I know that I’ve been posting a lot of pictures of pretty days, but they are so awesome after living in cold rain for a while! Here you go! Hopefully there will be more soon!
A drive by the water
Ruston Way
Here are some trees outside of my friends’ house
More to come in the near future!
This week’s weather has been a complete blessing. So much sun and such nice temperatures! To celebrate/take advantage of it, the improv team decided to have practice outside. Here’s a quick picture I took of our lovely sunprov! (featuring a scene between two lions)
I just recently finished up my second lithography print! The theme of this one was just “detail.” We had to incorporate a drawing medium called liquid tushe, which is this watery stuff that works sort of like water color for your stone.
I decided to dedicate my print to my wonderful, inspiring mother! I decided to incorporate peaches and roses not only because they are art historically feminine images, but also because I’ve always associated them with my mom. Both are delicate, beautiful, and sweet smelling. With these images, I created what I thought it might look like if she had her own seal, or some sort of identifying image. So here’s some pictures of my process!
First, the sketch of what I was going to print…
Then drawing/inking on the stone!
Finished inking, just before printing
Printing: chemicals, chemicals, and more chemicals
One of the finished prints!!
The print turned out a little darker than I had planned, but that’s what tends to happen in art I suppose. I titled the print “Elizabeth” and showed my mom–she was flattered and very happy! (:
Today, my friends and I decided that because it wasn’t rainy, to go on the Five Mile Drive in Point Defiance. We drove down the winding rode, seeing raccoons and families having picnics, and stopped at one of the view points looking out at the Narrows Bridge going from Tacoma to Gig Harbor. Here are a few pictures from it:
Narrows Bridge
A selfie with the Sound
Going to Point D is never boring and I highly recommend it on any kind of sunny day!
This week has been so gorgeous thus far that I’ve only had to wear a sweatshirt! That’s a big deal because my rain jacket was becoming a nuisance and we needed a break. My favorite part of the warmer weather are all of the colorful trees! These past couple of days I’ve had to stop and smell the flowers while also pulling out my phone so that I could share with you our beautiful areas!
Outside of Smith Residence Hall
The towering trees over Schneebeck, Commencement walkway, and Collins Memorial Library
In my neighborhood
It still isn’t shorts season, but we’re getting there, Tacoma. We’re getting there.
It’s always fun having animals around, especially when you have a pet back home away from college. I have the good fortune of being allowed to have a rabbit live in my house and a land lord that lives under us with two cats. Here are just some pictures of my bunny Louis and one of the cats I played with the other day, Makai (my housemate Lexi likes to call it Gravy)
Louis loves lying out in the living room
A snapchat from Lexi commenting on Louis’ impressive ears
And here’s Makai, who quickly established herself as a house guest, especially when she peaked her head into my room to see how I was doing…
Loves her belly rubbed
Her beautiful blue eyes
I will have more to contribute, especially because Louis does strange things everyday, and Makai is always around
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The week back from spring break was welcomed by a gorgeous teaser of spring. It was sunny, everyone was in a great mood, some were in shorts, and everyone had dry shoes. I of course had to take pictures, so … Continue reading
It’s spring semester and everything has been going a million miles an hour! Having it be the second semester of my junior year is very exciting but also nerve wracking because I have to leave so soon. But I will enjoy it while it lasts, which I have been doing thus far! Let me start from the beginning.
After spending a month with my family it was time to come back to Puget Sound to my house and my roommates and my rabbit, Louis.
The Sound
Dinner at Trappers on 6th with my housemates, Lexi, Andrea, Chloe and Bianca
Louis
After being in Tacoma for a couple of weeks it was time to say bye to a few friends who were off to go abroad. Josie went to Prague, Alex went to Tanzania, and Lauren, my freshman year roommate, is in China. I’ve been able to see a ton of pictures from their trips so far and briefly talked to them through social media and they seem to be having great times while learning a lot!
Josie, me, and Andrea
Alex and I saying bye during break in California
Lauren and I the first time we met and one of the last times we hung out before she left
But after the sad goodbyes, it was time to have a very interesting few months in Tacoma and Washington. We had a night of heavy snow that lasted one weekend
I performed in Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues for the first time. It was such a great experience working with such passionate and talented women! The show is always Valentine’s Day weekend and is two nights every year, so if you’re in Tacoma or are a Logger, definitely see it!
