Maps

For my maps project, I illustrated both my thought process and physical process through CFC. The background is a painting of my bed because that is where I did all of my work in this class. Not only did I do projects on this bed, I also slept, ate, and watched tv there. My internal progression is shown through sketches I made of all my projects. A big part of this course was planning and thinking conceptually before carrying out the work, and I show that in this piece by creating a trail of sketches I made throughout this course. The actual trail is made of cheerios because I also ate on my bed while doing the projects. In the middle of my circular trail are descriptions of the thoughts and feelings I had while working in this class. For example, I write "lazy," but also "motivated." I wrote "confusion" three times because that is the most dominant feeling I felt in CFC. Overall, I had fun creating this map although it isn't a complicated, intricate map. And although the craftmanship and composition could be better, I like the overall idea of my illustrating a map of my thought process in this course.

Lost Camera

I recently left my purse (which contained my camera, my license, etc.) on a New York City subway...
And I am forced to use Photobooth until I get a new camera.

The third project: the transformation of my portrait into an A&D faculty member. This assignment allowed me to experiment with mediums and ideas I haven't explored yet since the beginning of this course. I chose to play with oil paint and clay (two mediums I haven't used at all since I've been at U-M), and 3-D and 2-D perspectives.

Having never worked with clay or sculpture, I am just discovering the obstacles that come with clay such as getting it moist and learning how to mold it. It was hard: my only "tool" to sculpt was a mechanical pencil and a thumbtack. The clay I ordered was surprisingly really hard and difficult to shape with hands. Nevertheless, I'm having a lot of fun.