Print Making Fall Semester 2010

print making fall semester 2010

linocut

a pleasant turn of events

After three weeks of producing crap I think I have finally come to a place where I can start making actual work for my show. Things have been frustrating lately, but Tanja, my advisor, has been so encouraging and helpful in my search to find my "voice," as it were. Hooray for a sense of direction!

marc johns

marc johns

some stuff

I'm in my last semester of college, which means I get to do a senior thesis exhibit at the end of this semester. and that means I get to be a nervous wreck until everything is over. my exhibit opens april 30th. yes. I know the precise date. that is not terrifying at all.

I attend a small liberal arts school on the north shore of massachusetts. it is okay, I guess. I love the art department, but I do my best to separate myself from the rest of campus. the majority of students live on campus through all four matriculated years. I live off campus, and it is a wonderful thing. of course, there are times when I feel like I spend more time on campus/in the art building than I do in my own apartment, but the drive home away from everything is so great. if I am having a frustrating day in the studio, I can just drive away. 

in many ways I feel like I have already concluded my college career. I hardly know any current students other than my fellow art students, I only visit one building on campus, and most importantly, the only mail I get in my campus mailbox is a relentless array of fliers advertising the various campus events and activities. this slower transition to finishing college is preferable to just waking up and realizing that everything is going to change. I don't do well with change, so the more drawn out a transition, the better. May will still surely come as a shock, but maybe if I'm lucky I will hardly even notice.  

printmaking fall semester 2010

intaglio, plexi glass

second state