1st scheduled mentor meeting of the semester

Yes, the title pretty much sums up what this is about.  I will meet with Danielle on Sunday at her house at 11.  Luckily she lives here locally and since the weather here can change and get nasty rather quickly, I was so glad to get her to agree to it.
I mentioned last the weekend before last I was going to make a maquette....ha ha, a little on the lame side, but it did help me to think about the construction of the actual installation and how I will actually put it together.  I really want to thank talking to my adviser, and for the lecture from Jean Lowe.  I have been roughly sketching out some of my ideas, but I am probably one of the worst quick perspective artists that I can think of.  I work better in the 3rd dimension.  So... here is a really rough model, and by rough I mean sizes are not right nor are the materials or colors true to production.

I have also started making several strands of braids which will be used in conjunction to the rug, but in creating various pieces of furniture.  I would like to thank these ideas for how this specific installation is getting designed due to artists like Rachel Perry Welty and Charles Ladray!  Thanks to all of the great input from my critiques. ps...the rug has nothing to do with the above photo!!!

Weekend work!

As I have been reading for my personal research I have discovered a new word, Stimmung which is a sense of intimacy created by a sense of the owner by the furnishings within the room.  This word seems to strike at the heart of my feelings of "Domestic discomfort".  Where does the individual take hold of their place in their surroundings when a space is shared by a multitude of personalities striving to achieve their own sense of comfort?
Philosophy aside, yesterday I continued to work on my rug, and today I am going to try to make maquettes  of domestic interiors with my current concepts to increase my visualization.

Researching Artists

I took a day off before returning full fledged into the work routine to start getting my art life in focus, and today has been spent listening to critiques and researching artists that were recommended.  I loved the installations by Charles Ladray, and Rachel Perry Welty.  I also appreciate how unpretentious Ladray is about his work....

In Boston

Squeezing in a few moments in the computer lab, because the internet at the hotel I am staying in keeps stopping after a few minutes.  So far everything has gone very well; although the walk to the MFA was very cold!  I was very thankful that we did not have any snow!!

  I will post some pictures as soon as I get back to Indy.

Trival Points to make....

Okay, I got a little bit more added to the blog, but there are still a few items to go....
I finally found the chair to use with part of the display for the quilt, but I have not photographed it set up at this time.

I have a baby made out of clay that also sits on the rug which is in progress in the studio...I am working on the surface appearance at this time.  The photo is prior to being fired at all and looks completely different.

I am looking for a few more cigarettes packs and still waiting on a friend to bring me a table......

Oops

It seems that I have neglected posting photos of my work recently as my adviser brought to my attention....  Okay, now I know that I am completely wiped out!  Here we go....
This one is of the rug that I started, tore apart and redid and still adding to at this point.

This is the last of the plates that I had made, which is representing the issues of molestation from my childhood, many of the others had similar images on them, but are probably not as close as to what I needed to create.  This is before the final firing.

I had to make a base to hold the sign from a few months ago, and this photo is while it is underway...  I could only add some at a time due to the epoxy having time to set.

These are the three paintings that I had to create based on the photos of myself in a reflection, while I was reflecting on my life....

This photo is the family of four after I finished inserting the smaller pieces into the openings.  This last month I finished inserting the pieces, because I had set it aside for awhile to work on other projects.

Crunched

Just working myself to death in the real world to raise the $$$$$ to get back to school and not let my family down.  We have not even put up a tree this year, for the first time ever in my whole life.  I am feeling so very sad and alone this year trying to be so much...a teacher, sales person, mother, and a student!  I do not know how to get there and not let everyone down.  I am trying to get at least one thing for each of the kids, but this year is going to be nothing like the previous years.  Plus while I am in Boston, I am going to miss my oldest daughter's 16th birthday!!  Boy, do I feel like a jerk.  I am scheduled to work at Macy's every day next week including Christmas eve, and still do not know if I can raise enough $$ to go on.  In addition I am squeezing in some reading time to be ready for school!  The only benefit is that I am loosing weight, and staying so busy that I really appreciate a few minutes to actually just sit!