The Beginning of Something

So this is what I'm working on in the studio. Since last year I've been wanting to build a playhouse of some kind to display my work in. Since my work has so much to do with having a home and the comfort and permanence of home this seemed like the right thing to do. Honestly I set the idea aside because I was too overwhelmed by the project. I could tell my faculty really wanted me to do this, they seemed to express that at my last crit. I still pushed the idea aside out of fear. But then Cannonball came and you saw what all they did. Just watching those guys in action and seeing how they make their large sculptural pieces come to life made me realize I had to quit being a scaredy-cat. Now, with the help of my amazing boyfriend, I've started creating my house. This is just the beginning of it though I did decide to make it only have three walls because I thought it would work better in the gallery that way. I'm excited to start figuring out how I will cover the walls. I was originally going to make wall paper but now I'm starting to think fabric will be the better way to go.

Here are some pictures of the basics. I've started taking my artwork and placing it in the house to get an idea of what will go where but all that will change when the work gets framed. What do you think? Any suggestions or feedback? No one has really seen it yet so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: To Elizabeth, in regards to the last post, I'm sorry I said you gave me hot dog fingers. I meant that in the nicest way ever. I love your hot dog fingers drawing. ( :

Scenes from an Opening

Even thought I carry my digital camera with me everywhere I go I always forget to take pictures.  So Thursday night was the reception for the Bitchin' at the Bad Dog Show where my piece Hell Cat was shown and the only photo I took was the one above.  That's right, the one where you can't even see who's in the photo. But you can see art hanging up in the background!  It really was an art show and not just me and two of my closest friends loitering in an alley!  Joanna Goss and Christian Campos are the ones in the picture.  I hate such a great night.  The show was packed with people, food and beer.  I drank all the PBRs I could stomach and then we all made our way to our favorite bar.  The next day was spent on the couch watching an all day marathon of The Pick-Up Artist.  If you haven't seen this show you're not missing anything.  But it made for a great hangover lazy day.

Check out Cassie's blog for more photos of the show and an awful picture of me making an awful face!