I have been mostly uploading images to my Flickr in terms of updates for my projects, and I have some that I have yet to upload. Yesterday I made a mold of my lovely fox head, so I will be able to make casts in a day or two. I am very excited about all the work I have produced this summer, but it has been way too short!
Um, I dunno what else to say. I guess I'll say it when I know.
Seeya!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
0 commentsMonday, August 2, 2010
0 commentsAugust 2nd, 2010! Porcelain.
Hello Blog!
Since my last update I have started a Flickr account to upload all my ceramics images. I am not quite sure how the photostream feature works, but I have made a couple of albums photodocumenting my progress in ceramics.
Today I began working with some porcelain for my bag tornado project, and I am very excited with the possibilities of this fancy clay body. I added some paper pulp to give it some extra hold before bisque firing. I also uploaded some photos of a vase I am making, and some shots of some work that Jenna and I loaded into the kilns last week. She and Ryan are making some beautiful folded porcelain boats for an epic installation in our town.
Everything is uploaded here!
Since my last update I have started a Flickr account to upload all my ceramics images. I am not quite sure how the photostream feature works, but I have made a couple of albums photodocumenting my progress in ceramics.
Today I began working with some porcelain for my bag tornado project, and I am very excited with the possibilities of this fancy clay body. I added some paper pulp to give it some extra hold before bisque firing. I also uploaded some photos of a vase I am making, and some shots of some work that Jenna and I loaded into the kilns last week. She and Ryan are making some beautiful folded porcelain boats for an epic installation in our town. Everything is uploaded here!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
0 commentssome pictures.
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| Inside of one of the bags, on its way into the glaze kiln! |
I am also considering working real plastic bags into this installation. I can do it!
Here's the pictures. The thumbnails are small 'cause there's a lot of them!
PS I JUST RUINED MY BLOG TEMPLATE. Trying to fix it but my eyes hurt.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
0 commentsDid more stuff today...
But forgot to take pictures!
I am thinking that this is a really good art adventure experiment. If I blog and take photos of my work as I'm doing it, I'll get to see my entire process. I forget a lot about how I do things as I'm working much of the time because I only record it in my sketchbook as lists of things that need to get done on a piece. I accomplished a lot today and yesterday.
Yesterday this girl (I forgot her name, darnit!) and I made a huge batch of slip. It took a while, we had to add like 120 pounds of ball clay and 80 pounds of talc! That's some heavy stuff then it's in 50 pound increments.
Today I glazed about 9 bags, and a bunch of rings for my tornado. I also further refined my fox head, and made some more slip with paper pulp.
Cell phone photos will come tomorrow.
What needs to be done after that? I have two more bags ready to be bisque fired. I have quite a few tornado rings to paint with many layers of slip so that they are nice and strong. I also need to take photos of this stuff too!
Then I need to make 10-15 more bags. And a lot more tornado rings out of paper. Then paint them, then bisque, then glaze, then glaze fire. Then I've gotta assemble it all, oh, bother!
But tonight, I am working on my tapestry!
I'll take pictures of that too!
Wow, I am busy on art these days. Pretty cool huh? I have 2 more weeks in ceramics after this week. I've done a lot a lot of work so far, and I'm really enjoying everything I've done in Erhen's class
In addition, I've managed to get myself a job at an art supply store (Utrecht Art Supplies) and I finally get to clock in this Friday. I am really excited to be working at an art supply store! I get discounts and I get paid! Plus, being able to use my skills as an artist in an actual job is comforting. I know a hell of a lot about art supplies, but the information was practically useless to anyone but me until now! Man, what a great day!
P.S.-
My previous post has some photos of how some of my work looked yesterday.
I am thinking that this is a really good art adventure experiment. If I blog and take photos of my work as I'm doing it, I'll get to see my entire process. I forget a lot about how I do things as I'm working much of the time because I only record it in my sketchbook as lists of things that need to get done on a piece. I accomplished a lot today and yesterday.
Yesterday this girl (I forgot her name, darnit!) and I made a huge batch of slip. It took a while, we had to add like 120 pounds of ball clay and 80 pounds of talc! That's some heavy stuff then it's in 50 pound increments.
Today I glazed about 9 bags, and a bunch of rings for my tornado. I also further refined my fox head, and made some more slip with paper pulp.
Cell phone photos will come tomorrow.
What needs to be done after that? I have two more bags ready to be bisque fired. I have quite a few tornado rings to paint with many layers of slip so that they are nice and strong. I also need to take photos of this stuff too!
Then I need to make 10-15 more bags. And a lot more tornado rings out of paper. Then paint them, then bisque, then glaze, then glaze fire. Then I've gotta assemble it all, oh, bother!
But tonight, I am working on my tapestry!
I'll take pictures of that too!
Wow, I am busy on art these days. Pretty cool huh? I have 2 more weeks in ceramics after this week. I've done a lot a lot of work so far, and I'm really enjoying everything I've done in Erhen's class
In addition, I've managed to get myself a job at an art supply store (Utrecht Art Supplies) and I finally get to clock in this Friday. I am really excited to be working at an art supply store! I get discounts and I get paid! Plus, being able to use my skills as an artist in an actual job is comforting. I know a hell of a lot about art supplies, but the information was practically useless to anyone but me until now! Man, what a great day!
P.S.-
My previous post has some photos of how some of my work looked yesterday.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
0 commentsUpdates.
Hello, world!
