An Oldie but a Goodie, Plus Some Upcoming Goodies

Untitled, 12"x18"
This is the first and only linoleum print I've ever made.

I made this both as a demonstration for some 8th and 9th graders I was tutoring and as the final project for my VIS22 class. It was an art history course and we were studying greats like Van Gogh, which explains why the waves are abstracted into so many lines that (hopefully) seem to move. I wanted the ocean to look like it was alive, and that the boat was being enveloped by its vastness. By experimenting with surreal elements, I was aiming to create a sense of indefinite time-- the sky can be considered night or day. I would love to work with this medium again in a similar manner!

Some backstory: when I was working on this piece and trying to meet the deadline for showing it to my VIS22 section, I went to Sierra Summit early in the morning to try to get some carving done and ended up stabbing my finger pretty badly by the awl. Later in the day at the school I was tutoring at, I was doing a demonstration and unknowingly began to bleed all over a chair. When a student brought my attention to the bleeding, I freaked out and moved my hand up quickly, flinging blood onto the poor guy. All the girls in the class screamed, and I had to be escorted by the littlest kid in the class to the nurse's office. It was kind of awkward afterward because I don't think anybody knew what to do. I was trying to promote how great it was to try linoleum prints, but at the same time I was bleeding profusely because the very same project. Oh life and it's ironies.

As for upcoming projects, I.O.U. (you as in the blog and its lack of readers?) pictures from the show that happened months ago, updates on a performance/durational crochet piece I'm working on, and some other projects that I've worked on since last posting.

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