I need to write it down and see a list to wrap my head around this whole mid-semester deal.

Plus, i feel like i'm doing a million things at once and it will be a good way at organizing my thoughts.

STUDIO WORK:

HONORS

1. brainstorm, research, read, read, read, collect stories
2. write proposal, research grant proposal

3. choose committee member, meet with them individually
4. price compare, order supplies

5. sketch! fill inspiration wall

6. shop/search for objects at yard sales, thrift stores, etc

7. cut apart, grind, sand ceramic figurines

8. prong set broken pieces, then solder a few together

9. experiment with wax connections for broken pieces

10. fabricate 11 silver caps for feet

11. choose 2 feet, grind holes out, stuff with gauze

12. make individual feet into single brooches, explore pin stem

13. sand and polish all caps (learning to polish, started over and over again)

14. tester: sprue walnut shell halves, invest, 8 hr burn out, cast in bronze *1 survived

15. inquire about outsourcing silver castings

16. make rubber molds of walnut shell (2)

17. make algena molds (4)

18. create wax models from molds, compare textures

19. make wax mold, mix soldering clay, set caps in place, solder

20. clean up, tumble *broke! :(

21. start over?

[installation ideas- keeping it in mind through the entire process]

ADVANCED STUDIO:

1. brainstorm, sketch for a limited collection= series of rings?

2. pick materials -dryer sheets, steel, silver

3. tested found steel, did not work

4. play around with clean/ stream lined designs + patterns

5. make rings all with variations (6) -band shape, piercing, sheet shapes

6. experimented with large clamp shape for neckpiece= failed
7. made 2 smaller versions of clamp shape= failed

8. made earrings that reflect rings

9. added thread?

SOCIAL DESIGN PROJECT:

1. create a series of brooches *reusing a waste product, creating another life/ extending its product life, transforming it into new, beautiful, unexpected (8)

2. experiment with variations on sewn/ drawn elements and dryer sheet forms (formed, starched, frayed, cut, etc)