Saturday, December 17, 2011

Wrapping up

I've been sick for a while, but in a weird kind of way where I wasn't quite sure what I was. Not sick, but not well. Hopefully, once the latest infection dies down (on my eye! My eye!), I will get back to a regular routine on Monday. I managed to drag myself to my final printmaking class on Thursday, which was sad, b/c I really enjoyed taking the class. I highly recommend Takuji as a teacher, and it's not just because he didn't yell at us (one of my classmates mentioned this, and I thought it was funny, since I rarely take classes with teachers who yell). He knows his craft in and out, has been an active artist for years (he got a NYFA fellowship this year, which is a big deal!), and is great at explaining and demonstrating things to both groups and individuals. He's quite perceptive and skilled at making the rounds when we work and catching us before we make enormous mistakes. Or, watching us make a big mistake and then asking us why we did what we did (usually, because we weren't listening to him).

I'll pick up the last of my prints next week and then curate them. Hopefully there will be one or two decent ones. And hopefully I will now have the energy to push through and finish my last batch of edits before holiday mania swallows my desire to work.

3 comments:

Velma Bolyard said...

oh, aimee, they are enticing! i love that small hand reaching to me. i'm sure you will be happy with these.

Velma Bolyard said...

...and i saw *windy*. when wendy came to live with us, i tried to change her name, which i didn't particularly care for. i tried a traditional name, *wind* (and of course, windy) but it just didn't suit her.

aimee said...

i definitely did not get as many clean prints as i'd like, but the learning curve was still worth it. and i love that story about wendy!