So here we go. This is my last piece! Well, my last assignment. My entire thesis is coming up soon. but assignment-wise, this is it, man. Out with the old, in with the new. Veils= rites of passage, and on the veil is a fertilization scene, NEW LIFE NEW STUFF LET'S GO GIRLS. Wedding dress train, wire, embroidery floss. "The Inevitable."

AGGRESSION CHAIR TIME. I wanted to attack the idea of anger and aggression and this quickly turned sexual. This is great for me and my critiques as it provided me with a lot of fuel and material, but I am beginning to worry that they will have to put a parental advisory disclaimer on the Middendorf Gallery. But hey, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. This is my thesis, this is not the time to employ censorship. Let's be honest about aggression, shall we?

Stuffed is a great word. It really conjures up some graphic visuals. Stuffed is the theme of my second MatCon project. I immediately thought of being over-run or bursting with something. Along those lines, I began to brainstorm about viruses, disease and being physically consumed by an internal phenomenon. The fragility and stigmas surrounding that idea is my focus. Bouquet of infested orifices. Images tomorrow.

Nineteen hours later: I just needed to let anyone else know what I have been through today. Unfinished Mother Chair.

This is my statement for my midterm- happening tomorrow morning. Its similar to my original statement, but slightly updated: My upcoming body of work will address the same concepts I was working with last semester, the body, gender and built environment, and applying them to new forms. I want to utilize structures that relate directly to the body in their function. I intend to make a set of chairs that not only reference the body but also femininity. These bodily chairs will personify different aspects of female sexuality as well as address how women are at the mercy of the way they are defined sexually when they trying to find a place in our society. I am also interested in exploring these concepts in conjunction with the history of the chair as part of the architecture of the hierarchical society we exist in (thrones, head of the table). My commencement exhibition work will consist of an installation of furniture. My current body of work is dealing with beauty and the po...