This is my last official school day at SUNY New Paltz as a college student. I hope to never get another degree from this school as long as I live. This is my third degree. I think I am done.
My first project for the ceramics class was a real surprise to me. I had no idea how I was ging to approach it until I actually started doing it. I think I also did not have a complete concept until it was being made.
As soon as I got to Kingston Point I instinctively started to make piles of bricks in the water...almost knowing it would be a challenge, that I would struggle and that it would take much longer. As each pile was competed, the shoreline slightly moved back chasing me into the water - exposing my newly assembled brick pile with the delicate porcelain lace on it. The form was a line that moved into the water marking each 12 minute or so accomplishment.
I stared the project at 2:30 and ended it perfectly at 3:30. After a quick nap at home, I returned to the location to see what happened at 6:30. I gathered my lace, took pictures of what remained and went home.
This video is the second try. Taking Patti's (and some others) advice and I took out the song. I just had sounds of frogs chirping or silence or the waves It may be too long still. I honestly probably need to edit it down once more., but I have been workig on it for about 6 hours now. I do need a break. I need to run it by a few people again to hear what they have to say. I am not sure about the frogs.
The rest of the crit went well. I was honestly uninterested in feedback about my cell phone holder, I do think it was overall a successful piece and the fact that it is functional keeps me uninterested in people's feedback.
I did like peoples response to the measuring cups. I think it was successful. I am still rethinking the red tablecloth. To me it adds to the subconscious instincts in interpretation (red, white and blue or Red communism). I tend to push things a bit too far symbolically so I wish i got more feedback on that aspect.
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