happy (almost) new year!

i'm taking these babies to a friend's house... yum.
(i apologize for the crappy photo [the paper towel and lighting], i was in a hurry.)

a mother's home ec assignment

my mother made this shirt in home ec when she was in high school. i used to paint in it when i was younger. it was a fun part of my childhood, and i still wear it occasionally.

recent travels...

just a few photos from my trip to dallas...

(note the cups wrapped in plastic)

suzanne's grandmother is so ridiculous i love it.

a very delicious lunch.

sculptures at the modern in fort worth.

amber gave me one of her beautiful illustrations for christmas.

i think there's nothing better than giving handmade gifts.

thinking; thoughts

a friend and i were talking last night about thinking. how much we think (just about different things), and can we ever shut our brains off. i probably think the most when i am trying to fall asleep. my brain wanders aimlessly about random non-sense, but sometimes they are important things. one of the things that i realized the other night while letting my brain go is that we don't just have first impressions. i believe that we have first, second, and third impressions. the first is when someone else describes that person (or place) to you, and you create them (or it) in your mind. your imagination builds your first impression. then when you actually meet that person (or go to that place) you have the second impression. you only know the exterior, and the small things that are allowed to be given to you at the first meeting. then slowly that second impression sort of fades away, and is replaced with the final impression (which i don't think can really be considered an "impression" anymore). usually that final stage is somewhat different from the second impression as you get to know that person (or place). i love dreaming of what a person will be like when i meet them, and especially places. i can still remember how i pictured my dad's first house (when my parents divorced), and having my picture completely altered when i finally visited.

[illustration friday]

this is my first time doing an illustration for illustration friday; i feel like it could have turned out better. the subject is clandestine.

this is my friend's little girl, ezmah. she's so cute i want to gobble her up!

back to the place that was built for moving out...

but at least my friend andy (warhol) will be accompanying me on tuesday. :]

it's not there if i don't think about it... right?

in less than twenty four hours i will be carving my footprints into the streets of dallas for the first time. i know it's just dallas or whatever, but i am excited.

wheel ii

I GOT INTO THE BFA PROGRAM!!

i don't take pictures enough; i wish i did. kind of ironic that i'm feeling this way considering the last post. oh well.

bfa applicant judging...

this is my set-up for applying to the bfa program (which they are deciding today). wish me luck!
[the black sheet on the wall is covering up a chalkboard; i had to put cardboard on it to use push pins.]

also, here are the pictures of my lamp (complete with better structured shade).

pretty bitter

check out this note pad from pretty bitter. it's pretty amazing.

credit to suzannie for my new blog picture. :]

"no worries"

i feel like i can't breathe enough. everything is overwhelming me. color studies critique went ok i guess. no one really said anything about my work except for jackie (the teacher). she seemed to enjoy it, and that's all that really counts. i guess. my lamp critique is about to begin, and i am nervous. i am happy with the base, but the shade is horrible. after this is over i need to reconstruct a new frame for it. all the chaos will be over soon, and then i can breathe. maybe.

two of my friends are going through some serious health issues right now, and i can't hide that i am worried.

twelve editions of two, five colors, and eleven (+ or -) hours later i am 5/6 of the way done with my color studies final. i just have to construct the book that they will go in. after that i will assemble my lamp, and i can't wait to see the finished product.

this needs to be fixed, but not until finals are over. guh.

i'm sorry, but i can't say it enough. thank you, you are an awesome friend.

lucy's new sweater

art and all of the above

it took two and a half hours today to print the monster. by monster i mean my lamp that i am making for my final in computers in art. we were given the choice of making a large poster or creating a 3d object (basically geometric shapes and such). i wanted to make something that i could get a lot of use out of, and that i would not have to buy. i decided on a floor lamp (made all out of paper and lamp parts). as i am imagining what assembly will be like, i believe i am going to have to add some sort of skeleton to the base to give it some sustainability. i hope that everything works out, and there are not too many problems. what i thought was a simple, cheap project has become a $72+ project so far. after it is completed it will probably be about $100, so let's hope this sucker lasts a heck of a long time.

a trip to dallas is planned for sometime soon. we will be visiting king tut, and some awesome art museums (of course!). i can't wait because i've never been, but i am a little nervous about some aspects of the trip. then branson sometime over break to go to the titanic exhibit. i am super pumped about that because i've always had this fascination with the ship. lastly it'll be to chicago after spring break for the printmaking convention!

reading, traveling, developing photos, screen printing (hopefully), and building a coat rack is what i'll be doing over break. i plan to design the coat rack after this. the reading list: (finishing) a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, my one-night stand with cancer, letters to a young artist, and whatever finds its way into my hands.

my friend, suzanne, makes these fun monsters,


and amber drew this nice illustration.

i love lamp or 12' = $72

the monster is slowly printing as i type this (and it is one mamajama). i am elated, and it is gratifying to see my idea in its current state of production. let's just hope that assembly won't kill me. pictures to come soon!

also, check out my friend jessica's animation video.

i have so many things to write about, but i don't feel like it right now. thank you for going with me to the middle of nowhere, and getting lost with me. :]

worky, worky, work. semester's almost over; one week and two days left. eek!

a nice idea every day

flying things

i want the days to be filled to capacity, but that can't happen for another three weeks. oh christmas break, you can't come soon enough.


"we lose weeks like buttons, like pencils."
--a heartbreaking work of staggering genius

latest {project}

i painted suzannie's studio drawers for fun.

i've been obsessed with drawing abstract-ish wood grain lately.

homemade goodness

my wonderful roommate made dinner; this was partnered with some delightful meatloaf. :]

morning laziness...