My summer has been lovely and I feel as though I am making great progress in the exploration of new materials. I have been fusing plastic shopping bags into large tapestries, although I am not sure what kinds of scenes I will put on them. I am also working on a ceramic bag installation project (image of a finished bag above.)
I am trying to make this blog look nice, but it is taking much longer than expected. I am also working on my portfolio website at katattack.org, and it's looking good also!
I am currently taking ceramics and undertaking a few very interesting projects!
Here are some images I took of my in-progress fox/wolf cloak project thingy! The nose is a bit too small, but at least it no longer looks like a pig's head like it did when I started it on Friday!
Please enjoy my website, and the blogging updates to come.
My summer has been lovely and I feel as though I am making great progress in the exploration of new materials. I have been fusing plastic shopping bags into large tapestries, although I am not sure what kinds of scenes I will put on them. I am also working on a ceramic bag installation project (image of a finished bag above.)
I am trying to make this blog look nice, but it is taking much longer than expected. I am also working on my portfolio website at katattack.org, and it's looking good also!
I am currently taking ceramics and undertaking a few very interesting projects!
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| ready to be bisqued! |
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| Glazing.... (this is actually a different bag from the one above.) |
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| Finished after glaze firing. How lovely! |
Here are some images I took of my in-progress fox/wolf cloak project thingy! The nose is a bit too small, but at least it no longer looks like a pig's head like it did when I started it on Friday!
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| sorry about the cell phone pictures! I'll get better ones in the future hopefully! |
The fox/wolf cloak piece is going to go with my coat of many colors picture. I am planning on making a plaster mold of the cloak and then using paper pulp as the final product. I am really happy with it so far, especially since it is my first adventure in making something (with my hands!) out of clay. also, it looks much nicer in person. I will take really nice pictures of the finished product when I'm done.
Please enjoy my website, and the blogging updates to come.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
1 commentsBack on the web!
So, inspired by recent posts on http://whitneys-pottery.blogspot.com/ (this artist's life), I decided to renew my domain name, katattack.org, so that I can have a nice portfolio to show people. Lately I've been writing a lot more about my work and also documenting it. I think that in order to keep that going I'll need a place to publish stuff about it besides facebook, which really only provides a distraction from what I should be doing: working and documenting my work.
But the funny part about updating my domain name is that it was actually set to expire today! I had no idea until I logged in.
So, katattack.org will see another year! It only cost me $11 and I have hooked myself up with a free hosting service with no ads, so I'm feeling great about it! I'm going to start re-photographing a lot of stuff tomorrow, and putting more of what I've written in my journal into more polished terms.
I will also be making this blog look a little cooler.
I'm not that much older and I feel like I'm outgrowing this design.
Or lack of design!
Haha!
But the funny part about updating my domain name is that it was actually set to expire today! I had no idea until I logged in.
So, katattack.org will see another year! It only cost me $11 and I have hooked myself up with a free hosting service with no ads, so I'm feeling great about it! I'm going to start re-photographing a lot of stuff tomorrow, and putting more of what I've written in my journal into more polished terms.
I will also be making this blog look a little cooler.
I'm not that much older and I feel like I'm outgrowing this design.
Or lack of design!
Haha!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
0 commentsWellwellwell!
So, I haven't blogged since before I started going to U.C. Berkeley!
And I probably won't anymore for the most part. My website is also down.
I need to make a new layout and a new lots of things, I also need to photograph my work and stuff.
Um. Cool.
As far as how its been, I passed all my classes last semester and the plants I bought before I left Sacramento are growing so pretty! Even in Winter it amazes me.
Anyway, I think that I am going to try to go in an environmental direction with my work. (just like a lot of other people right now I guess.) But by using found materials I think that that is something inherently environmental, just because you take this thing that someone is throwing away and then its like ... "Woah now its art."
I always get excited when people use thrown-away objects and make them useful again, like using 100 plastic bags to create one super-durable reuseable bag. I'm pretty interested in taking throw-away objects and making them useful, but also turning them into 'art' which may or may not render them useless.
I'm also taking an environmental sociology class this semester which is giving me insight into dominant social paradigms- stuff that artists often think about while working from time to time.
I dunno I was just thinking about stuff. I also have a real diary that I write in now. I might buy a nice camera and start a food blog with my friend.
It seems more appropriate and useful to do that.
Also, I will eventually put my website back up for portfolio purposes I just have no money right now.
And I probably won't anymore for the most part. My website is also down.
I need to make a new layout and a new lots of things, I also need to photograph my work and stuff.
Um. Cool.
As far as how its been, I passed all my classes last semester and the plants I bought before I left Sacramento are growing so pretty! Even in Winter it amazes me.
Anyway, I think that I am going to try to go in an environmental direction with my work. (just like a lot of other people right now I guess.) But by using found materials I think that that is something inherently environmental, just because you take this thing that someone is throwing away and then its like ... "Woah now its art."
I always get excited when people use thrown-away objects and make them useful again, like using 100 plastic bags to create one super-durable reuseable bag. I'm pretty interested in taking throw-away objects and making them useful, but also turning them into 'art' which may or may not render them useless.
I'm also taking an environmental sociology class this semester which is giving me insight into dominant social paradigms- stuff that artists often think about while working from time to time.
I dunno I was just thinking about stuff. I also have a real diary that I write in now. I might buy a nice camera and start a food blog with my friend.
It seems more appropriate and useful to do that.
Also, I will eventually put my website back up for portfolio purposes I just have no money right now.
