Blog #10, Fall 2024
Ryan, Hailey, and I installed our show on Monday; this was really fun surprisingly, I thought it was going to be more stressful because it had to go up so quickly but as a group we tried to see how fun we could really make it and the more we focused on the creative process the more fun we had together. We had to problem solve and bounce off each other's creative energy deciding what went where. While we installed, I personally learned a lot more about my own work and avenues that I want to pursue for the rest of the semester. We did a combination of little side pieces that maybe didn’t work out according to our vision originally we repurposed them for this space. It made me also want to lean into some more of this broken but repurposed idea because I think it lends to what I talk about in my work right now. Tuesday I went in and worked on cleaning and washed the kiln shelves. Wednesday, I had some pieces that were bisqued and I spent time glazing and putting them in the test kiln to see what it looked like on the clay body and if there needed to be any modifications. I worked on sanding down the porcelain piece with an angle grinder which I like the look of with the wild river clay I found so I am excited to continue to explore that avenue. The rest of Wednesday was the crit for our show, this went really well. The show was received really well and the commentary helped me continue to think about my work and how to continue to progress my vision and pieces. The feedback throughout the semester has been incredibly helpful to me, it's something that I didn’t really get to experience last year and I really value the commentary that pushes me to continue to think about my pieces. Thursday, I was unfortunately sick but Friday Mia and I deinstalled the show and painted the room back white again. We got the news about the student show and I got a couple pieces in that, which was kind of surprising because I didn’t necessarily see the value of them, they didn’t really come out the way I had hoped but it was nice to have that feedback that other people actually enjoy them still and made me rethink. It made me less scared to try new things and run with projects, and helped me be more receptive to my own work. Looking back now I didn’t think it was a super productive week but a lot of things actually happened just not a lot of new construction which those weeks I am realizing are just as important as the building weeks.
