Artists Errwhere

So I went to an outdoor conference this weekend and it was pretty stinking awesome! One cool aspect of it was the people that I met there who were artists! One guy named Larry Rainari is an elementary art teacher I had some pretty cool conversations with him about his passion for clay and painting. I got a business card from him and checked out his website.

I love this handmade mug:

It kinda makes me wish I had more pottery experience in high school to make stuff like this! Instead, I was making seal shaped piggy banks that exploded in the kiln and destroyed other people's animal piggy banks......Oops!!

installation blogging has been..

..kinda hard. I feel so lame talking about something that I have been working on for awhile even though I am loving what I am doing. People have been coming up and asking me about what I'm doing when they see me carrying materials back and forth from the studio to my room and vice versa and I want to tell them all about it and I try but I don't ever feel like my words ever fully capture the picture that is in my head that I'm trying to create. Ever get that feeling? My project sounds lame to my own ears when I describe it :(
  Anyways, working on the second installation piece right now and we are supposed to be wrapping it up but I'm not really at that point right now. I am making paper mache energy drink cans out of homework that I have collected from my peers to commemorate the milestone achievements that they have passed in their college lives. Can I just say that it has been frustrating just collecting the homework. People have been telling me that they will donate stuff but they never really do even though I remind them time and time again....Sigh. Anyways, I really wish I had more time to work on this project right now. Sometimes I just wish I could just go to art classes and nothing else all day, errday. More later.

Art redefined

While I was searching for pictures of mini pigs [pigs that will stay tiny forever thanks to their genetics] on Google, I found this adorable article about these mini pigs who paint. They accidentally got into some craft paint one day and the owners thought it was really cute so now they are given paint on purpose and they "make art" to sell for charity. 

Their art was said to be reminiscent of Jackson Pollack. It's an adorable concept but I still don't know what to think about this type of "art". Should it be considered art if it's not made with intention? Can pigs have intentions of making art? 

No wonder I always pick the red fruit punch....

I just read this article for my bio psych class and its soooo cool! who knew that color could have such an affect on our perceived taste of food? This food psychologist (how cool of a job would that be??) recommends using red food dye in food for a healthier alternative to large amounts of sugar because the color red is associated with sweetness in our brains. By using the color red it adds a 11% added perceived amount of sweetness to the food.
Cool or what?

here is the article to read for yourself: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/04/16/135415751/harnessing-the-senses-to-trick-the-palate-and-improve-health

Endless ideas?

OMG searching for installation ideas has been a blast. I found some super awesome installations that I love. Here are a bunch of websites that I have logged for you to check out!!!

 this is a piece by Robert Janson with plastic bags.

 This installation is in a park in NYC and is made up of plastic water bottles strung together. There's a video about the process on the linked picture!

 This piece is called Computer Sunset. And I just love the idea behind this piece. I'm not for sure who this is by.

And last, but not least, I found this hilarious blog post about huge installation art all over the world and it's called "If Giants Ruled the World" I really like the installations that have a meaningful concept behind them, or create awareness. Right now, we are working on our second project for class and I have a pretty good idea of what materials I want to use but I am struggling to find a meaningful concept behind it that isn't super cheesy. Hopefully, Spring Break will help!

Obsessed

So starting this 3D installation class has been super exciting. Right now we are working on a cut paper installation piece and I am kind of obsessed with it, hence the blog title. haha. My class of 7ish is installing our pieces in the small chapel and I am super excited. Of course since it is a religious building, we had to incorporate some spiritual content in our pieces. Mine is about spiritual unity and I can't really concentrate on this blog enough to talk about it in detail.
Anyways, I have tons of homework to do right now but I can't concentrate cause all I can think about is finishing this piece and it's about 10 feet long and my piece is pretty intricate. I thought I would hate cutting it out but I have been having a great time and I am trying to manage my time and get my other homework done as well but my attention span for it hasn't been as great.....which is a first......
screw it.
I just might go work on it right now....

Bounce That!

I stumbled upon this when I was typing my proposal for the paper cut installation piece. LOVE IT!



It's called Afro Girl by Nicholas Boxall.