LavaWaffle

Am I alive? Well...kinda This whole studying art thing takes up a lot... ahem, all of my time. Our projects run in 3 week cycles, so the Flat gets cleaned every 3d week, when I have a weekend to myself. As for other things...bleh. The only friends I have are those in the same predicament as me, we all wanted to go out yesterday, but I decided to get sick instead. So sick that I almost threw up at the thought of food. But as an art student, I can't afford to sleep. For that day (Thursday, yesterday) we had to draw 6 A2 sketches for homework. Not joking. 6. A2. I decided to put myself before my course for the first time this whole year. I'm s

We went on a little field trip today, our Lecturer took us to go visit Angus Taylor's studio. The moment we walked in I felt like I was in heaven. There were Marquette's of little Quaggas everywhere! He was busy working on a sculpture of a woman sitting on a very reluctant Quagga. I love any sculptures of animals as I'm fascinated by the way they somehow capture a moment in time. The emotions you get from a sculpture is tonnes more than you would get from looking at a photograph. It's more intense. a very raw kind of feeling. Mainly he focuses on 'Momentary Permanence', as he refers to it, he arranges natural found objects; stone, wood, stic

If you read the title and understand what I mean, even if only slightly, then you are free to go :D If not...well you'll need to read the following lecture: I got into University, studying Fine Art. A 4 year Fine art course. Why? Good question. It's expensive, time consuming and emotionally draining and I haven't even finished orientation week yet. We're officially starting on the 14th and I'm actually excited to find out what our first project will be - the old wrists need some exercise and I need something to convince me that the R1879.99 I spent on art materials that I despise (Yes, you guessed it, Acrylic f*kin paint) will be of any us