Part 1!

Sorry it's been such a long time. We had a ridiculous amount of work to do, and because I was in Key West all day saturday, losing 1 weekend day that should have gone to 4 or 5 hours of studio work takes a lot of making up to do.

So I'll start with last friday, where we had our critiques. I'm sure many of you have heard, but it went extremely well for me. The professors, hired art critics, and guest artist all loved my work-- and they weren't nice to everyone. The girl before me was told point blank by a critic: "I'm not here to compliment your work, I'm here to tell you what's wrong with it. And I honestly don't like a thing about your composition". Needless to say, I was beyond thrilled with the reviews I got for mine. One of the professor's said that they were elated to have a copy of this in their possesion because "It will help show future students that tackling a composition this difficult can result in beautiful results". Down the line, every critic loved my map. I was elated beyond words. If you haven't seen it yet, or haven't seen the entire thing, here are some photos:

This is the composition in it's entirety. 24"x36" mylar covered in teeeeeny tinnnnny dashes of ink. The basic idea is that this is Bruce Springsteen, and being that I consider him a "reflection" of my hometown-- someone that is distinctly New Jersey, not just a "large suburb of New York"-- his reflection is cast over the map of Monmouth County. Behind Bruce in the background are the lyrics to a few of his songs, including 'Thunder Road' and 'Sandy'.

The picture on the right gives you an idea of the amount of lines used to make Bruce. Nothing on the entire page, excluding the title, is made with more than a 2-3cm long dash with a tiny pen.







So I have to leave now, but I promise more pictures and stories very soon!