I will sum up Stumptown 2010, I promise

I'll do a full two day sum up of Stumptown tomorrow. Just let it be known: I'm having fun though making less money.

two days: one short post

Thursday:

Ink day was ink day. We learned a bit about Balthus. Watched a puppet video. Whoo.

Critique in illustration. The work had less volume to it than last projects, with the exception of Josh and Janessa. Josh printed out a skateboard design to scale, which was rad, and Janessa made pillows and shirts with screen printed design. Very cool. I had a good critique. There were words about text as usual. Martin either really likes us or has gone soft. I had soup for lunch.

Danny hasn't been at school all week. He must have had his baby. Well his wife must have had his baby.

More critique. It didn't last all day, but it wasn't quick either. Martin bought us milk and cookies again. After critique it was open work time. I showed him my bandana, and he made a noise I had never heard him utter before. An excited noise. He really, really liked it. Even bought one! Whoop whoop!

I finished up my .pdf portfolio for internship stuff, and then met Karen in the print lab and helped her print for a few hours. Mostly took prints and put them on the rack and exposed and washed out screens. She exposed two more layers backwards. TWO! Silly Karen. But her print is looking great. I went home with Lacey on the streetcar. Poor tired Lacey.

Friday:

I like days where I can sleep in.

Then I have to go to school and document art and submit more to the Illustration Juried Show (four pieces total). Which I did. Then I helped Karen print some more. Good to be out of the house. Karen was printing a five color poster to promote her thesis. A beautiful poster with clouds and split fountain layers. Really nice.

We had Laughing Planet for lunch. Mmmm.

Left at about 9:30. Whooo!!

Tomorrow is Stumptown Comic's Fest. I found out just today that Karen will only be there for a small portion of the day, and Lacey will probably be sleeping off her sleeping stress. I wish I had found out sooner about this. I might have space at the PNCA table. I'll have to wait and find out. It will be a busy day tomorrow. Mmm.

Joe Simpson

Joe Simpson. Mountaineer.

Silkscreen.

blah

Tired. Don't feel like writing tonight. Will sum up tomorrow.

Thinking that I'll get a webcam and start a vlog for my senior year. Focus specifically on my thesis process. Hmm.

naked ladies - 4/22/2010

Ink wash drawings from The Figure with Morgan Walker.

another day ends

The thing I like about Homeland, is that the class has a lot of variation in each day, so it passes fast. It isn't some long one subject/topic class.

Man, I love sleep. Didn't sleep during class. Didn't even come close. I had soup and bread and an Odwalla for lunch. Mmm protein disguised as chocolate milk. Sat in library next to Patsy.

First bit of Homeland: watched Commune, a little documentary about the Black Bear Ranch commune. Interesting, though it didn't make me want to join a commune.

Then Phil gave his presentation about artists that do "social practice" type of work. Namely they make art to draw in not art people, or make art for not gallery. He had good things to say, wasn't totally in favor of his artists work all the time. We then got into a discussion about if elitism isn't all that bad of a thing. Basketball fans are allowed to get into it, so why do artists have to behave and try and be all accessible and stuff?

Then it was project time! Joey had a photo collage of all the things he loves about America that are typically regarded as unseemly. Like the Budweiser twins, big burgers, pizza, grills, motorcycles, etc. Travis did an installation where he played video from Google Earth and pretended like it was voice activated, and he gave us pizza and doughnuts. Mmm! Gabi also had an installation. She had a stationary exercise bike and a looping video of this utopia drawing of hers, so it simulated like you were cycling towards it, but it would vanish.

We were left only forty minutes left for Ecotopia discussion, but it was a good one.

Yoga had breathing and then leg work.

Got home. Chatted with Madeline on the phone for a while. Mmm.

voorhiiiiies

Figure drawing was long poses again. We had two models, both of them fidgety.

Watched a video about these puppets playing the ukulele. Uhhhg so much to do on my puppet! I just noticed the shrinking of the papier mache made it go into a oval shape, not a circle. Damn. Oh well.

Had a productive silk screen day. Got my four color leave behind done in the 11-3pm block of time. Three colors on the front, one on the back. I'll scan them later.

For lunch I went to the Frying Scotsman. Splurged on some halibut. Went back to the print lab and scarfed it.

After that, I printed on two more bits of fabric. So now my bandana, once I sew t, will come in brown, blue and red! The latter two will be white ink. White is hard to print with. It dries really fast. I removed the stencil all together because it was clogging my screen. Easy enough to redo.

