Honors exhibition reception was a success!!

Thank you everyone who came out to the opening reception. It was great! Love my metals people :)

New Honors Gallery

Newest Photoshop installation idea

4/16 LATEST frame count:

-2 small, rectangle, no hinge

-2 medium, rectangle, hinged

-2 medium, rectangle, open w/o glass? (maybe)

-1 medium, square, hinged

-2 large, rectangle?, no hinge

-1 extra large, rectangle, hinged

-1 small shelf for sketchbook?

*all painted with several coats of the specific gallery white, probably need a few more coats

INSTALLATION IDEAS
1) White frames
a. red paper-- no text card VS pinned text card
b. story
c. photograph

2) Background-- Red paper with pinned text card VS white story
3) lamb rings in white frames on pedestals, story VS red paper 4) black frames

a. story

b. gray cloth

c. red paper

5) wood finish frames with cream cloth

6) White frame with photgraph in background

word webs

GOOGLE SKETCH UP

PHOTOSHOP sketching

digital sketchbook

SECOND LIFE SKETCHBOOK

1.2.
2. a- in SL gallery
3. new look
4. simple, plain option
5.
(5) text behind object?
A & B --typewriter font VS handwriting

6.

I had a great review today with Heidi Lowe, she was interested and gave me helpful feedback. Reviews (to me) are an informal, shorter critique and brainstorming session. They honestly freak me out but I think it's beneficial even if it doesn't go as well as you had hoped. Opinions, feedback, suggestions, advice from different people is an important part of learning and improving. I ask anyone I can get a hold of to review my work- undergrad peers, grads, and professors. You will get a ton of feedback, some of it will fight what someone else said or confuse the hell out of you but then you can decide what to use and apply to the work.
Next week, i'm going to meet with Heidi again to talk about installation ideas.

BEAUTIFUL FIBULAS
I would not recommend googling that by the way, you get some weird medical photos and drawings. While reviewing my work with one of our adjuncts, we brainstormed the mechanism for one of my pieces. It's supposed to sit right under the breast, be close to the body and maybe even push up alittle so she suggested a simple fibula brooch pin. In my head, it solves all my issues with the attachment issue. I still need to sketch things out to work them out in my mind. When searching for examples of fibula brooches, a lot of ancient work came up. I don't know why i've never seen this kind of thing before. I'm in love... with the way they flow, their simplicity, and just the look.

G40 :The Summit- Where Art and Politics Collide.

[Crystal City, VA... 1 month... 5 Floors... 500+ Artists from around the world... 75,000 sq ft... curated visual & performance art... presented by Art Whino]

Yesterday I visited one of the coolest art spaces i've ever seen. G40: The Summit is a HUGE exhibition in an empty office building. 5 normal office floors were completely transformed into this free flowing street art world. Most of the art was 2D and were inspired by graffiti, pop art, etc. It was the kind of art you'd find in the Juxtapoz magazine (my fav magazine!). There were a few sculptures, installations, and more traditional pieces mixed in as well.

There wasn't a real good flow for which way to walk. Sometimes it would be overwhelming with the amount of work there was to look at. There would be halls where each side was one room after another full of art. You could tell that it was somewhat divided, 1 or 2 artists would have a designated room/hall area.
Huge murals became pieces of art. You could tell the artists had total freedom with their space. There were murals that stretched from floor to ceiling.

whole rooms became installations.

creative use of space

Painting on the walls behind the pieces of art

my favorite pieces!

example of a huge installation

ahhhh i found one of my favorite artists- Blaine Fontana!!