Hey Every one,

So this is how the face project turned out. In photo land it looks pretty cool. However I'm still not completely happy with it. I've come to find that making jewelry is not my strongest attribute. Functional objects off the body seem to come easier to me. Something about wearable artwork has continued to stump me time and time again.
Knowing this I'm considering what to do for the next semester. Part of me wants to revisit this concept, and make an attempt at jewelry once again. However I just love making goblets. Perhaps I can some how join the two. I just don't know yet. Using silicone was really fun for me. It's a challenging material to work with due to it's transparency. Am I up for the challenge again? Absolutely, but to attempt jewelry or goblet is my concern.
This semester has turned up lots of new dirt for me to play with in the future. I learned some industrial processes, used heavy machinery, and worked with new materials. What did I learn... well I learned from my mistakes. But my biggest mistake this semester concerns my face project. I've found that making samples is very important when it comes to jewelry. From now on I challenge myself to work harder on samples, and therefore save time by not having to re-make projects when they turn out different from what I imagined. I'd have to agree with Sarah Holden's comments on sample making. It seem to be one of the most important steps at this point. Perhaps my imagination is to wild, but for some reason, the image I have in my head rarely looks the way I thought it would when all is said and done. This applies mostly to the making of jewelry, but should also be applied to any object. Samples and time management can should go hand and hand. Why bother wasting all the time, if they are ALL going to look bad in the end... Do it right the 5th or 6th time, but just do one at a time, then go on to the entire line. Practice makes perfect.

All in all this was a great semester. I enjoyed working on my projects and as usual I only wish I had time to do it all again. It went so fast.
But hey I'll see you next semester!

signing off for the winter!!! Happy holidays

Lucy