Throughout the course of my last semester in my undergraduate studies, my advanced sculpture course was gearing towards making public art. Art, In the public. This concept should be normal for most if not all of us, but from what I learned, the steps to getting to have public art can be pretty long. My professor always mentions how each of our class mates and people that utilize the arts building frequently see our work, but not the wide array of people that are on campus that do not enter the arts building. This was where the idea to make the connection with the library came into play since libraries (now) are taking the interest in having arts for their spaces. It was a long process to get here definitely because of the various learning curves I had to attain, but I really appreciate learning the many skills I now have. Below is a little "timeline" that I am not afraid to say I did not fully adhere to. This process was a great learning experience that you had to work out kinks along the way. Estimating the time of completion for each step of a work that has not even begun yet is all a part of the process for proposal planning that you can read about here. My most favorite part about this is learning about yourself when making anything. You learn how good your time management is or is not, how well you work under pressure, and even how quickly you get fatigued. These are very important factors to think about when thinking about undertaking a large task because if you know about them, then you can plan accordingly! Timeline/Notes from the day's work. 3/19: Locations Locations Locations This week, we took a tour of the library to see what sites we had available to pitch our proposal for. This library proposal, which you can learn about in an abridged version here, is the last portion of our semesters' series of work. Essentially, we will be choosing a location, creating a proposal packet and presentation to present our ideas to the library staff, art curator, and the art handler of the library. 3/22: Wracking my Brain to Understand WHAT I am thinking Pardon the handwriting, but I for understanding this third part of my series I went back to my roots. What have I done on paper that I could translate to 3D? I also got some ideas from my apartment complexes' clubhouse and stained glass windows from a catholic church (not pictured). What is more is that I decided to continue with the ideas I had in my 2.0. They need to be revamped for the library space though. 4/1: PROPOSAL DAY I was sweating bricks. 1 because I was super sick the night before, and 2 from just presenting my art in front of individuals that were not my peers, professor, or family. Scary. I thought it went well. There is always room for improvement, but it was not as scary as I thought it would be. S/n: The stamp tool is my new favorite tool. Why have I never known how to use it until now? 4/3: Time to Get Started (on actually piecing it together) It was a work day like we have had before. I needed to do more measurements in the library and on a the wooden board that would be my base for the triangular unit trellis. 4/17: Little Surface area, Long hours. Persevere, persevere, persevere! 5/1: D-rings are so great. Now Im learning how to mount and flesh my boards to the wall.
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