Progress...however slow it may be

Quite a few changes have been made to my original proposals for Marycrest.


Instead of having the additional, attached panels of wood, I have condensed my grid idea to single panels for the sake of practicality more than anything.


Here are two samples I have started (these being about the fifth attempt and variation over a 2 week period).


They are far from finished but off to a good start, I believe.

-Sara

whistle while you work

hello all.

i figured since the most i've contributed to the blog is a voice hopped up on helium, i thought i'd fill everyone in on what i'm up too. 

the project i'm working on involves liquid emulsion coated onto wooden panels, which is in its self rather interesting.  the cool part is that i get to make the emulsion "from scratch."  like baking a delicious jelly. or perhaps a scrumptious one.  if there is such a thing...

most of the time i refer to the chemical formula as a "recipe".  so...yum.

i haven't blow my hands off yet.

 >insert reaction here<

and i don't know if i want to post images yet... basically i want you to think my project is awesome for as long as i possibly can.

see for yourself in august!

i'll post pictures after "the great reveal" (that's what i'm calling it)

-k

mission statement

we have good ideas.


special thanks to ed norton for lending his voice to our little video

-x

above are pictures of my workspace wall, a sketchbook of sorts.

Marianist Work

We are a little more than halfway through the program now (scary how fast the summer's going!) and by now we have all started working on our final ideas and products. Here are some of the images I've been working on recently:



Above are some images of illustrations I have taken from old books in the Marian library.
Below are a few examples of the images of nativity scenes I have taken from the displays in the CPC building( the old NCR building).


And below are examples of the pixels I have been working on and some different colors I am considering using.
-Christine

shepard fairey

-x

if we don't make it we'll fake it and see this through

so, i came up with two very open-ended narratives consisting of four panels each. i thought this would be the best to go with the music lucas is doing so that the images would provide the story and the music would be the soundtrack to it. i wanted to leave them open-ended so that as different songs were played in the space, the interpretation of the story might change.

i wasn't sure which series i liked better, so i left it to lennie. he also liked both of them, so now he's having me combine them. let's see if i can pull it off.

- nate x

Artist's Blocks (continued)

My space...

Example of image transfer for Founders (aviation theme)...
Example of image transfer for Marycrest (Oregon District)...
Practice painting on canvas board (unsuccessful!!)...

-Sara

Artist's Blocks

This week has been a lot of planning and re-planning, so to speak.
I cannot get my hollow core doors cut until Tuesday, and I still have to pick up more scrap wood, so I've been experimenting a lot and playing with composition and color while waiting to actually start creating my pieces. With only 6 weeks left its been a rather frustrating few days.

Sketches for the Marycrest lounges...

Sketches for founders...

Example of an image transfer and panel overlapping for Marycrest...

-Sara

like a wacom.. but in real life...

i don't do much painting.. other than in photoshop, but i wanted to do a fullsize rough of what one of my pieces might look like. this is the result. the second picture includes the elusive dave chesar as a reference for scale... he's not around much, so i figured i should take a picture of him to cherish when he's away.

for the main lobby i was playing around with a painting style i've used a couple times before. they're just basic color field pieces. when it dries i'll probably add some more detailing. formal art isn't really my strong suit, but i do have fun making these, so i figured i'd propose it.

i should have had dave pose with this painting too...

-x

Meeting with the Managers

Some of the artists presenting their final 2-3 proposal ideas for their assigned spaces.

Now our goal is to finalize decisions, address technicalities, and finally start creating our pieces.

Progress In Marianist Hall

My work for Marianist Hall is moving ahead pretty well. For the first floor of Marianist my plan is to take pictures on campus and blow up the digital pixels from the images, focusing on color and structure. My idea deals with a play on photography versus painting and addresses pushing a medium like photography in order to challenge the medium's original intent. Above and below are some examples of pieces I've been working on and how I've been playing around with the idea:I am also working on images for the 2nd and 4th floors of Marianist Hall. I have been in contact with people from the Marian Library on campus and am considering taking pictures of some of the nativity scenes and different religious artwork from the library and the old NCR building to put up in the Marianist Halls. Below are some examples of that work, too:





That's all for now!
Christine

i'm a junkyard full of false starts

just some of the ideas i've had so far for this space... hopefully they're leading somewhere

-x