Wait for it...: Nostalgia

Okay! Well it has been a few days since my last entry and things are definitely starting to roll along. Class projects, gallery sitting, glaze formulating, studio time, reception attending, music listening, entering shows, loading and unloading kilns, reading, and almond croissants are just normal activities that occur about 8 days a week for me.Yes. 8.

I just attended my BFA graduation meeting earlier today and received information for my exit show and all the fun goodies that go along with that circus. Considering this exit show is a smaller space than my BMU show was and I have started on my current show sooner than I did for the first one - I feel that I am on a good track - doesn't mean I will start slacking in any way - I actually have to write my artist statement ahead of time and normally I enjoy busting that document out a few hours before the gallery doors open.

The funny thing about art students is that most of the true-to-form artist really spend most of their life in the studio: I only go home to sleep...shower...make sure everything is ok on the home front. My weekends are not spent sleeping in (well sometimes) or running out to stand in line for the bars...no sir not anymore. Last semester when I worked on my BMU show I was on a strict 7:30 am-8-9pm studio schedule Monday-Sunday. Not even kidding you. From Aug 25th-Oct 19th 2009- when I set up my show - I was lucky if I even went to attend other openings or spent a night doing anything different. I loaded and unloaded kilns immediately and just worked while kids were out in glass bbq'ing and having fun...but I needed this show and it was probably the best thing I could have chosen to do - and I [surprisingly] lived through it!

Application deadlines for classes and residencies are coming up and I just stumbled across images from summer sessions on the Pilchuck Glass School site. I am reminded of the amazing experience and amazing people I met up there, and have been reminded how badly I want to attend another class there this summer.

Either way I will leave you with some pictures from the studio. It has been days and nights filled with harnessing nostalgia: listening to Talking Heads, watching Queen at Wembley Stadium, South Park, pictures, good and bad memories - I suddenly start to recount all of my semesters and Chico State and how each has been so different yet started to form together - Pictures...enjoy!