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this is my last blog.. brian i’m not crying, you are 🙂 umm yeah. not too much to say currently. my thesis show reception went so well! so many people came and wanted to chat with me. i tried to talk to everyone but you know how it goes. i am anxious about having toContinue reading “last bfa blog everr (week fifteen)”

install for my thesis show is complete! i finished up last night, and then did lighting this morning. the installation review from the faculty went really well, the only comments about my stuff was regarding the lighting.. but Deb helped me out a lot and i think it looks really good now! i got theContinue reading “week fourteen”

last full week before my thesis install begins! i got my show cards printed and all of my work has officially been bisqued! yayy i picked up my tube to make my pedestal. here is a funny picture i took with it while in menards haha my dad made a 20″ top for it outContinue reading “week thirteen”

a couple days ago one of my sculptures broke 😦 i think it will be okay.. it is a fairly clean break, so i don’t think it’ll be too big of a deal to use some pc11 to clue it back together after its finished firing and everything, then paint over that with acrylic iContinue reading “week twelve”

i fired my big sculpture and he came out great! no cracks in sight! well there is a tiny superficial crack in one spot but that was there pre-firing, so we won’t count that. here it is in the kiln! i finished sculpting all of my thesis work!! yay!!! i finished it all up thisContinue reading “week eleven”

i’m not sure if you can tell from my last several blog  entries but… i’ve really been struggling with ceramics lately. i really see myself as so much more of a multi-disciplinary artist and i’m just kind of kicking myself for letting myself get so invested in one medium. i know hands down that ceramicsContinue reading “week ten”

this week i had a bit of a rough time with one of my sculptures. i was movin and groovin right along and finished up the base construction for half of one of the rings, and it decided to break on me. i was able to salvage about two-thirds of that ring half, so iContinue reading “week nine”

this week i finalized my hanging method and bought the materials for that. here’s what that looks like. i placed the holes in the top of the piece and worked out some kinks there. the main problem i had was with the placement of the holes, but i decided to place them kind of onContinue reading “week eight”

i believe i have given up on hopes of having time to make another sculpture for my thesis show.. i don’t know yet. i did come up with an idea for a sculpture but i don’t know if i’ll have time. i think that once i have my sculptures done and drying, i’ll have timeContinue reading “week seven”

this week i don’t have as much to say. i’ve been trying to come up with plans for another sculpture, but i’m definitely struggling.. i think if i did make another, i would want it to be another pedestal piece. since i have one pedestal, two large hanging, and one huge floor//short platform piece, iContinue reading “week six”