Artist Statements...blah blah blah

After a miserable trip to NYC last week my hopes and moral were lifted by the great Sheila Hicks. I still can't believe I got to meet her!

I was talking to a few friends of mine outside of the crafts/fibers department and I was amazed to hear that they do not need to make an artist statement. They also laughed at mine but I did too. This is my first draft of my statement, I made it for my junior review.

"As an artist beginning their career it may be difficult to find what moves us. That being said I feel that I am moved by the feelings and jesters that occur in my gut. When making I know that I am progressing positively when I feel the sensation of being sick, as if my creative process needs to be vomited out of me."

ZZZZZZZ

When ever I come to studio I am filled with A) rage and B) the uncontrollable want to take a nap. I am choosing B today....like I did yesterday.

Sheila Hicks

My sculpture teacher is the man! Barry Parker you are now in my top 10 favorite people!! I told him how excited I was for the Sheila Hicks show opening, and he mentioned that he and her were close friends and that if I wanted to he would tell her that I was interested in meeting with her....well my dream has come true!! I GET TO MEET SHEILA HICKS!! He told me that she would be interested in meeting with a few fibers students and that she will be in contact with me! AHHHH!!!

glen ligon

On Sunday (March 13th) I went to the Whitney Museum with my family to see the Edward Hopper show they had up. Needless to say I have fallen in love. Not with Mr. Hopper, but with the amazing artist Glen Ligon. I spent almost the entire time on the third floor looking at his work. I didn't even make it to the second floor to see Edward. His work is so raw and inspiring to me.

This is his self portrait.

This is titled "Invisible Man". It's made with oil on canvas along with gesso and charcoal.

SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK! WOOOOOO Why is it called spring break if it is in winter?

This time last year I was dancing with the idea of weaving with monofilament...well I've got that itch again. To bad there aren't any open looms. The above photo is my sophomore projects final. It's all monofilament, and 15 feet long. We were supposed to base our objects from either a book, song or poem we like. I based mine of off the Beatles song Revolution 9. I actually spaced out the weft to represent patterns in the song, I don't think that was a very successful idea. The viewer really can't see it. But still, this is probably one of the most influential pieces I've made for myself. Ken took this picture, it was a real challenge he said because it is so reflective to light.

thursday is projects day!

The second semester of projects has been pretty boring so far. All the seniors are going crazy with planing their thesis show so I have the entire room to myself. Woohoo? We were given a project to design the center pieces for the Art Alliance's galla or something like that. I really don't understand Rod, he said this was a time to "whore ourselves to the art community" but we aren't even invited? Should I screen print my face and number onto some napkins? Since nobody is around today I think I'll just clean up my little space. God help me!

I think having a studio in the senior room has only made me even more messier. The girl in the studio next to me has been working with sprinkles all semester. She however does not cover up them when she is finished. This has cause a massive cockroach problem...not for her, but for me! I keep finding them dead all over the place. It is disgusting!

I don't have any pictures from my first projects crit, so instead there is one of my advanced one. Just simple stitching with gray and white 5/2 cotton. I like sewing, but lately that's all I've been doing.

Hello!

This is my first post in this new adventure! I've spent the day working on/trying to avoid working on my embroidery project. Mi-Kyoung seems to really like what I'm doing so there for she is pushing me even harder...I just want to be a little lazy.

I'm sewing the above picture my friend Sydney took of me when I was Seoul onto silk organza. The scale isn't very large, about 12 inches wide and 6 or so inches high. I've broken down the picture into 5 layers(TRICKY), so there will be 5 separate images making the one! I'm thinking of using horse hair, my hair and some dyed linen thread. But we will see how that goes!

I think this has been a successful first entry!