so what's new? spring break! so the room was a terrible, terrible mess by the end of finals. after a couple of days of cleaning it is back to it's old self.
revising some things before i post to the blog, but because i've been so delighted with my room, and i'm realizing i'm going to have to move soon. here are some room photos. i like to put tiny plastic things in with our plants, so look closely at it.
sneak peak at what's going on.
in other news, it's finals!!!!
Diving into the blogging world again. Tumblr and Twitter have just been giving me little bits. :)
Working in a sponsored studio. This is week 8!!! So far we're kicking ass and taking names (my two group mates and I). This is our essence of our project. It's how we described ourselves to the client. .jpg)
Last weekend I visited Savannah, apartment shopping. Also scored a bunch of "art" for the new place for a grand total of $1.
The second apartment we looked at had a few canvases set out next to the trash. I think everyone in the group (my future roommates) picked one up. I liked this one particularly for the gloomy feel, and I felt the horizontal bands were interesting. Bad photo because it is currently in possession of my boyfriend who took a photo of it via photobooth.
On our way back to the house we passed by a yardsale, they had a stack of old postcards from Europe for a $1.
Earlier in the morning the neighbors had a yard sale, what was left was placed next to the trash. We discovered this only after it had rained unfortunately. A hefty book on Rodin was left out, and soaked except for the inner pages. I tore some out to frame.
I plan on adding somewhat random, and mostly "found" art pieces on the walls of the apartment. In a hodge-podge collection. You'll see.
A new friend, and some art things I am currently working on.
Let's pick up like we never left off, shall we?
I went to an estate sale this morning and got the following for $8. The camera is circa '62, and both of the cases seem vintage too. Everything's been taken so well cared for! No moldy smells. I'm going to use the larger camera case for my current DSLR. I just love the thought of carrying around such new equipment in such an old thing. Besides that, it's smaller, better looking and sturdier than the current camera case. One of the scarves has an "S" on it, how lucky!
Quite some time ago I received free fabrics from work. We were cleaning out the closets and these beautiful pieces were going to be junked.
Well I've been living here for a few months, and it feels so much like home.
Living room!
Records!
Camera Collection!
Tray of daily things!
Kitchen!
Porch!
I'm not "over Germany", in fact I have vague plans in the work to sneak my way back there next winter. Actually had an odd dream last night that I was going there again for another class....
Anyways, here are a few snap-shots of how my book came out. I organized the photos I took over the trip, some sketches from my journal, and made a fairly decent layout. Then I got it printed through Mac. Absolutely wonderful print job, from the quality of the printing to the very texture of the books and paper. :)
Over the last few busy months I pushed this aside, but I realized I really do need to record life some where-- and it won't be happening in the privacy of a personal journal.
Here are the wonderful Christmas gifts I received, it really does help having a mum that works part-time at a bookstore. I also received some very much appreciated gift-cards. :}
i found a $1.29 store yesterday, they sell cheap food-household items. i got a large canvas tote there with the store's logo on it, looks pretty camp. i love it. its my food bag now, and i carry food in it. been mostly surviving off of sandwhiches i steal from breakfast, and small packets of nutella. so far the only german food i've eaten are these amaying hazelnut-chocolate wafers and a hot dog. the rest has been sandwhiches and asian food. i love the bacon bits on the side and am going to buy a large can before i go. no huge culture shock here yet. a lot of the pop culture here is american, and most people speak english. the only disappointment is that there are so few historical buildings left, and when you think you've found one, there's some plaque that tells you it was rebuilt in the '50s. although its seriously amazing how fast they rebuilt things here i guess. will upload photos in a couple of days. tomorrow we leave for Nuremberg and i'm really sad to see Berlin go. i had just gotten used to navigating around it.
Well um, here I am, still in Berlin. I think I’ve finally figured this city out. It’s not one I’d like to tour so much as I’d like to live in. Does that make any sense? I think so.
I love how it’s flat here and bicycles have their own lane on the sidewalk, and that everybody rides them. There are so many trees and pockets of greenery here, it doesn’t feel like an over-urbanized city. Also, the public transportation is just amazing and clean. And the subways are painfully simple.
However, the city is an empty one. For being so big, there is a decided lack of energy, especially anywhere outside the main touristed areas. My prof called it a city of ghosts, and I’d have to agree. The few old buildings left are usually scarred by bullet holes and stray shrapenal.
So far we’ve toured only old stuff. Today we finally made it past the ancients and looked at medieval and northern paintings up until the 17th century. Eh. I was hungry and my feet hurt through most of it. Although the Rubens collection was nice.
Go to my flickr account to see the photos, there are way too many to post here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24279148@N05/2557094724/
Well here I am, my first day in Berlin nearly drawing to a close. The flights were okay, as I slept through most of them. In fact, I don’t remember the first one, but I suppose it happened because I did end up in the New Jersey airport one way or another. I even managed to sleep through most of that flight too. After dinner and watching “Horton Hears a Who”, I slept until about 30 minutes before we landed in Berlin. Not bad considering it was an 8 hour flight. That medicine you take for motion sickness makes you drowsy, by and by, and so that might have accounted for some of it.
I’m thinking Berlin is an interesting enough city, although I haven’t made up my mind on it one way or another. It’s more contemporary in landscape than I would have thought. But they have interesting bicycles.
Wi-fi here is 7 euros per thirty minutes, about $14 in US dollars, so I’ll probably be updating every other day until I can find something cheaper.
We took a bus tour, for which I was mostly sick and drowsy on and so I only took a couple of photos. Now is some down time before dinner.
And dinner took way too long, assuring that I would have nothing to do afterwards, everything being closed. The food was uneventful, and I was bored for 3 hours.
I have become distracted tonight, I keep thinking this project will take less time than it will. And it will be the last! It's a drawing final, cum-throw together a graphic layout.
This was my fibers final. Entirely crochet, with a bit of dilapitated felting on the tentacles. Two weeks ago I couldn't put two stitches together with a hook, and now I have a very large....hat. I wanted it to appear as though he was eating my head. I plan on doing a photo shoot with a friend once I am grounded in the 'States again.
Speaking of which, it's moving time! I am being kicked out of the dorms Friday morning, and leaving Monday morning for Berlin. This gives me a full two days at home. I found out my thesis paper for the study-abroad is on the history of design of motorcycles. More specifically German ones.
Mostly I wrote this out of a nagging guilt in the blog's neglect. And thank you Wendy, it really makes me happy knowing someone out this is reading it other than my mom. :>
Now. The last Final.
the paper mill smell is seeping as if to say a last good bye
Just a quick post to get into the swing of things. Here are a few things done over the weekend as Fibers homework. Except the hive piece, that was my first fibers project. A woven project. The last is a caterpillar weaving his cocoon.
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