Thursday 29 April 2010

Thoughts

I'm struggling a bit with this learning log thingy...

What am I supposed to do? Which way is the better way? Which way is my way?

As the instructions give much room for working out your own way of working I'm inclined to just do how I would do it normally but I feel I should give myself a scheme to hold on: for better practice, for discipline, for bad times, for too bubbly times.

Now this blog seemed such a good idea to preserve and present my work, but I miss the easy scribbling and jotting down you can do in a notebook. Then again I really have to put thoughts and form into it when I publish here. Any thoughts from you?

Wednesday 28 April 2010

Project 1 - Stage 2 - Exercise 1

I'm busy with project 1 - Making marks.

Stage 1 - make a stencil with a cut out 8 cm by 8cm. I chose a rough circle. With a HB2 pencil I was creating marks with a list of given words in mind. I just went on doing different things with the pen. That's was a nice thing to do, very relaxing somehow.



Tuesday 27 April 2010

Why am I doing Texile 1?

Why do I want to do Textile 1 and what do I hope to achieve?

I'm working with textile since a long time and I enjoy it thoroughly. Starting a proper art course is mainly meant to challenge myself and to widen my horizon. It's pure interest in learning and gaining more or better skills.

I would like to achieve a certain lightness in trying things without having this urge to find a practicable use for it. So one could say a more artistic approach to my textile work.

Saturday 24 April 2010

Open College of Arts

This is where I'm studying: OCA
and this is the course I'm doing right now: Textiles 1

The next thing will be to gather all my materials and working books, researching the catalog of the library for some of the recommended books or otherwise purchase some and most important get in touch with my tutor.

Friday 23 April 2010

Particolo's premiere

This is particolo's premiere and my first step as a Textile Arts student with OCA. Fabrics, fibres, threads and trash - here I come!