Tuesday, December 11, 2012

If i would have to chose a trade it would be to be a mechanic. second to money is having a nice car, and if you can fix your own car you can doo all kinds of crazy stuff. Boost, chipped, spoiler, supercharger, get like a twelve cylinder turbo, take out the seats in the back to get rid of some weight. And i wouldnt get charges out the azz for getting an oil change and sinple stuff like that. You can getto figure out how things work, and ide have to lift stuff so i wouldnt have to pay for a gym membership.

trades shamades


Since Tabor Academy is a “college prep” school do you think it has a goal of guiding students to whatever may be best for them even if it is a position in the trades? Examine and explain your opinion.

Best is a very subgektiv word. And for most in the Tabor community, the 'best' outcome for an enrolled student is one far away from any type of position in the trades. Pursueing a trade as a career would be percieved by many as a failure. Saying you'll be a plumber or a mechanic is more of a punchline than anything else. It may make a student here happy, fufilled, and give him or her more purpose than that found in a cubicle. A cubicle, however, and the work done there as opposed to 'tinkering' will bring money. Money will pay back college loans, money will potentailly donated to Tabor, and money that will send their children to Tabor. That being said, the ones who apply thiemselfes to Tabor already have an established different path from that of a tradesman. If someone was super interested in the trades then  they would be interested in a vocational school. 

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

book sculptchah...gettin it yet?

This book sculpture is by Guy Laramee
After spending some time hollowing out a book (now 'Mark's secret book of questionable items') i know how hard it is to have this medium under control because your medium is several undred indivisual pages. and i was only making a hollow box. this guy is making caves, scale replicas of ancient ruins, and natural topography. This artist probably loves to use books because of the philisophical aspect (finding meaning in books, story settings, having a novel 'take you somewhere etc.) but the different pages gives it a texture. It looks similar to mount rushmore or just looking down at the land from an airplane. This texture would have been pretty hard to reproduce in clay or plaster or granite for example because all of those things are smooth. Wood's grain wouldn't have created the same effect either. ...very cool stuff- check out his other pieces in this body of work. here's the link-
DA LINK IS RIGHT HEA

bettah late than nevah :)......see the theme hea?

Ok first assignment...hope this works
Water wigs is pretty cool. I think the point of it was using the texture of little droplets of water to mimic hair. Its not how we usually thing of water, as large vast smooth bodies. The texure has to be the point because nothing else mimics a wig. The yellow color, wicked round shape doesnt make sense. So i think a big part of art should be the texture. A landscape that is completely the same shade of blue can rely on texture to separate the sea from sky. And with paintings you can focus on the 'point' or 'feel' or mood of the work with texture and color more than accurate photorealistic depiction of objects.-making sure to have good proportions at least.
sooo yeah
keep readin'
...this is probably only seen by our class and some wicked random guy in like sweden or pitsburg or something that typed in the wrong url lmao.....HI STRANGER

Thursday, September 6, 2012