• Afterward

    Coming out of this intensive summer semester I feel like I imagine an astronaut might feel coming back to earth.  I’m going to need some time to decompress.  The summer courses have been transformative.  I’m not exaggerating when I write that. Teaching in New Media offered a wealth of information and practice in New Media,…

  • Brittany’s Workshop:  Drawing Cartoon Aliens

    Brittany’s Workshop: Drawing Cartoon Aliens

    In Brittany’s workshop today, we looked at how to draw cartoon aliens.  Brittany showed us the work of three artists; Robin Eisenberg, H.R. Geiger, and Nathan Pyle.  I  thought these were great choices for exemplars because they cover a wide range of sensibilities.  Geiger’s work is baroque and dark, Eisenberg is colorful and contemporary, and…

  • Chris’s Workshop: Kiragami Paper Sculptures

    In her workshop, Chris taught us about the art of kiragami, which is similar to origami only in that it involves using paper to create sculptures.  It seems to me that the biggest difference in Kiragami is that you can cut the paper and so it seems like a more open-ended process.  I do remember…