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!!

logo?

MORE LAYOUTS:

Summing up a year long project in a few sentences is quite the challenge. Especially when i have an overwhelming amount of research and notes. I wasn't even sure i could sum it up in my head. I used a huge word web and chart to organize the thoughts that were floating around in my mind... it kind of helped. I wanted to include a project blurb on the back of my postcard but it needs to be short- -shorter than a design brief. Here's the versions i came up with:

OBJECT LITERATURE

1. This handmade collection of art jewelry explores the act of associating mundane objects with emotions and stories. To collect, save and imbue objects with sentiment is a universal human phenomena and a collective practice. Object Literature encourages the viewer to share and interpret the stories behind the ordinary.

2. [fixing the first 2 sentences... 3rd sentence needs working on!]

This handmade collection of jewelry explores the act of associating mundane objects with emotions and stories. To collect, save and imbue objects with sentiment is a universal human practice.

[options for 3rd sentence]

a) Object Literature encourages the viewer to share personal stories behind an ordinary object.

b) Object Literature shares the interpretation of selected stories.

c) object literature allows the viewer to see personal stories often not seen.

d) Object Literature encourages the viewers to look at work that physically embodies personal stories about mundane objects.

e) object literature allows for viewers to experience physical representations of the sentiment associated to mundane objects and also allows viewers to experience personal stories first hand.

f) object literature shares the visual interpretation of an object's sentimental value.*

3. [3rd sentence is good. I like 3 sentences but i think the blurb should include my intention for the exhibition too.]

This handmade collection of jewelry explores the act of associating mundane objects with emotions and stories. To collect, save and imbue objects with sentiment is a universal human practice. The collection shares the visual interpretation of an ordinary object's sentimental value. Also, Object Literature is a vehicle for personal reflection and self examination.

4. [rearranging and "mundane" vs "common"?]

Object Literature is a vehicle for personal reflection and self examination. This handmade collection of jewelry explores the act of associating common objects with emotions and stories. To collect, save and imbue objects with sentiment is a universal human practice. This collection shares the visual interpretation of ordinary objects' sentimental value.

POSTCARD LAYOUTS

IDEA #1

IDEA #2

IDEA #3
-lines that divide vs no line?
-name vs no name?