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.

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.