Super Sonic

Completed. Each square is 10 x 10 inches. Citrasolve solution, Black ink, BFK Rives paper.

It was officially spring yesterday after what feels like forever! For the most part, the past few days has been absolutely lovely, weather-wise. It makes being stuck in a basement for photography class a bit difficult sometimes, but I couldn’t be more pumped– after such a non-existent winter, it only makes sense to get some warm weather with that sun. I love how the good weather seems to be inspiring so many other students as well; the quad is already filled with people every afternoon and in such good moods too. I have my last midterm tomorrow (yay!) and the good weather couldn’t have come at a better time.

At some point a few posts ago, I think I expressed my desire to use the scanner to produce images of my work instead of my sometimes-not-reliable camera; as of now, the quality of the images are a lot better post-scanner, so as long as I’m producing work that is small enough to be scanned, that’s what I’m going to try to do (with the exception of any work that has more 3-d aspects to them.) My theme is still ‘tangle/tangled’ for these monoprints and the interesting thing about them are the  images underneath the layers of ink; using photographs that we had scanned into the computer, we transferred them to the paper using citrasolve.

Happy mid-week!

Show Me Your Smile

Almost done with my midterms! I have my art history midterm tomorrow afternoon (from Late Gothic to Romanticism) and my printmaking midterm portfolio due next week– happy studio and library time for me. Being the nerd that I kind of  am, I mostly don’t mind studying and all of that…but it’s sad that midterms hit just as the weather was starting to get nice. Over 60 degrees Fahrenheit today and it feels really nice not have to walk between buildings wearing my bulky winter coat. And the best part about warmer/sunnier weather? More sunlight for taking photographs in the future. I cannot wait to join the world of the non-midterm elites again. Happy Mondays!

Follow Your Bliss

Completed. Each square is 5.5 x 5.5 inches. Black ink, BFK Rives paper.

Tonight while I was in the print studios, it reached a point where I had to wait twenty minutes to expose some paper. Not many people…having my camera…result: finally getting around to photographing some of the work that I’ve produced in the past three weeks. Since the first assignment, my theme immediately changed to ‘tangle/tangled.’ (Since then it’s actually evolved into something more specific, but baby steps!) In light of that change, this assignment was to create an accordian-style book that was monoprinted and was relative to our theme– so two silhouettes, a boy and a girl, tangled with each other…via her braid.

The past few weeks have been a flurry of coffee, late dinners, and lots of studio time…I’ve even been spending quite a bit of time in the library unlike last semester. After my art history midterm next week, I want to try to make a more conscious effort to update, but, of course, follow me on Twitter for faster updates (: Have a good rest of the week!

Daily Daily

(Ralph Lauren sweater, Gmarket shirt, F21 skirt, Dotti Belt, Vintage Boots)

Ever since I came back to America this past July, I’ve begun to enjoy being the smallest person in my family…if only because it lets me earn ownership of garments that my mum no longer fits such as these boots. A few years ago she got rid of a lot of her clothes from the 80s/90s because she didn’t think that I’d ever want them (when I was in middle school I basically wore polos and flare jeans every weekend), so you can imagine how distressed I was to find that out! Still, the things she has kept I’ve definitely gotten to love as my own. Mothers’ closets can really be wonderful troves!

After classes on Friday, I took one of my friends to a spot I had found while out shooting for photography class (note: 35 mm camera) so that we could take some outfit photos. She’s rarely used a camera before and had a hard time with my point/shoot, but I still think she did a lovely job! (Thank you Hanoi!) Other things: I went home this weekend…had some staff meetings for The Submission (the on-campus, student-run literary/arts publication)…and have otherwise been living in the studios. I have some Extended Media assignments to post up (previews are usually posted on my Twitter now, so you should follow me for quicker updates!)

I hope that everyone has had a lovely start to the week! xx

Whiplash

I’ve been living in the studios like a mad woman, but at least we finally got to the darkroom in the photo class. The last time I used film was in 2010, so although I’m a bit rusty, it’s been nice to relearn the controls of the camera (although it probably makes a DSLR climb higher on my wish list.) There’s something to be said about black and white film that colour film cannot compare to.

Happy President’s Day weekend (to anyone living in the States!) I’m going home this weekend so between some shoots and other homework activities, I’m hoping I can take part in a sale or two. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend! xx

Irreversible

(Roxy Jacket, Charlotte Ronson sweater, Forever21 shirt, Dotti scarf)

For awhile my wardrobe has lingered in the black-gray range and any patterns were kept to a minimum…Wednesday kind of became a wild pattern day, though, where I was looking for older clothes to wear (attempting to get black printing ink off my nicer clothes would not have been fun). It wasn’t until I had arrived at the studios that morning that I realized how many different patterns I had thrown on. Does it work? I’m not really sure, but it’s kind of kooky and that’s always fun. One of my friends decided that it needed to be photographed to document my break from my comfort zone, so this is for you, Hanoi!

Steps to Stop

After learning how to create a mono-print last week, we spent most of the Extended Media class this week making some sample mono-prints. I felt a bit relieved that the teacher required us to go through the process once with her or one of our TAs since a lot happens in a week and even with notes, it’s just not the same as actually using the inks/presses. My samples were just that– samples– but we have to make more mono-prints and something a little extra, so photographs of that next week!