I have been working on the upcoming presentation. The posts on the blogger are very useful. I saves all of them in Word; 18 pages in total. I am also putting together artwork I liked in books, online, and art galleries; after all these works have shaped my work this semester. Come to think about it, it seems the artwork I saw in galleries have been influencing me since I started taking art classes a couple of years ago.
Book reviews we did, individual and group critiques, and critiques by Dan Hernandez and art students are very important assets to my work, too. Hopefully I can include all the sources to my presentation.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Tools
I am so happy that the art show downtown was so successful. Congratulations to Dustyn and all.
I learned how to use tools such as the drill and drill bits this time. When I opened the package from the American Frames, I just thought all I had to do was to lay the plexi glass, watercolor, mat board, and the styrofoam board in order. When I read the instructions, I learned I had to use a drill to put spring clips. I went to Wal-mart to find the drill, but I didn't even know what the drill looked like. I tried to find a store attendant who could help me in vain. Then I went to Home Depot where I could get a decent help. The attendant took me to the right place and started explaining the tools, so I said all I want is a tool to put the frames together. I got the drill; I asked him several times how to use it. He said there are two screws, plus and minus (of course, these are my terminology), so I said I need something to make a hole. Then he realized I need a drill bit. I practiced how to drill a hole on a board; the drill bit wouldn't go in, and eventually I realised I turned the switch to the wrong direction, so instead of making a hole, the drill bit kept coming out. After several trying, I could put all frames and pictures together.
Monday night we hang pictures; Dustyn let me know sawtooth hangers are pulling the frame; the frame will eventually snap. So I had to go to Home Depot and bought hanging wires and wire cutter. Even at Home Depot a female store attendant didn't know what a wire cutter looked like, and she took me to a metal cutter section. I said to myself if I had to use these huge cutters to cut the hanging wire. She asked for another help. Finally I could put all the wires on the back of the frames.
What a joy to see the pictures hang properly, and I did all by myself! I can order more frames for the artwork I have done in the past couple of years.
I learned how to use tools such as the drill and drill bits this time. When I opened the package from the American Frames, I just thought all I had to do was to lay the plexi glass, watercolor, mat board, and the styrofoam board in order. When I read the instructions, I learned I had to use a drill to put spring clips. I went to Wal-mart to find the drill, but I didn't even know what the drill looked like. I tried to find a store attendant who could help me in vain. Then I went to Home Depot where I could get a decent help. The attendant took me to the right place and started explaining the tools, so I said all I want is a tool to put the frames together. I got the drill; I asked him several times how to use it. He said there are two screws, plus and minus (of course, these are my terminology), so I said I need something to make a hole. Then he realized I need a drill bit. I practiced how to drill a hole on a board; the drill bit wouldn't go in, and eventually I realised I turned the switch to the wrong direction, so instead of making a hole, the drill bit kept coming out. After several trying, I could put all frames and pictures together.
Monday night we hang pictures; Dustyn let me know sawtooth hangers are pulling the frame; the frame will eventually snap. So I had to go to Home Depot and bought hanging wires and wire cutter. Even at Home Depot a female store attendant didn't know what a wire cutter looked like, and she took me to a metal cutter section. I said to myself if I had to use these huge cutters to cut the hanging wire. She asked for another help. Finally I could put all the wires on the back of the frames.
What a joy to see the pictures hang properly, and I did all by myself! I can order more frames for the artwork I have done in the past couple of years.
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