I Am My Mother's Only One/It's Enough...

Ok I know, I know it's been ages. But if you only knew the adventures/busy bee times I have been having! New Semester! Yay. Second-to-last, if I might nervously add.

I hope everyone's holidays were great! Mine were so lazy. I needed it. A little R&R craft-makin and movie watching with the mamabird.

So here's a summary of my work last semester [at least the work I consider finished and viewable]:

the 150 lb plaster sculpture. I loaded that bastard home all by my lonesome. I am a beast!! And just to help you imagine the size of the large sculpture, the smaller plaster piece underneath it is about a basketball and a half.





This is only the work from 2 of my classes last semester. We could compile every single piece I did, but let's face it - these are the best pieces; the ones I like the most and some of them will be in my show next semester. Mostly the last three.

This semester I am taking Sculpture II (Again! Yay!), Painting III (Again! Yay! And I'm actually painting again....bwhhattt!?), 399 Individual Instruction, and Printmaking II. I am totally learning how to screenprint and I'm really excited about it.

My newest challenge will be making new "clothes" pieces out of materials other than fabric. So far, I have the idea of using dried house paint (peeled and sewn together), polyurethane, latex, glaze, ticket stubs, waitress paper pads, etc. If I wanted to be cliche, I would make a dress out of tampons, but I just don't know if I feel cliche right now. Maybe old bike tire rubber? So many options. Basically, the challenge is to start developing an idea of why I'm using the materials I'm using. Before I was using fabric because I liked it, it was around, and it was free. Now I need to make the sculptures/forms go past just what they look like and also make sense to the entire piece by what they are made from. If you're feeling baffled by the explanation, don't worry Me Too. Bottom line: it's time to start experimenting again. Last time I experimented it was with flour and water, pantyhose, newspaper, cardboard, zippers, and anything with lots of fibers I could get my hands on.

I want my work to feel like how this song makes me feel. I've been posting this video on everything (Ashley & Andy, you guys created a Los Campesinos! Monster), but it's just so great. Honest and Dark. That's how I want to kick it this semester.

I just bought a can of paint, color called "country white." It made me think of cotillions and debutantes and all that stupid shit fancy mothers think their fancy daughters should do. All the more reason to make something offensive out of it.

Alright current semester. Let's do this.



XO.

2012

Ok. I know it's been fuckin' forever, but I decided to take the month of December off. I have been hanging around my house, watching weird films, sewing, teaching myself to knit, and crocheting. Sketching every day. It has been beautiful and I needed it. I worked really hard last semester, and in my next post I will reflect all the completed work I made. I have much to tell you: I raised my GPA, I finished the 150 lb sculpture, I fiddled with more clothes&wire sculptures.....it will be soon I promise!!

Anyways, every year for the New Year, I always predict how the new year's months will be by using my "iTunes DJ" to mix songs at random. So here is 2012 according to my iTunes [the songs are in order with the months.]:

This playlist is completely random, I did not mess with its integrity - I just pressed "Shuffle"

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2012 is going to make 2011 look like a bitch!!

The first 3 things I did after midnight last night were:

1. Smell a bottle of mulling spices (I was drunk on mulled wine made by Andy & Ashley)

2. Dancing around the room with the wine- makers (See Above) to old Kylie Minogue videos via YouTube

3. Talking to Carl & Kathleen on the phone (while still dancing to Ms. Minogue)

We finished the night off by watching Freaks & Geeks. Yes, it's going to be a good year.

My resolutions include: trusting my art instincts more, pumping up the confidence, finish watching the top 50 most disturbing movies of all-time (my resolution from last year, 27 down 23 to go!), learn to play the bass, and sew 'til my heart's content.

So, Happy New Year Friends!! I love you all, even if you smell.

XO.

PS Check the new link at the top called "Sweet Yarn Anarchy" to see my etsy shop - crocheted hats all the time!!