“Isolating yourself from everything that lives merely deadens you to all the opportunities for love which is the heart of contemplation.” –Thomas Merton
My work describes the constant psychological tension between the feeling of isolation and the search for solitude. While one would think that a person who feels isolated wouldn’t want to seclude themselves and shut out the world, it is just the opposite. When the feelings of isolation arise, solitude is then sought after. One could feel isolated in any setting and think of another that would take away those feelings of isolation. The various rooms and wooded settings are almost dreamlike spaces created in my mind where solitude could be found.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
spent several hours in the studio today. put the finishing touches on the prints i have as of right now. so far i have 13 finished prints, planning on doing another 7 so that each grouping on will have 10 like a series. still limiting how much time i spend using the rollers cause my shoulder is still not perfect. i have also started to look into the type of book i want to produce with the images of my prints and plan on starting to photograph by the end of next week. looking to order the book no later than the 22nd so that it will be here in time for the 9th.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
“I think the reason I create art is because I’m too afraid to say what is in my mind in written form so instead I create art so others can see it visually. I dislike writing my thoughts in journals and online for fear that someone who I don’t want to see it will. Instead I create art out of my thoughts because if someone sees it they may not really get what I was trying to say in the first place. It feels less scary that way."
work in progress
Everything is a work in progress, I think forget to remember that while working on a project. I always want fabulous results on the spot, sometimes I feel like this seems like lazyness to work or either maybe it is just that I want some form of instant gratification and when it doesn't come I get irritated and stressed. None the less I am carrying on because not only do I have to but I am determined. After having spent February break with the flu and getting absolutely nothing accomplished the week after I produced some more work but even then didn't feel satisfied with that work. Combination of not feeling good still and other stress factors did not help to change my constant mood of negativity. I met this afternoon to get advice from Karen and like most times I hear exactly what I need to in order to carry on. Looking to post pictures of the new progress this week and get feedback on them. Hoping tomorrow is another fruitful studio day!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
time well spent today
been in the studio since 10am, about to go home for the day so I can eat and be a real happy printer! I didn't work on any accordion books today but instead went with working on some traditional printing with viscosity. Next week I am going to work on incorporating some chine colle into my prints, I forgot to make wheat paste over the weekend and so wasn't able to try any today but that is my plan for next week as well as working on cutting out my prints and pasting them into a book form possibly. I at least feel like things are coming together a bit more. I am really enjoying the outcome of the woods setting and am going to try some other settings ect next week as well.
2D image without text
This is what I just worked on today. I feel like it needs more but am letting it sit for a while. While I'm not totally ditching the idea of the accordion book I am exploring other options that may suit this better. FEEDBACK PLEASE!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Failures into progress
So after getting everything moved to the studio and starting to work on what I thought was a good idea...complete failure. Well it helped me to realize that silkscreen will not be my print method and I am going to stick with viscosity printing. However I wasted 6hrs creating just about the worst print work I have created in my life so far. The printmakers know viscosity printing is an area that I have not only found to be successful but well worth the work. Although I have no images to post as of yet, I have been working. I will be in the studio again for the whole day to print viscosity and be able to create my maquette to show on Tuesday's faculty critique. If anyone wants to stop by the print studio on Monday and give feedback or just to look, more than welcome! I also just feel like I need encouragement, I feel like I'm getting nothing done when I really am :( I also have decided to explore using my prints as stand up pieces like in a paper theater/ pop up theater instead of tunnel books.
Disambiguous Isolation
Everyone no matter who they are has experienced some form of isolation in their lives whether emotional, physical, or psychological. My work focuses primarily on the psychological form of isolation. I was inspired to create this body of work after having experienced psychologically the feeling of isolation for quite some time. Other inspiration came from reading “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and photographs by Francesca Woodman. While the feeling of isolation is ambiguous, I have chosen to create disambiguate vignettes of places in which I find isolation to be the strongest. The figure moving from the foreground to the background signifies not only the feeling of isolation traveling throughout time but how it can also make one feel small and insignificant.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Senior project thoughts
I am very excited to be working on my senior project and to finally be graduating after working on my degree for the past 6 years. Blogging for me is not something I normally do and have fallen out of the internet world as of recently ie. you won't see me on facebook or myspace. However I feel like this is a great idea to post my progress as I build this body of work.
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