The Finished Product

Working Hard

Doing some last minute melting!

Last Critique

Our last critique went really well. My fellow group members told me that what I explained I wanted it to appear like at the beginning of the term had finally come to life. I extremely happy about how it turned out and I'm glad I had good time management. Some of my other group members haven't done so well with time management and still have a lot to do. I tried to support them and help them create a schedule allowing them to finish before the show!

Obsession with Wax!

For my final project I'm melting candles to create something that can be considered a wax ocean! Here is the start of it all.

Critique!

I had a critique today with Geoff, Pierre and Murray and it went much better then I expected. They gave me some great ideas.

• make sure the entire plank is covered with wax, almost like an "ocean of wax"
• make the outside of the plank look more finished
• do a "finishing" melt to make the ocean one layer.

I am glad we had this critique and will take all of these things into account.

artist at work- wax edition!

The Critique Handbook

I think the role of critique is to give the artist an outside opinion. It is already really hard for an artist to look at their own work critically, so and outside eye can be extremely helpful. It is hard to relate this to our specific class because we are all doing things on different levels in different time frames. Its not as if i could compare myself to someone help while I'm melting wax and they are drawing tattoos. However, I think it is really important to open our eyes to the art being created around us. I can get most of the the critique of my own work by really stepping back and listening to what others have to say. I am also always a helpful participant in my classmates' critiques because I am a very assertive person that always needs to get a word in.

Art & Fear

"If you but into the premise that art can be made only by people who are extra-ordinary, such down periods noly serve to confirm that you arent."

This summer while I was in an art class with some of the most talented artists I have ever met. Everything they created was unique and seemed almost too perfect for a human to create. As one of the more ameatur artists in the class I immediatly stepped back. I didn't understand why these people could create unbelievable art while I struggled. After weeks of frustration, a self portrait was assigned. I aggonized just thinking about the hours I would have to spend on it after going back to my dorm. As I sat down at my desk and started to draw, things seemed to go smoothly. Before I knew it, my self portrait was done and I was finally excited to go into class the next morning and show off what I created.

artist at work!