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plans and ideas

I made some new plans and got some new ideas from people this week.  John informed us we only have ten (now nine) classes before the show is to go up.

One idea is using the random bits of info, locations, notes, etc, from the road trips I take.  I tend to document them pretty well in photography so I have a lot to work with.  I'm currently working on some accordion type pieces that see a picture (and eventual text) from one angle, and another picture from another angle.  These would be mounted on the wall somehow, just how will be worked out this weekend/next week.

Another project are books made from a single sheet of paper.  These are very versitile since they can be used as pieces for the show, but because they're rather easy and quick to make, I want to use them for personal invites to the show, as well as creating a series for people to take at the show (with trips or such).  I want to create a backing for them, with maybe my info, a bit about the project or whatever, at the very least a solid color so it's not just white paper.

Yet something else is working with mobile pictures I take.  I didn't work on this at all today, but will start figuring something out over the weekend.

Oh, and yet another idea, is I tend to move a lot, the most recent last week, so I got some info from my mother about all the addresses I've lived at.  All in all a total of 12 different places I've lived.  Hmm.

Starting to think about the show more, I kinda want to bring in a ton of car parts, since I don't have a lack of those.  Ideasideasideas.  Oh and I need an idea for the name of the show, I'm at a loss for words (for once).

- Ashley

amazing feat of photography

My mom sent this to me earlier...amazing work with a camera.

seminar

I took seminar last semester, and while I started with the idea of investigating automotive aesthetics, I ended up working with much more personal ideas related to travel.  I designed a series of accordion fold books dealing with a trip my family took in 2004 to CA and back.

In my second semester of seminar I was planning on continuing with the same idea of working with my road trips/travel.  I find that I'm always on the road driving somewhere and want to incorporate that into making 'something.'

I've been playing with something I made in bookbinding a year ago...a book made from a single piece of paper.  I'm thinking dual sides, or 'dual' sides on one side...it can be seen as a book or as a flat sheet of paper.

I'm also working on compiling a list of all the places I've gone, mostly on the rally cruises but also as I drive everywhere.

Something I want to work with is the commute I used to do.  It was a 30-45min commute one way to school/work six to seven days a week.  Almost everyday I took a picture of something, whether it was of my car or of the sunrise or of some random thing I saw while driving.  I have all of these pictures uploaded to Facebook, so it has the date I uploaded them, as well as misc comments from people.  I can use this information somehow...