Studio Visit

Friday was my studio visit and I have to say that it was very helpful. I am currently focusing on monotypes related to home (Kansas). I told my group about how I wanted to create these destructive images and then make them into some type of sculptural object like flowers. It is a representation on the cycle of nature- destruction turning into life.

I received suggestions such as: the movement of storms and how it relates to me, digging deeper into the storms and destruction itself, perhaps making it more violent, using film as a medium, and making the prints into something other than the flowers.

I did like all of these suggestions but I am not sure if I will go with any of them yet. I want to keep the idea of making them into flowers because the flowers are a symbol for me of how life returns after the destruction. I prefer to make soft sculptures though I probably could not tell you why at this time. I need to do a bit more digging on why I make all of the decisions I make so I can give people a better idea of where I am coming from and where I want to go with this.