It’s hard to believe I’ve only done about two posts on here in the last year, but sometimes that is the way life rolls.
The semester is over and I have actually completed my Foundation year at Tyler School of Art. That’s freshman year for you folks who don’t know about art school.
It was challenging, eye opening and did I say challenging? I’ve done a lot of hard things in my life and this one has to rank up there in the top five. But I feel like I made some good work. I certainly learned a lot more about my own work as well as others. I met some awesome fellow artists and some great teachers as well. I found myself thinking about other art I want to make besides jewelry.
I don’t have a favorite piece from this year, or even from each semester. Each course and each project demanded a different way of seeing and problem solving. I’ve uploaded a selection of my stuff on my Flickr if you would like to see some of it.
I’m really looking forward to the Fall semester. I’m registered to take CAD/CAM, Metals and Sculpture as my studio courses. It’s going to feel great to be in my field and back in a classroom on the other side of the instructor line. Even though my metals credits transferred in from 20 years ago, I still get to take the Sophmore course, however I was told I will work at my own level.
One of the skills I had to pick up this year was working with video. There’s a cheesy video I made about Smaug during our Spring Break trip that really taught me to respect people who make real movies.
I was really glad to get some video experience this semester because I’ve been meaning to get some instructive jewelry videos on my YouTube/Website for a while. I even have tons of stuff that was shot during a couple of day lost wax casting workshop I did, but never got around to editing it. I put up a video of my puzzle ring solution on my YouTube. I’m hoping to get the lost wax casting series up over the summer.