Some of the Flora and Fauna outside of Crawford

I am working on a lot of different projects right now but none of them are done or close to being done.  I might post some in progress photos of all of them in a week or so but right now I wanted to show off the life that is outside of my residence hall for the summer.  It is surprisingly lively out there, with so many flowers and insects.  I swear that I cannot walk through Alfred without seeing a deer, woodchuck, or 3 squirrels.  Sometimes I even see all of the above!

These pictures are focusing more on the tiny creatures I get to see everyday. Enjoy.

 

A Semester Back...

A semester back, I made a ton of prints with repeated colored squares that make these asymmetrical shapes when connected together.  They are all different shapes all made up of squares.  They all were made with different printmaking techniques and used different color pallets.  I somehow never posted any of them.  I do not seem to have photographs of many of them so until I get them photographed here is a sneak peek of them.

This piece was my final piece for the class and is made up of squares that are patches of the other prints that were scanned and manipulated slightly.  It's called Eric Carle Revisited.

The Rock Chairs Continue...

The other after noon Vinnie and I created two more of the rock chairs.  We placed them infront of the Powell Campus Center on Alfred University Campus and in the stream nearby the campus.  We also have plans to complete a ton of chairs all over upstate New York.  Here are the images of the newest chairs and keep a look out for more.

The Chair in front of Powell Campus Center

The Chair in the Stream

I also got to see how long these chairs stayed up.  They stayed up for about four days.  I believe that someone knocked down them both so they are sturdy enough to withstand the weather.

Hairpin Fence Installation

Today I wanted to make a couple rock chairs with Vinnie but he had to work so I decided to go up to Hairpin Turn and put up an installation piece.  I sorted my colored muslin strips into the basic colors.  I was going to lay them on the ground in rainbow order or put them in piles.  That is until I saw this bandana tied on the fence.

I decided that it would be pretty nice if I mimicked the bandanna with the strips and had them jut out into the field.  I placed them in rainbow order and tied one end to the old fence.  Enjoy.

The sky was so beautiful today.