I have finished my final project for my summer craft class! My thumbs are still nearly useless, but I was at least able to do everything I needed through the pain. I spent from 8:45 in the morning until 10:45 at night on Monday getting it all dyed up; I had Paul and the kids come hang out with me for the evening. We ate pizza (thanks Paul!) and I only had one melt down about what a terrible artist I am (even after about 14 hours in the studio which is not to bad.)
This piece is 45" square and mounted on a piece of acrylic that holds it about an inch and a half off the wall so that the silk can move with the air flow. I still haven't named this piece, (any suggestions?) which is all I need to do between now and tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. for the final critique. I went up to the school today to hang it on the wall so I am unofficially done with needing to do anything for this class (which was lots of fun.) I am so glad that I was able to get this done early and no all nighters were pulled; although I do have about 48 hours worth of work into this one.
Now I have almost 2 whole weeks before we go to my mom's for a fun summer trip. I have so many projects I need to get done before I get into the swing of school this fall; I am pretty sure I will not have a ton of time for personal stuff between the 2 craft classes, art history, and history of costume class, not to mention how behind I am going to get since I am going out of town to England for almost 2 weeks in September. I am trying to be good and let my thumbs heal, but this weekend we HAVE to finish the front deck so I don't know if I will actually accomplish resting them or not.
This turned out absolutely beautifully! You are so very talented my dear. Now rest those hands and thumbs so you can live without the pain.
ReplyDeleteVery nice! I hope crit goes well. I agree with Paul, rest those hands. We'll have lots to do in the Fall! :)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the rest of your summer break.