Thursday, December 11, 2008

The Final Touches on my Final Project for the Final Class of 2008

Here it is. A few minor adjustments (they appear minor, try making them yourself. For the amount of time it took me, I'll call them major) and I've successfully completed my Claddagh series. I enjoyed making such a personal piece. I have a claddagh necklace that my Grandmother left me after she passed, so the symbol and what it represents mean a lot to me. After my best friend died in a fishing boat fire, I had the symbol and his name tattooed on my back. So in its own way, working on and completing this project was therapeutic and helped me reflect on the friendship, loyalty and love of those two special people and everyone else close to me.
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Jerry, George, Cosmo Kramer and Elaine were all close friends who spent a lot of time sitting down, having coffee and talking.
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You wanna talk about being loyal, giving your life for someone or something is as loyal as it gets. Be sure to thank Veterans of Foreign Wars for their service
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Carving it in a tree says a lot more than a text message or an e-mail.
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The Whole enchilada

FIN

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

So these are my rough drafts for my independent project. My concept is the Claddagh (friendship, loyalty and love). I came up with new ideas for friendship and loyalty. I also decided to use watercolor paint and charcoal pencil for a medium. At first I was satisfied with these pieces but after some time, i can nit pick some changes that i would like to make.

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Friendship
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Loyalty
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Love