Finished at five. Karen and I went to Yur's. I just had a couple Sprites, didn't feel like drinking. Girl chatted. Ya know, girl chat. Messed around on the internet.

Went home. Glee! Lost! Justified!

Now time to read Ecotopia.

Semester be over please? No? Arrgghh.

Oh, I also entered two drawings into the Carey's prize and one into the Voorhie's. If I win, I get money! And not scholarship money, cold hard cash money. Whoo!

mmm dreams

Not quite sure what we talked about in class. My mind wandered, and every time I tried to focus it wasn't in a place that I understood. Yeah.

Documented my bandanas in the library. Sorted through the pictures and resized a few. That took a while.

Sat on the couches and finished off my burrito. Talked to Dominic. Read Ecotopia. Took a nap. The nap turned into sleep, with dreams and everything, and I slept through the first half hour of yoga. Oops.

Still went to yoga. Got some stretching, but none of the good warm up stuff. Oh well.

Went back to the computer lab and worked on a basic art resume. Shows, collaborations, experience, etc. I know I'm forgetting some shows, so as I remember, I'll add (I have a print out).

Bought some flour for more papier mache and some soap.

Watched House and an episode of The Inbetweeners. Laundry. Drew stencils for leave behind (that is, an image I leave behind at art interviews, as a memento). Tried out my new ink. It dries light, but it seems like it will be good for washes.

The problem with sleeping during the day, is that when it is 1am you don't feel all that tired. Bah.

baby's first chemical burns

I think I accomplished a lot today? There is a lot that I can't do without word. Tomorrow, during the existentialism/yoga break, I will put together my artists resume and stuff. Wheee. And document. Which means I gotta document that damn tall David Lynch piece. Argh.

Got to school. Brilliant beautiful day. So no one was in the print lab. Whoo! Well Heather was there.

I'm fairly satisfied with my print. I'm not sure how intentional some of the mark making looks. It looks like him, but a lot of the specific detail was lost. I should do a black ink drawing as well. Hmmn. It is also very blue. I'll think it over.

I felt like taking my touch to DeAnn's screen of death. Someone has used her screen without permission and left a thick coating of emulsion on it. Really thick, and it had air pockets. Whoever did it really maimed her screen, and she had left it for the print lab to claim it's purple carcass. I inquired Heather's expertise and she said to use the auto haze stuff. It has a more impressive title. Anyway, it is store in a black tub and has several danger toxic corrosive labels. I put on the special shirt and gloves and got to it. I spread the gunk all over the screen and let it sit. Some of the chemical still got on my skin, but I was able to get it off before it did any damage. Still, ouch. So the chemical ate away the caked emulsion. Then I took the pressure watcher to it. At first, nothing. The edges scootched away. And then: miracles! Chunks came off, more and more area was cleared. I sprayed it with EZsolv, and it pretty much all came off! Whooo! It only took about 20 minutes, but that is a screen that was left for dead. Now it is revived.

Got a burrito because I was starving. When I got back I remembered there was a meeting with the RA, and we were getting free food. Oh well, lunch for tomorrow (the burrito I mean). It was just an exit chat. My lease ends end of July. Need to sort out my summer plans. And find somewhere to move out to. Err.

Anyway, ate three servings of the free thai food, as only three other people showed up. Hurrah!

Crossed things off my to do list. Mellowed out. Watched Pacific, paused that to watch Breaking Bad, went back to Pacific, then Treme.

Another week begins.

three fourths

Took forever to get out of the house. Just had to stick around till the new Doctor Who came out...

Finished my Joe Simpson sketch:

I dig it!

Had to ride from Utrecht to PNCA one handed, because the other had to hold the paper. I rode very slowly.

I got through three of the four layers! The first went pretty well. The paper kept sticking to the screen and making the flat ink layer inconsistent. The color is good. I won't have an edition of prints, but that is okay. The second layer went down without any qualms. The third, well I totally mucked up the emulsion, which made it very difficult to remove the water resist. A lot of my detail was lost. But it took a new look. It is a more scratchy, imperfect piece. I'll have to see how the final layer brings it all together. The lineart layer. I've learned some things about reductive printing. Not the piece I had in mind, but still a good piece.

Afterwards, Lacey came over to my place and we watched the first two episodes of the new Doctor Who together. Totally geeked out all over the place.

Need to check some stuff off my check list! Feels good to do that.