Welcome back!

Hello everybody
Back in the swing of things (almost). My teaching assistant position is going to be great! Working with Anne Holman assisting intermediate and advanced jewelry on Tuesdays and Thursday. I really feel like I am going to learn a lot about teaching and running a classroom. So far we have had our new theory and criticism class, which I had better get reading for because there is a lot of reading (although interesting reading), and our critique class. Both seem like they are going to be very interesting and very useful, and also very different from last semester. Variety is the spice of life, or something like that.
I also met with my adviser for the semester, Melissa Vogely Woods. (http://melissavogleywoods.com/). I am very excited to be working with her, and feel like it will be keeping me on my artistic toes.
I am very interested in jewelry theory and how individuals think of their jewelry. I am also continuing a line of thought that I started last semester, about constriction. I will have a more in depth writing on what I am working with this semester very soon.
Here are some artists I am looking at this week:

Klari Reis
Ben Kruisdijk
Especially the work "Fremde Melodie"
Danny O'Connor
Bart Hess
1/2 of the duo Lucy and Bart that I posted last semester. I especially love the video Extraordinary Gentlemen
Chalermphol Harnchakkhan
Really this persons name is a work of art that it even exists as something someone can pronounce. But their prints also make me very happy.
Kate Gilmore
I am not very attracted to these videos, however they are very interesting to think about in relation to what I am doing this semester.
Ann Hamilton
I also watched her segment on Art 21 which was very interesting
Gee's Bend Quilts
These were made by a secluded group of women in the South. Their history is actually a lot more interesting than that sentence, though, so look it up!

one more week...

One more week until we're back in school! Oh boy.
I've been up and down Ohio a few times in the last weeks. Fun stuff.
I have also been very productive, photos up next post, still need to take them.
I am here and ready to tackle this semester. Here we go.

Here are some artists and other things I have been looking at over break:
Chris Jordan
Just click on the pictures. You know you want to.
Jaehyo Lee
Scultpures
Camilla De Rosario
Diary pages. But really cool ones.
Kerry Skarbakka
Tension.
Dr. Who
If you do not watch Dr. Who you should start.
Paolo Ventura
This guy is... amazing. I'm enthralled. I love it.
Dukno Yoon
Mechanical metalworks
Mark Licari
Byoungho Kim
More sculptures.

Books I've read:
A Mercy, Toni Morrison
How We Die, Sherwin Nuland
The Ways of Seeing, John Berger

Finals blog post

Blog update for the final week of Fall semester! Woo! I have everything done and now I am just going crazy thinking I have things to do while not actually having anything to do. Just wish me luck for speaking in front of people tomorrow!
I have a lot planned for the break, a whole lot of reading, and teaching myself to knit more than just scarves. Also, cementing my project direction for next semester of course. Hopefully the reading will help me with that. Going to try and get away from such a heavy subject. Thinking too much about loss, death, grief. Been having to experience a lot of that, but it's time to move away from it.

Here are some artists I have been checking out:

Henrique Oliveira
Because the work fits into specific places.
Shinichi Maruyama
Movement photography
Freya Jobbins
Recycled plastic sculpture
Anton Marrast

Dorothy Gill Barnes
A local woman who does some very cool weaving.

game making!

Hello world,
I can't figure out how to publish my game, so here's a screen capture:

Winter

What? Winter, right? In my mind, winter is always 67 degrees. I'm alright with all the GREY if it's warm. I know it won't last for very long though!
Started to install my work over in DSB. Still not done with the large neck pieces, but they're getting there.  They need another 5-10 hours of work, woo!
Still working on installing the other two pieces in DSB as well. It is interesting actually installing work. I haven't ever had this experience before. The work isn't quite done until it gets installed, it needed more when I got it over there. So, I am giving it more work! I am not going to post photos because I want it to be a surprise, for people who go to the opening. Plus the people that read this are in DSB every day, haha.

This doesn't so much have to do with my work, but I saw Seven Psychopaths tonight and it was a very good movie. 

So here are some artists I am looking at:
Jean Paul Gautier
This is sort of more of a revision. I'm looking at a lot of Haute Couture, or Garment sculpture.
Brandon Keehner
Shen Shaomin
Michael Grab Rely

Also I am starting to explore the subject of Anonymity for my project next semester. Potentially. We will see. 

Living the life.

So, Digital Culture today just made me question whether all the art I like is bad art. Because, how would I know?

But, moving on, working working working, because what else can I do? So little time. Spending time with the projects, just trying to finish them up. Writing about them shouldn't be hard, it's the paper I am worried about. Not the actual writing of it, but the research and time I need to put into it. Ugh! Juggling!

Here are some artists I am looking at:
Go Pei
A Chinese haute couture designer.

 Liang Shaoji
Article about his work

Marcel Christ
A commercial photographer

Found Magazine
Because it's great

Nicolas Barrome
I just like these.

El Coro
I don't know if I have posted this before. This is my favorite one by him, but his others are good too.

Digital culture

In digital culture today we played with Aurasma. Here is a photo of what we did today:

Inside the footprints you can see my web address (creationsbycarmen.squarespace.com) and my blog address (you are here).

Other things going on:
Lots of sewing
Lots of beading
Lots of freaking out that I am going to be out of town for Thanksgiving and can I bring sewing needles on a plane or is it just wasted work time?

Artists:

Morgan Herrin
Hand carved wood sculptures
Close ups of human eyes! 
Sarah Anne Johnson
Drawings over photos