First draft of Inception title sequence.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Second Landscape “sketch” Piece— In Progress
This piece is meant to expand on the idea of the previous piece (the steeple appliqué) by being larger (4X4) and more complex in terms of detail and the different layers that have to be worked with.
The original drawing for this piece comes from a drawing I did in the winter of 2017 in the first volume of journals that I began to keep on a daily basis since my first semester in college. I am now on volume 27. The drawing was done in my town of origin, Newark, Delaware in the neighborhood behind my childhood home. I thought that it was a good contrast to the Steeple piece in that it seems more ominous and reflects my feeling towards the place where I grew up.
I had to modify the drawing, redraw it essentially, as the original sketch was so small. The colors in that new sketch, shown below are not accurate to the fiber colors that I would like to use, but serve to distinguish the different layers of the drawing so that I could effectively transfer the sketch to tracing paper. I show a photo of the back of the piece for a starting reference as to the colors I have chosen to use so far.
Saturday, February 20, 2021
Ideas for my exhibition set up
For the set up for my exhibition I would like to display some of the objects in various places either on one of those pedestal things with a case or along the wall in baggies. I'm think I would like to do both and just keep most of the small items in the baggies. I would also like to print out some of the photographs and line them up on the wall with the objects in the baggies placed in a line underneath. To display my cards, business cards, and catalog, I would like to have a table or another one of those pedestal things for them.
Vintage Antique Collections - Catalog
I put together the already edited photos I had and put them together in this catalog. The idea is to show the photo/photos and place text with them. I am thinking that I am going to put just a small blurb of text about the object and then use the QR code and put another blurb of text saying to check out the site to learn more. The QR code then brings the person to the page specifically to that object. There they will learn about the history or any other details I can find about the object.
Vintage Antique Collection - Card Design
I was playing around with an idea I had for a card. I would print out them out in bulk to present at my exhibition next to my business cards. This card is basically just a way for people to know where they can find the website and Instagram. I created a couple of QR codes that bring the person to both sites.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Story Boards. pt1
Start of Ending Sequence, visualizes the idea of dreams within dreams and the many layers that the film contains. I was thinking that the negative and positive space could transform into important objects, scenes or characters in the film.
Top of Jewelry Box photo - Edited 3 ways
All of these photographs have the same brightness and contrast added to them but all display different color effects. I used photoshop and changed the hue on them and played around with the curves, levels, and photo filter. The idea was to create an old photograph effect. I have three different versions to display my idea of what kind of filter I want.
Vintage Antique Collection Catalog and promotional ideas
I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with these photographs aside from the website and Instagram page. I am thinking of doing a small catalog of all of the images for people to be able to look through at the exhibition. I am also wondering if I should do a QR code for the website and/or catalog. Something else that I think would work well with this idea is to make promotional pieces to promote the website, Instagram, and exhibition. I could make some pamphlets, cards, and Instagram graphics to promote the photos I have been taking and the exhibition in which I will be setting up at.
Result of further experimentation with steeple “sketch” and appliqué
Maariv Aravim is a prayer said in the evening service between the call to prayer (Bar’chu) and the central prayer of the service (the Sh’ma). The prayer speaks about the coming of evening saying “rolling light before darkness and darkness before light... blessed are you, Adonai, who brings on the evenings.”
I could not count the number of times I have left classes to see the setting sun glinting beyond the familiar spire of the First Baptist Church in Beverly- where I had my convocation four years ago. That time of the oncoming evening now more than ever is something I am aware of as we just begin to roll into spring and the days grow longer and longer. This is something I wanted to capture with my process of embroidery and appliqué on a ground of blue wool, With additional layers in cashmere and wool, and embroidered in rayon and silk thread.
A Note: I do not find the use of the spire of a Baptist Church in combination with an excerpt from Jewish liturgy awkward because the image is more of a love note to Beverly where both this church and my synagogue are located. It is more of an expression of personal experience and memory rather than one motivated by religious devotion.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Updated Proposal - 2/14/21
As I switch into antique collecting and photographing, I have thought a lot about my transition from last semester with my project ideas. Last semester, I was on the topic of trash and environmentalism and I have made the shift towards antiques instead. With the trash that I was photographing last semester, I was capturing the beauty of objects/products thrown onto the ground. With this new idea I am still capturing the beauty of what I find but instead they are not found outside on the streets. I have gone around to different places to find old objects that people have given away. These include vintage cups, photographs, jewelry, and artwork. I have also come across an old family jewelry box which my grandmother left for me years ago. I have taken all of the objects found in the box and have photographed them in a way to show the details and beauty of them. Even the jewelry box itself is something I want to capture and showcase for my project. I have also been thinking a lot about my exhibition for the end of the semester and have come across some ideas. I would like to display my website and Instagram page made to show these photographs on a projection screen. Another thing that I would like to do is to display the objects such as my grandmother's jewelry box and it’s contents in a protective sleeve or glass box to showcase for the exhibition.
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
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