Hippodrome and stuff

I'ts been a while- I've been a bit bogged down with babysitting work,/homework/research, and worst of all, trying to climb another digital mountain.  If you notice a frequent change of staff in the learning zone-I reckon it's down to me!  I just finished my Hippodrome poster and flyer.  All I can say is I managed (just) and I'm sure my next one with added digital typography will be better than my first attempt.  My initial design is ok, the problems started when I had to add text digitally.  You may laugh, but this is a big challenge for me.
I have completed the first draft of my essay on Percy Wyndham Lewis's Art and Vorticism.  I am now getting my oral presentation ready for 26th April.  Lovely David gave us an extension for this one--but he did stress that because of this, the presentation must be perfect.  (so what's new ?)
We are just finishing our Journey to College storyboard in specialist skills(AKA specialist Tortures).Should be finished next week.  Working on transformation brief, must make a choice before Tuesday.  I love the work of Beatrice Coron, I may utilise this technique for my brief.
And so to PDP.  Paul wants the Log book handed in before the Easter holidays.  The research involved is very time consuming, but very interesting.  I'm finding out many things regarding my chosen artists.  The information gathered will be most useful in the future.

Time Flies

I've been so busy that I nearly forgot about my blog.  Finished my St. Kilda project.  I really enjoyed it and I was happy with the end result, I have added a picture.  I also borrowed a nice archive film from SNL which was showing above the cleit.  It added nice atmosphere.  Started our new brief, to design a poster for Bo'ness Hippodrome.  This is nostalgic for me as I used to go and watch films there every week when I was young.( I was born and brought up in Bo'ness).  This doesn't make the project any easier as it will involve IT skills.  We all know how I feel about them! Been trying origami.  Not too keen on it but during research I found an amazing artist who uses her paper cut designs to make just about anything.     

New Brief

Started our new brief entitled 'Home and Displacement'.  This is a very thought provoking subject as it affects so many people in different ways.  After some thought on the subject, I decided to do an installation based on the lives and the evacuation in1930 of the last 36 inhabitants of St Kilda.  Moving away from home even for a short time can be very traumatic but for the St Kildans it was much worse as they would never be able to return.  I'm doing a participant observation excercise this week.  I am looking at the 'school run' and collecting information regarding the amount of cars, occupancy, arrival/departure times etc.  Took pictures on the way to college to-day for Johns' brief ' My Journey to College'.  Just traffic and roadworks, not exciting.  We are doing an origami workshop to-morrow, should be interesting.

Happy New Year

Had a nice break, now it's back to reality.  Must get my brain back into gear before Monday.  Been doing some research over the holidays, it's nice just to look at one thing at a time.  Just to make you feel warmer, two nice sunny photos of Barra.  I had   just fulfilled my ambition to land on the beach there.  It was amazing! 

Deadlines

Well here we are, deadline time.  I have been working very hard this week to finish everything off. My kitchen table is becoming visible again after weeks of clutter have now been removed.  Getting everything to-gether and labelling them to-day, I don't want to forget anything to-morrow.  I could do with extra arms to carry everything.  Happy Christmas to all.

Limos

Visited site for my themed sketch/story book this week.  My theme is a day in the life of a limo.  Saw lots of great cars and took loads of photos from all angles.  My visit really inspired me, I absorbed the atmosphere.  The cars were so beautiful lying in shiny rows in the semi darkness of the garage, poised to make someones day!  I have lots of ideas and have now done a few pages.
Did a couple of postcards for the charity auction. I drew ducks feet and eggs on wood this week, next week I'll be drawing on the eggs which I have previously blown.  I have done more bookbinding this week making a 'flag' book and box for it.  I'ts for my Grandson and has the alphabet on one row of flags, and a nursery rhym on the other.

There are some lovely book sculptures on display in college, a nice way to re-cycle unwanted books.  Percy Wyndham Lewis is still troubling me, but I'm going to devote all of Wednesday to him and hopefully I'll like him better by the end of the day. 

Sherpa John

I must have lots of work to do as I have started to wake up and plan things during the night.  This is a sure sign that my brain is turning to mince!  I'm getting it back to-gether by making job lists, putting them on the fridge and scoring them off as I do them.  If I do this with military precision it works for me!

Anyhow I blame Percy Wyndham Lewis for all of this.  I have been researching his never ending works for my 500 word critical review.  He's too smart for his own good----poet, writer, artist, fascist,controversial, outspoken, unpopular, complicated need I go on?  The kind people in the library saw my plight and are at this moment awaiting delivery of one or even better two of his books for my research, oh joy.

We did more bookmaking this week.  I started to make a flag book, but had to finish it at home.  Now to the highlight of my week.  I have been led up the digital mountain by Sherpa John, and hallelujah I have digitally rendered my mushroom drawing in photoshop using the airbrush tool.  It's looking good.  This week I will do the same with my Baobab tree drawing. I'll try and put a photo of the magic mushrooms on this blog but don't hold your breath.  Watched part of "Harry Brown" in contextual studies this week, very thought provoking.  Well I'm off now to stare at my list on the fridge and make my first selection of the day. Back again mushrooms were wrong file type or something so here are some wooden onions.