I'm a little behind on blogging, I meant to upload these on Thursday, but just got a little too busy.

The three main designs are:

I think I am going to end up choosing this last one. It's more aesthetically appealing and it is beginning to hold my attention more than the other two.

After coming back from break, I feel drained, like I have no motivation. I need to get back into the swing of thing again. Today's class stressed me out a little because I want my box/vessel to be great and right now I feel like I have no ideas, and there's a lot to get done! Nothing that I can't handle though. Oh boy! At least I have my choices narrowed down to three, which is nice.

Also In my color theory class we took a color quiz. thought it would be fun to share my results because they match my personality to a T, on some parts :). It's kind of funny.

Your Existing Situation

Works well with others. Needs personal relationships which are understanding and relatively conflict-free.

Your Stress Sources

"Wishes for freedom and independence, free from limitations and restrictions except for the ones she choices to give himself."

Your Restrained Characteristics

"Demanding and picky in her relationships, but careful not to bring out conflict or disagreements and this may decrease her chances of achieving her goals and ideas."

Feels unhappy and isolated because she is unable to succeed in finding the cooperation and understanding she desires.

"Although she is able to find contentment through sexual activity, she feels hopeless to change her problems and difficulties and continues to make the best of what she has."

"Willing to become emotionally involved, but is demanding and picky when choosing a partner. Is careful not to bring out conflict or disagreements as this may decrease her chances of achieving her goals and ideas."

"Although she is able to find contentment through sexual activity, she feels hopeless to change her problems and difficulties and continues to make the best of what she has."

Your Desired Objective

Seeks to be known for something she has accomplished and uses her social abilities to win people over. Emotional and sensitive and romantic.

Your Actual Problem

Longs the freedom to make her own decisions and plans without the criticism and restrictions of others. Uses her charm to deal with others and get what she wants.

This week I am writing to you from the wonderful state of Florida!!! It is very beautiful and warm here and I have already been super sunburned! Getting away and relaxing is s=definitely something I would recommend for everyone! :) Having homework over my spring break is a little bit of a drag, but i guess it has to get done one way or another.

I so far have only come up with a few ideas for my vessel/box. I'm not exactly sure what I want to do or how to design it. I've never made a vessel/box before so I'm not exactly sure what I am able to do with wood. I hope to, in the next few days, brainstorm more ideas on designs though, so hopefully I will.

While reading the excerpts from The Nature and Aesthetics of Design by David Pye, I realized that we are able to create anything that I can image. There is several ways to achieve any design possible. As long as there is a way to obtain the materials needed, anything is possible, so long as we have to techniques and tools to produce it. By knowing this, I hope that it will help me brainstorm a few more designs so that I can explore all options possible. And because this will be my first time working with wood and tools, it would be fair to say that learning how to do the more difficult things would make the less difficult things easier in the long run. 
In the reading I really enjoyed the quote of "Our sense of the beautiful in nature and art is our sense of close rapport with our environment, our sense of intimacy with it. [...] Beauty and friendship enable us to get outside ourselves and to live as we ought to live" (p. 102). For my vessel/box I want to be able to produce something that I will actually use, or something that I can give as a gift to a family member. In order to do that I need to design something that I makes me happy, and that I am proud of. It also needs to be able to function the way it was meant to function.

well the second project is officially done! I hope I never have to work with cardboard again. I am happy with my chair, but with seeing everyone else's I feel like mine could have been better. I'm a little nervous for this next project because I don't know if i'm comfortable with working with the big tools; I can't even use an exact-knife without cutting my hand, but I guess we will see.

This is Tiana and I.

Today was the first day of creating the life-size model of our chairs. I feel likes it's been a while since i've worked on it, but it really hasn't been. Man these snow days are throwing me off. In class today I was able to get the main base or structure of my chair built. It is looking great! I think after this project though I will never want to work with cardboard again!!! It's so messy and it's so hard to work with. Thursday is another work day so we'll see if i can finish it up then!

It was nice to be back in the studio after a long week away. Now it's time to get started on the final life-size chair. I am a little nervous on how to really piece it together because I won't really know how to do that until I actually begin to work on it myself. I did happen to change the design with the help of Margie, my design prof, and I happen to like the idea a lot better, and I think it will help make the chair look more aesthetically appealing and I think it helps define my relationship better. here are a few pictures of the newer preliminary model:

This picture(above) makes the new design look really good. 

The cylinder columns on the left side will be vertical instead of horizontal. It helps with the contrast of the relationship and makes it look more appealing.

This picture (above) shows how the leaves will be intertwined with each other.