Kismet Arts Tangent

Today, the soft spoken Jill monologued about her childhood history with the most colorful teacher and how she wants to continue to strive to be as involved in teaching as she was. Though Jill didn’t dawn any historical costumes, she did bring in metal letters. They were passed around the classroom and while we examined the feel of type between our fingers, she waxed poetically about how materials available affected letter making. Papyrus, codex, chisel, pen nib, vellum, scriptorium, carved wood, copperplate gravings.

We took a tour of the North Plaza which included the silkscreening area, the letter press stuff and some machines that make polymer stamps. All of this as my classmate who had been there before should have wowed me and it did, but it also intimidated me. There is so much I don’t know. I’ve been playing with paint too long perhaps.

We discussed how this quarter will go down. I have chosen/been assigned a creative brief for Sutherland Creative, which will determine the designs for the next 12 weeks.