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March 11, 2006
won't go slow so's not to focus
by gl. at 11:09 pm
hey, look! a non-creata entry! instead, a day packed with art activities:
i was going to go see shu-ju's work in the most recent print arts northwest show, but when i went to check on the address i realized they were having a fundraiser & demonstration at barnes & noble, so went to pick up one! hundred! demons! and visual journaling: going deeper than words. which worked out well, because we got to talk to shu-ju who helped sven figure out how to build a larger registration plate for the gocco, and i found out laurie is still selling gocco supplies.
on our way to collage to take pix of the show, we dashed into foster & dobbs, a food store i've been wanting to check out w/ sven. we walked away with caramels, cheese crackers & a japanese-inspired chocolate bar w/ ginger, wasabi & black sesame seeds.
we finally got pix of the 4x4 show! the owner remembered me and asked me about the inquiry from the OCADSV, but alas, i haven't heard from them yet. i'll follow up w/ a phone call this week.
4x4 display
"notification"
i also submitted a piece to portland modern's "saturation" issue today. i sent one of the star-based printmaking pieces i made last month:
"atlas céleste," named after discovering some amazing rare books at the us naval observatory library collection sitewe stopped by the ace pearl hardware store (16th/glisan) because sven has been wanting to check it out and he was on the hunt for a tiny tap, anyway (4-40, for those for whom such details matter. making your own threaded holes is still magic to me). it looks to me like they have many of the same things as uptown hardware, which i adore, but it's closer to the creative job club so i may stop there more often.
then we had dinner at pizzicato w/ michaelmas, and then we all headed to...
nochnoi dozor (link in flash, sorry). i had very low expectations of this movie but found myself enjoying it immensely: excellent cinematography, intriguing mythos (i love the Gloom), artistic subtitles and room for replay. there was even a buffy reference (and you haven't lived until you hear buffy say "get out!" in russian).
also, on friday i checked out the ceramics show "about place: the signature of a kiln" because it was in the mt. hood community college art gallery which is right next to my calligraphy class. one of my artist's way independent study students is a ceramicist and is almost giddy at all the nceca activity this weekend.
i have two and a half more creata sessions to write about & need to prepare for my tax appointment monday. but tonight, now, sleep!
posted by gl. | March 11, 2006 11:09 PM | comments (4) | categories: calligraphy, exhibits & events, printing
Comments
Your 4 × 4 display photo reminded me that I wanted you to see Flickr Leech; you'll see why.
Posted by: Carl Caputo at March 12, 2006 4:17 AM
Wait! I want to live! I want to hear Buffy say "Get out!" in Russian!
Posted by: Carl Caputo at March 12, 2006 4:21 AM
I went to t he 4x4 show, pretty cool.... I really wish I had gotten it together to submit something!
what's the ocadsv inquiry about?
I never made it to any other of the creative arts workshops, just too much going on with school right now.
Posted by: melanie at March 12, 2006 11:05 AM
carl, i don't know why i didn't think of you, but i was so delighted to see the buffy clip (it's when dracula introduces himself) that everything else just flew right out of my head. as a media buff, you'd also really appreciate the artistic way they handled the subtitles, which actually enhanced the move rather than detracted from it. flickr leech is cool, and it's true, paging sucks. :)
melanie, the OCADSV left a message with the owner of collage to ask if they could use "notification" on a poster (which would simply THRILL me :). i emailed the asst. director but haven't heard back yet, so i may have to call. i wasn't planning on saying anything until i actually heard back from them because i didn't want to get my hopes up too much, but as they say at the Academy, it's an honour just to be asked. ;)
Posted by: gl. at March 12, 2006 1:54 PM