as I can.

So glad its over.

As you can tell by my title I am so happy that portfolios are over. I had everything I was gonna do planned out and then I get a email that said everything is due on Wednesday. So I start rushing to get everything finished and I should really stop procrastinating. The Empty Space may have been confusing at some points but overall i think that he has a way of thinking that no one would have realized. he likes to get start to the point but sometimes go against his own thought and you can tell. I think that he is brilliant even though I was about to fall asleep. what i got from the whole chapter was that there was suppose to be balance on stage.

Book Binding and Tell No One

Book Binding was actually fun, whereas I thought I was going to be boring. But I wish i would have brought in a better material to use because a couple people were also using bandannas. Also I don't think you need to know the numbers people have because from some of the books you can tell whose they are. 
When I got an email the first thing my eyes landed on was the subject saying M&A /////////////. To be honest I almost had a heart attack until I saw it was from Luke. Tell No One was one amazing movie and when I tried to explain it to my friends because my mind was so screwed I didn't know where to start explaining. The plot was so complicated and the connection that all of the characters had to each other was almost impossible to explain.