Book Binding Workshop: 4/23/10

Today we brainstormed ideas for our bigger book binding project. I figured at first that i would just make a sketchbook, but the problem was the word, "just" haha. So i thought about it a little more, and came up with something. While in Ecuador, I didn't journal that much, unfortunately, and a lot of my journals were addressed to my ex, who i'm clearly no longer with. Not only that, but for my journal, i also used a book him and i bound together, which would, under normal circumstances, be okay, but he's refused to speak to me over the past four months, and i kind of resent that a little. But anyway, i want to make my own post-Ecuador journal about my experience and for me completely. I want to include photos and my own synoptic stories of my experiences. I think it's going to be really cool and definitely really intentional and useful.

Book Binding Workshop: 4/21/10

Today we finished making the small books by gluing the folio to the cover. I was so excited to see it complete. I've made my own sketchbook and i think that's truly amazing. I created something I never even thought of making. Ever. It's stuff like this that makes me want to explore things I've never done before in college, because perhaps i haven't done the one thing i like doing more than anything in the world yet!

What I'm Doing Fourth Quarter

I'll be painting! I'm really looking forward to this. I don't really like using acrylic, and water based oils apparently don't function anything like them, so i'm excited to use this form of paint that i've never used before. I'm so used to drawing, and i think painting with either challenge my drawing ability and growth or support it. Or rather, my drawing will support my painting. I'm not quite sure what will happen, but i'll blog about it when i come to any realizations.

Book Binding Workshop: 4/16/10

In Friday's workshop, we created the covers for the books. They're really starting to come together. It's kind of awesome. I love seeing progression and seeing my work build up. And even though book binding is somewhat of a mechanical, technical process, it's still a release of creativity, i think. Creativity encapsulates two types of creations: creations for production purposes (like crafts, i guess) and creations for originality and one of a kind-edness. And this book binding is the former, as of now (the plumbing), but I think will gravitate more towards the latter upon making the second book.

Book Binding Workshop: 4/14/10

In today's workshop, we bound a small sketchbook. It was a lot easier than i thought it'd be. I had no idea a needle could go through several pieces of drawing paper. Which might sound silly, but whatever. I got really excited when he said we'd be making our own sketchbooks...so i can use this book for my own sketches and i made it from scratch. And Karl is REALLY cool and when i was drawing he was giving me advice, which is awesome. I'm really looking forward to the rest of this set of workshops.

Book Presentation

Over all, i thought my oral presentation went pretty well. I sufficiently spoke for five minutes about Molecules of Emotion and got across to my fellow STACies what i wanted to get across. On the other hand though, I should have done more preparation. I should have taken notes while reading or used post-its for what information i thought i'd use in my presentation so that I would have been more prepared and collected.