That’s me all disheveled and tired looking, which is how I roll 98% of my time at school. I don’t usually put pictures of myself up, but I figure this one is for the folks. When I first toured MCAD, my mother was appalled at the undergraduate students’ general appearance. Grandma glasses, leopard print leggings as pants, unwashed hair, and ill-fitted thrift store wear offended her fashion sensibilities. “Why are these girls looking ugly on purpose?” she asked me loudly enough so that the surrounding perpetrators would overhear. “I don’t know Mom, it’s an art school thing,” I told her, slightly embarrassed. Then she grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me, repeated the entire time, “DON’T EVER CHANGE MEGAN! DON’T COME HOME LOOKING HOMELESS AND DIRTY! I MEAN IT!” Oh the memories. Maybe I’ll find an obnoxious outfit at a thrift store to wear the first day home for Christmas break? Our secret, shhhhh.

I’m having the hardest time coming up with a title for this piece. I still don’t know if this should be considered complete as well. The urge to tinker and fix mistakes still tempt me. I’m going to reprint this project because the possibilities that collage brings gives me the capability to work multiple compositions. I’m hoping the next version I create might be used for the upcoming show. Still not sure what will be needed yet, but the excitement has not worn off.

Yay.

Projects are starting to snowball. Last year I was struggling to put together ideas, while this year there’s too many to juggle. I have two books waiting to be printed, a linoleum to carve and print, an eight-foot tall monster to silkscreen, as well as various sketches to develop and blocks to reprint. Guh, too much!

P.S. Don’t forget the poll from last post, I still need more input!

MAKE IT WORK! If I had my own Tim Gunn, he tell me that over and over until I became a production machine. This semester has been the semester of bad prints and mishaps, but I’m going to make it work! I will! I need to push myself to my breaking point and beyond.

This particular print was already a mess to work with, but I didn’t like how the proofs were looking. Neither did my mentor, but at least I got some suggestions on how to steer it in a better direction. There’s only so much you can do with a relief print, but I think collage helps.

Guh, all these photos are horrible quality. My fault.

I’ve been working on a book as well. Here’s a sneak peek:

It’ll be an accordion fold. I was finish it for class today. I’ll blog the photos of it later this week.

-Megan