This semester has really thrown and it’s hard to believe I’ve met with some professors 2 or more times already. A couple weeks in to the semester and then right after spring break, I had the pleasure of meeting with Professor Chad Smith, a photographer himself.
In the beginning of the semester I was still grappling with simple forms but testing many glazes and applications, inspiring both my grad and undergrad cohorts to consider new ways of firing raku and surface treatments.
Some of his initial suggestions were to add almost appendages to the pot and make them more fine art and curious.
In our most recent studio visit I shared with him my ideas for art related to the 1950s housewife and the modern housewife. One of the ideas I had was to hang a series of pictures of me in other work scenes/uniforms. My statement at the moment refers to how the modern housewife is a coveted position for the modern day woman. (Not all but a fair share of women.) Me included!
He suggested that I look at Cindy Sherman the photographer who changed her appearance to pose for movie still type photography and famous magazine covers. To me Cindy Sherman seems like sh'e’s one bolt shy of toolkit but her work has merit. I appreciate her movie stills that harken to the Alfred Hitchcock movies but her attempts at versions of blackface make me very uncomfortable.
That being said, they have merit to consider when approaching my own work.