Part of the cast at my house where Andrea, who was a director, hosted a brunch and passed out sweatshirts
My friend Riley and I backstage on the first night waiting for the show to start
Me performing my monologue, “The Vagina Workshop” on the second and final night. Picture taken by Jeanne-Marie Joubert ’15
After the first performance of The Vagina Monologues, we went to the new 24 hour Mexican restaurant called Memos on 6th Ave. Let me tell you, we also went the next night. If you ever go (which you should because it’s affordable, the people who work there are very nice, and it’s delicious!) I suggest the Washington Burrito. It is like a Carne Asada Burrito with potatoes in it, and if you feel fancy and careless, you should add sour cream and guacamole to make it that much better! We have been about 5 times in the last month…
Me, Bianca, Paige, Lexi, and Andrea waiting for out burritos
I have also had the great luck that my housemates Andrea and Chloe are employed by our radio station KUPS 90.1 Tacoma The Sound, allowing me to participate in events sponsored by the station. Andrea is in charge of the Street Team, who is in charge of making flyers, buttons, design lighters, and now candles to sell while promoting KUPS in the SUB and also the publication of KUPS’s new music zine, The Stump. Andrea has done a great job to make being a part of the team fun, by hosting the meetings with snacks, potluck brunches, pizza parties, and craft days to make merchandise.
Andrea and her show co-host Molly in the booth on a Tuesday at 1 pm. They also have a show Wednesday at 4 pm.
Some of the Street Team at the brunch
I started serving in the Diner, which has been interesting. Everyone is very nice which makes the job not very hard. I never thought I wanted to work there, but I love it now!
Me serving baked ziti at the Italian station. Picture by Matt Schultz ’16
So far, it has been a semester full of studying, trips to Seattle, and appreciating the environment in which I live. Part II will be published after spring break! Stay tuned!
A burger from Blue Moon in Seattle’s Capitol Hill: burger, egg, french fries, bacon, and sauce on brioche
A cow made of dirt near Blue Moon
Some Capitol Hill street art
College study snacks
Spring is here!
This past week, I finished my second print making project: lithography! This was the first time I’ve ever worked with litho, and let me tell you, it was QUITE a process. Here’s the first sketch of my print idea!
The first step was graining the stone, in other words, literally removing a layer of limestone by hand. To do this, we used several different grains of sand and a lot of physical labor. Litho stones are reused over and over again, and some are super old. As a matter of fact, here at Puget Sound we have litho stones that were once used in printing the Seattle Times! (Before printing presses… that’s old!) We grain the stones to remove the image from the artist prior.
Next step: drawing my image on the stone. This is done either with special types of “grease crayons”, which attract the oil in the ink used for printing, or with autographic ink. I chose to use autographic ink because instead of providing shading variations like with crayon, I wanted a simply black and white image.
Here’s what it looked like all fully inked on my stone!
Finally, PRINTING! This part of the process went much faster with two people, so I had a friend of mine help out and I returned the favor when it was her turn to print.
I (of course) ended up covered in ink again. My hands looked like someone possessed by the power of black magic.
After MANY hours of artistic labor, I had a full 11 print edition! Here’s what my best print ended up looking like.
I’m quite pleased with the outcome, considering the amount of time and effort put into something I’d never done! I’m looking forward to maybe experimenting with color lithography sometime, but for now… I’ll stick with screen printing!!
This year, I some how was fortunate enough to land a spot in the brand new residence hall on campus, Commencement Hall! I live in a suite with nine other people where we each have our own single rooms and a central living area. The way this hall is set up is meant to emulate off campus housing/apartment style living, and it’s been really nice! I love having my own room and living with other people. (Plus we get free laundry..score!)
Here’s some pictures of our suite setup! (Pun definitely intended)
When you first enter the suite, you come into the (full!) kitchen/dining area. It’s really spacious and quite nice!
Walking past the kitchen leads into the cozy lounge!
My suitemates were even nice enough to let me keep my goofy metal art in on the lovely bay windowsill.
Then there’s my room! Here’s a little look into my personal home.
And finally, the wonderful view from my window. I get some great sunsets!