"snuggles, love, and art"

i am so lucky to have found such awesome friends. it seems like it was yesterday i was in my freshman/sophomore year, depressed, thinking i would never have my own little group of friends like everyone else. i'm glad it took a while because now i know that good things really do take time. if you just hold out, things will happen. i am so glad i came here on my own, and with no friends in tow. i have been able to discover who i am along the way (and still am) by myself. i think that if i had went to williams with dixie, it would have been a very slow process. i love her to death, but i relied on her too much in high school. i am so blessed to have such amazing people in my life. i'd take coffee & scrabble, art mags, doing nothing but still doing something, and dinner over big, drunken parties any day. i don't see how people can call it a friendship if that's all they do together.

i can't believe there's only about three weeks or so left in this semester. there's so much i need to do before the end.

i thrive in the moments and memories...

some inspiration...

log bowls by doha chebib.

too many things to do, and not enough time (well, really there is i suppose). yet i'm sitting here typing this... :]

I think that the words "pretty" and "cute" should be banned from critiques. Permanently.

it tears me up inside to know that my friend gets spit at just for being herself. she is such an awesome, selfless person, yet people only care about what they first notice. people are monsters sometimes.

my newest purchase. :]

We're working on lidded jars in class now, next is teapots (oh dear). I hope Mandi only makes us do six because teapots have several steps. Eek. I've begun actually stitching into my pots now all thanks to a suggestion from my teacher. I had a few cups where I had created a stitching pattern with some glaze, and I liked how it looked. Leave it up to our ceramics teachers to turn everything literal (you fake something, and they suggest that you actually do it). They're just tests right now to see how things will turn out, and also to figure which glazes I'm going to use. I think the stitching will be my main detail for my final pieces. I love the way stitching looks, the whole handmade quality and the way it's sort of creepy (but that's probably just me). I guess I sort of view it as creepy is because I think of Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas, and also wounds. But then another part makes me feel warm because it reminds me of my grandmother who was always sewing.

I am absolutely in the love with the weather right now. It's almost the right temperature for a nice, warm fire. If only we had a fireplace... My hot cinnamon sunset tea will just have to make do (and of course the heater).

Our electric bill this month is only $31.62! That's also another reason why I'm in love with the weather. :]

I'm hungry.

permission forbidden

I get to teach my first art lesson this coming Tuesday to a group of fifth graders. I was all excited about my lesson/nervous until I found out part of it's not going to work. My lesson was on Andy Warhol (of course), and I was going to have them sort of re-create his picture of Marilyn Monroe. I was going to take a picture of each student, have them draw the details of their face (lips, eyes, etc.) onto a transparency sheet, and then paint blocks of color on the actual picture. The finished product would have the detailed transparency placed over their painted picture to simulate the Monroe piece since it's not easy to do the whole screen printing deal. I found out today that I have to have their parents' permission to take their picture, something that will not happen in the alloted amount of time. I didn't even think about that nor did my teacher (obviously or I would have changed it already). It saddens me that there has to be so many restrictions and protection on students these days. If only I had been born in the '70s or earlier...

phew...

i haven't created a to-do list yet, but i bet it's going to be a doozey. laundry is pretty much top priority because i haven't done it in a month. yes, a MONTH. apparently i do have a lot of clothes, but my closet begs to differ. i've never let it get this bad.

matt finally texted me today, but only to say that he misses me. no other info, so i guess i'm still going to have to make that trip to his house to find out what's going on...

i think i'm finally getting the hang of throwing with porcelain, and i am excited.

apparently my "gaydar" doesn't work very well...

i'm really worried about my friend, matt. no one has heard from or seen him in a little over two weeks. he told us he was having some health issues (just some stomach problems), and that he might have to have surgery. we've all tried to contact him, and he hasn't returned any of our efforts which isn't like him. i'm sure we would've all known by now if something really bad had happened, but i'm still concerned. i got his address from a friend and plan on going by sometime soon if that's what it takes...

i guess i should explain my blog title. interventions and lullabies is the name of my favorite album from my all-time favorite band, the format. i thought it was an appropriate title for a blog because i think we all need a few interventions and lullabies in our lives. i know i do.

i've slept late twice lately, and i haven't done that since i first moved in in august. sleeping late has made me lazy and tired, i hate it. at least it's friday because i don't have class or work to worry about. i've got so much work to do, but i guess it's not as much as it could be. we have 10 plates due in ceramics thursday, and i only have one started. i need to stop procrastinating; it seems to have been worse lately.

the colder weather has been really nice lately. we've shut off the ac, and opened the windows. it gets me excited because i know our bill will be less. that's pretty pathetic.

i can't stand martha stewart.

i'm starting to feel stretched, but the week will be over soon enough.

serigraphy i

(stencil)

(stencil and photo emulsion)

(stencil and photo emulsion)

tattered

i have never been a fan of confrontation nor has my sister. we had thought all along that we got it from our mother, but we realized that we actually acquired it from our dad. one of the very few pros with being non-confrontational (...?) is that i get over things very quickly. just give me a couple of hours, and i'll be completely over it. tonight was the first night my new roommate and i had some problems. it all started with a little puppy named lucy. i love them both, but things got crazy today. chewed up carpet + knocked over lamp + long day at work/ceramics all led to frustration. i got over my whole confrontation deal, and thankfully we talked things over. i feel a butt ton better than i would have if i had just went to bed. so at the end of a very long day i am extremely thankful to have an awesome roommie, and an a okay little pup. :]

stress is going to get the better of me if i don't get things in control. work and studios (and laundry) has made my brain frantic. tomorrow is a new beginning...

apparently i lose interest in things easily seeing as i have created a blog on a different website again, but we already knew that. that was ridiculous.

laundry is the devil.