Progression #18

I realized tonight how long it has been since I've updated my blog! In my defense, I haven't been very prolific lately. I have, however, completed a couple pieces. It started out a little like this: The tables outside my apartment are shaded by these giant, beautiful trees. Sitting out there is so peaceful. Time …

Book 2: I forgive you for all the things you missed and here’s a collection of things you’ll never miss again Part 1

The whole process of bookmaking this time around was much different than I'd experienced before. It took place during a 2 week intensive course at CSU Summer Arts. I think in total I work around 120 hours on this project. Considering that we worked a total of 9 1/2 days, that's a lot of hours. …

Progression #16

I started work on this based on a sketch I had in mind. I was exploring themes of maternal bonds and childhood. I remembered when I was little how much of an emphasis was placed on the length of my hair. I was never allowed to cut more than a 1/4th of an inch at …

Progression #15

It's very sad to me that nobody really liked this one. I was the most fond of this one. I counted out 12 little clay pieces and carved little lines to count all of them. Again, "suspended time" was the idea. I used a gray gradient (gray-dient haha!) and green. Green has always represented hope …

Progression #13

After the last critique, I was advised that I should try frames that were rectangular or square to produce more tension. After procrastinating a little too long to make it to woodshop, I decided I would just "wing" the frame. It came out terribly crooked. I think I leaned on it when I was attaching …

Progression #12

This is where I started. I started this piece with a "balance" idea. I had wanted to create a frame out of PVC and have these largely covered in yarn. You can see from the sketches I had some big plans that didn't exactly work out. As you can see here I sort of had …

Progression #11

I don't have any progress shots of this from the beginning because I was so "in the zone" and I knew which direction I was going, I sort of got caught up in all of it. This is two separate hoops glued at the top and connected with mint green yarn. Originally, I thought I …

Progression #8

Day 1 I started by making these little clay faces and buying a 14" hoop from the sewing store. I ended up making 7 different shapes and sizes to be suspended within the hoop. It took a few days for everything to dry. When I started this, I already had a sketch in mind I …

Sketchbook Addition

This one technically isn't inside of my sketchbook. It's actually done on Bristol paper (11 x 14). I've had this idea in my head where I wanted to arbitrarily designate whites and blacks as different colors. It's not a super original idea but I've been meaning to play with the concept for a while and …

Progression #5

Day 1 I've had this canvas for a while now. Probably going on about a year and a half. It's been staring at me, blankly (haha). The other day I finally picked it up and worked a little bit on it. I really liked the texture I was getting with just white paint at first …