Critiques

BLue Dom

Hallelujah! Prac assesssments are ova!!

I really cut it thin this time round….but i felt the Lord really help me through it.

I had my printmaking critique on tuesday. My concept for this term was materialism, obsession with money and Christianity. I printed off quite a few copies of coffee stained Jesus-prints (which doubled as ‘2Dand 3D Visualisation’ assessment hehe), then did dry-point etchings, which is where you scratch into  plastic sheets with a really sharp thing to get a cool effect (i will post)… Being the ambitious fool i am i decided i wanted to make something bigger and better, so i was to print a 60cm x 30cm counterfeit $50 note. This involved me camping in the printmaking studio for at least a wk, nah jokes, three whole days (hey, its worse than it sounds – metho,turps fumes cramped in a sterile studio with not very nice students and a whole lot of techniques to remember) working my Backside Burger behind off.

hehe i thought tomyself, all this suffering will be worth it, the teacher will be proud and realise the hard work put in  to get this amazing print.*cough*

After madly rushing to put the finishing touches on my counterfeit, i took my ‘masterpiece’ to The Room of Judgement.

mostly everyone showed their amazing prints to the class while my teacher and the other teacher gave comments, both good and bad, mostly good.

YOu know how sometimes when you need to speak in front of ppl u suddenly feel as if everyones eyes are piercing into you and every word you say is anaylsed – well yes that is how i felt, so i didnt quite pull off my explanation very well. the other teacher critisized my work and my teacher gave it a back-handed compliment, the other teacher also rudely rushing me because she needed to be elsewhere. Tried to defend myself out of that one, itmay have worked but was left feeling grossly, wats the word – crap.

3 minutes later i had coolen down, this girl from my class was up. Suprisingly, her concept had something to do with Christianity as well. About how she reads the Bible everyday and writes a journal. Her print booklet may not have been as bold as mine, she may not hav worked as hard as me but there was a humbleness and substance about it, everyone else agreed.

Her critique touched me in ways becoz it opened up the conversation to the class about expressing religious views, spirituality and simplicity. most importantly though it taught me that You dont’need to rely on your own strength but rely on Jesus and everything will fall into place. It made me think to myself afterwards, that i dont really care what mark i get, but it felt good to tell some about JEsus

So yer, thats my testimony for the wk, don’t wear it out . May the Lord be with you in those stressful, hair-pulling times.

<—..Dom has mastered the art of not worrying..–”

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