ACT XXI

Invasion

I think I'm sick. I slept 11 hours last night and my body still feels tired.

Studio began yesterday. I got switched out of Josh's section and into... someone else's. I can't remember her name. She seems very nice and quite capable, but she has a very strong Asian accents and I have a terrible time understanding her.

Our first project is to come up with and execute at least twenty "experiments" with our assigned material. The first semester of second year seems to be all about materiality. Most kids in my year are taking Methods and Materials, which I took at Palomar. I'm a little nervous because I don't remember very much from that class, but at the same time, the class seems to be quite time-consuming.

My assigned material is fabric. I must choose one type of fabric and stick with it throughout the project, and I think I'm going to go with gossamer, but I'm not so sure. I want it to have some other quality to it besides just being woven, like translucency or stretchy, so I can experiment with that, also.

Studio is actually my only 200 level class this semester. I'm taking Structures 1, History of Painting, and Theory of Architecture with a group of 3rd-years. I love my History of Painting class. We sit around and talk about art for an hour. I do that anyway, and now I'm getting credit for it! Woo!

posted by Jess @ 9:45 AM