Saturday, July 26, 2008
Duct Tape & Chalk Art
Every year at the Alaska Summer Research Academy (ASRA) I do "Duct Tape" as an evening activity with the campers. I just wanted to share a few of this years great designs! I also included some of the chalk art pictures.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Kitsch
For those of you not familiar with the term KITSCH:
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kitsch \ˈkich\
Function: noun
Etymology: German
Date: 1925
1: Something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality
2: a tacky or lowbrow quality or condition
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To sum it up Kitsch is the mass produced 'art' which is stylish in the current era. The crap that you see in people home which reminds you of a specific era like glass grapes, bric a brac gingham, ceramic kitties, velvet paintings, dogs playing poker.
The term appeals to me because its difficult to have a unique creative thought. We as artists are influenced by those who came before us, those working around us, and the culture we are emerged in. To create distinct unique style that no one has ever seen is rare and to have it appreciated in our life time unheard of. So we struggle with creative clarity in finding our voice as a artists. But the real struggle is to continue laughing when you find yourself creating something new only to walk thru Michaels arts and Crafts or the local department store to see it mass produced and being sold at bargain prices, and are then faced with did I already see this or did I truly come to my creative vision on my own. So anyways often we are just producing art based on other peoples art and technically I guess this is kitsch. Sad.
To read more on Kitsch visit:http://csmt.uchicago.edu/glossary2004/kitsch.htm
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kitsch \ˈkich\
Function: noun
Etymology: German
Date: 1925
1: Something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality
2: a tacky or lowbrow quality or condition
.......................
To sum it up Kitsch is the mass produced 'art' which is stylish in the current era. The crap that you see in people home which reminds you of a specific era like glass grapes, bric a brac gingham, ceramic kitties, velvet paintings, dogs playing poker.
The term appeals to me because its difficult to have a unique creative thought. We as artists are influenced by those who came before us, those working around us, and the culture we are emerged in. To create distinct unique style that no one has ever seen is rare and to have it appreciated in our life time unheard of. So we struggle with creative clarity in finding our voice as a artists. But the real struggle is to continue laughing when you find yourself creating something new only to walk thru Michaels arts and Crafts or the local department store to see it mass produced and being sold at bargain prices, and are then faced with did I already see this or did I truly come to my creative vision on my own. So anyways often we are just producing art based on other peoples art and technically I guess this is kitsch. Sad.
To read more on Kitsch visit:http://csmt.uchicago.edu/glossary2004/kitsch.htm
Monday, July 7, 2008
Welcome
Welcome to my new blog. A place to ramble about my art and craft projects, technology good books i'm reading. Whatever comes to mind in the moment :)
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