The View

Here we are! I'm blogging from France! The view here is absolutely breathtaking. The first image is what I got to see when I got off of the bus in Lacoste. I had my classes yesterday and we are traveling around Provence starting tomorrow! I can't wait to see more. I will be starting another blog attributed to my photo class here. I'll will post a link as soon as it's up and running. Today I'm walking to Bonnieux to visit shops. It's about a hour walk if you take the road from Lacoste, but yesterday I found out that there is a path that cuts the time and half, and I'm definitely going in search for it today. I went a couple days ago and took the road, and it was alot farther than I had expected, but definitely worth it! The town is beautiful and I can't wait to explore it a bit more today.

This is the terrace right outside my door. It's a fabulous place to wake up early to and do some reading. A lot of my quiet time will be spent here.

This is the view from the terrace! Gorgeous right?

Off to A Little Village in the South of France..

This is it! After a crazy winter quarter, it's time to start a spectacular Spring quarter! Spring quarter is usually the hardest for me, but how card can it be when your in France?! One of my dreams are about to come true. Tomorrow I will step foot on French soil. I'll be staying in a little village in southern France called Lacoste. This study abroad experience is going to be an unforgettable one, and I want to take you on my journey every step of the way! I'll have a lot of time to lay low and take in what's around me. I can't wait. Forgive me for being a slacker with blogging, but life throws you curves, I know that's very cliche to say, but it's true. My time has been managed badly with blogging, and I apologize to all of you who have been waiting for new posts. Don't worry, there are plenty more to come! Can't wait to blog from France! Au revoir!

Current Inspiration

Hi all! I hope your new year is going well. I can't believe it's already February! I have been going crazy this quarter, but it's going well. I love love love screen printing, and I am also falling in love with my black and white film photography class. It's all consuming my life, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Here are some things that have been inspiring me lately.

LILO RAYMOND
My photo professor introduced me to her. I love the subtlety of her photography. The white on white feel is so refreshing and captures a very dreamy essence I think. I've been viewing her work for aesthetic inspiration.

KATRIN SCHWULST
Her illustrations are adorable! I love the whimsical feel of her work. I i really miss sketching, because I don't get to do it as much as I used to. I was browsing around online and came across her, and I couldn't help but fall in love with her work. I was doing a little research today on illustration for screen printing, given I love the hand drawn look ,and I'm hoping I can put some illustrative elements in my prints for future projects. I just got project one back today, which was a placement print that I did on an apron. Can't wait to take a pic and show you!

Have a lovely lovely day :)

Merry Christmas, and Cheers to a Happy New Year!

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year's! I can't believe it's already 2010... how time flies. Was Santa good to you this year? I hope you all received your Christmas wishes :) I'm happy to say that I am finally an owner of Photoshop CS4. I can now get a lot more done at my own computer. I'm currently saving up for a Polaroid, any suggestions? I can't wait to find one and start using it!

As for my current whereabouts, I'm back in Savannah ready to begin another grueling quarter. When I say grueling, I mean the work load, it's not that I don't enjoy what I'm doing, there's just a lot of it. This quarter I'm taking screen printing, which I absolutely love! We got to do our first prints today. I'm also taking a film photography class, which I'm a little intimidated by because I've never developed film in a dark room before, but I'm up for it. I have a feeling I'm going to love this class as well. My third class is the history of fabric which entails a lot of reading, but it's very interesting, because we are learning when and where fabric originated and the many many techniques that were developed to create it. So, that wraps up what I'll be doing until March! As I've continued to say, bear with me on the posting, but don't go away! I'm trying harder to multi-task, one of my new year's resolutions I guess you could say.

I wish you all the best this year with everything! Love you all!

Happy New Year !

"From now on our troubles will be out of sight...."

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Blythe Church

I wanted to share this with you guys! A good friend of mine sent me this image on Facebook because she knows I'm crazy about anything fibers related, and she had just done some felting herself. After researching this image, I found that this felted typewriter was created by a Canadian artist by the name of Blythe Church. The typewriter was modeled after an old Underwood typewriter that was owned by her boyfriend's grandfather. The felt is hand-dyed and the details are embroidered. So beautiful! Blythe began sewing as a hobby on the side, and fell in love with it, which led to her soft sculpted creations. You can view more of her work at her website Sewn By Blythe. She creates an array of cameras, household items, and fun little monsters. You can also visit her blog to see her recent works. Please go visit!

Portfolio and Weaving Final

Hi everyone! Good news. If you go to the portfolio tab, you can now see a slide show of my work! Go have a look and let me know what you think! Here are some pictures of my weaving project while it was still on the loom and after completed. You can see larger images of it in the slide show as well. I made a throw and I used misti-cotton for the warp and the weft. The structure I used was a combination of the Huck structure. I had to make a 6 yd warp and do two panels on top of each other, cut the first half off and then finish the second peice. After getting it off the loom I had to wash and then join the two piece together to achieve the width of the blanket. I've been using my cozy blanket a lot given how cold it has been! I spent many hours awake working on this project and I had to overcome a lot of obstacles in the beginning, but just let me say it was all totally worth it!

In the beginning...

the warp

The weft yarn

Weave!

The end!!