Wednesday, February 19, 2014

change is coming.... AGAIN

ok so here this goes.... and please excuse my frustration... I spent HOURS taking photos (50 of each scene -look at last blog post to know what i am talking about), HOURS editing them and narrowing them down to 13 per scene, HOURS mapping and collage-ing them out through photoshop so when i print, i can use as a guide to put the separate images together into one hockney-type collage, HOURS making 40 ceramic 4x6 tiles to have enough to create two complete pieces with some spare to test on, HOURS taking film copies of my printed digitals so i could essentially print on the ceramic and.... HOURS TRYING TO LIQUID LIGHT THE IMAGES ONTO TO CLAY IN DARKROOM WHERE IT DID NOT TURN OUT FOR THE THIRD TIME NOW...!!! did many tests, just gray happened to appear.... (see image below) then i did some tests on regular paper without an image, just the liquid light, and it STILL turned gray.... MEANING.... something is bad or wrong with the liquid light. it should not be turning gray. I put in the hours this week and last. I've had help from Roddy with the photo parts, Mia has witnessed my making of the 4X6 tiles, and Andy Gatti tried to help me with the liquid light - darkroom process and has WITNESSED the on-going failures with it. I am so frustrated, I cant even think straight right now, I had a plan, did the work, and the last step failed. Tomorrow, i do not want to show my misfortunes YET AGAIN. I want to start brainstorming a new path. Ceramics.... liquid light.... just not the kind of troubles and set-backs i need to come across with my art making. Tomorrow is a new day and i plan on discussing this all with Roddy and seeing what photo route i can go on from here. Apologies for not having a completed work of art this week, but i put in MORE than enough time, energy and hours....so i hope i am not punished for this as it is truly out of my control. it's time to choose a route less reliant on CHEMICALS and choose one that i can fully control so that I can come to a completion of my ideas in a form of an art piece. As i am brainstorming new paths and ideas, i am open to hear from you all, professors and classmates.


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