Today at the studio was a little frustrating, but I was able to switch gears and adjust my tasks to my mood. I think I’m going to change my mental day off to Saturday and spend Sunday in the studio instead from now on. I wasn’t able to do that this week because [...]
Entries from September 2007
September 23, 2007
Studio: More Collages with Fabrics
After spending some time analyzing my daily collages, I decided to experiment some more with some fabric collages. I’m still getting used to working with fabrics in a collage way. I approach my daily collages and my fabric collages a little differently. My dailies are very random, and I’m still picking 2 random photos [...]
September 23, 2007
Daily Photo Collage: Organizing & Analyzing II
After having a pretty busy week at work, I decided to take Saturday off instead of my usual Sunday to clear my head and rest my body. I’m really glad I did, as I feel energetic and more focused today.
I continue to wonder what I am doing in the studio, so today, I start [...]
September 15, 2007
Daily Photo Collage: Organizing & Analyzing
Today I took a closer look at my daily collages. I made a list of themes that seemed to have appeared by doing them. For example: I started with the theme HUMOR. I looked through the stack of collages and pulled out all of the ones that I thought had an [...]
September 12, 2007
A New Studio
Well, renovations are over. I actually made a comfortable space to create my artwork and do my thinking. There is still more I could do, but it will have to wait until my next break between classes. We get 6 or 7 weeks off after this quarter, which will be a good time to refine [...]
September 9, 2007
Studio: Reorganizing for a fresh start
Well, my short break between classes is almost over. I start a new studio class tomorrow. New peers and inspiration awaits me. This weekend, I have been focusing on getting my studio ready. For the past two years I have been renting a small studio space in Allied Studios and I [...]
September 1, 2007
Reflection
I went out of town so quickly after my class ended, I haven’t even had time to reflect on the comments I received from my fellow peers. A quarter has ended, and I’m left sad that the class is over, as we really had a great group of people for creative support. For [...]
