All photos in this blog were taken by the author during the past several weeks. Yesterday was the last day of lecture for this Materials and Textiles graduate course. There was a two step process of implementing this blog. Anyone that wants to begin a Blog must have both time and patience, especially if you aren't a techie. I can barely do FaceBook let alone a blog!
Here are some blog tips: As I finally became comfortable with uploading my photos, it took hours to organize them in a useful way (I have many more that are not yet posted). I tried to write this blog by Subject because that is how the course reading and lecture materials were presented. In retrospect I regret not putting the time in up front to know how this blog site works. It's not tooo difficult, I just didn't carve out enough time each session to become familiar with the process to find it routine. I was told doing it daily by experience would be easier. In some ways that's true, it didn't seem as useful in the learning process.
I plan to add more photos as time permits as well as comments to boomers going back to school. Boomers need all they help they can get in order to deal with those wipper snappers you'll meet in class. As I have no children of my own these youngsters are an inigma to me in their lack of curiosity and respect. Now I'm sounding like an old fuddie duddie!
Details are an important feature of this blog. Frankly, this is a school project for my Textiles and Materials course. It's more materials than textiles, as you will see.
ReplyDeleteI am attempting to get caught up on this assignment that should have begun back in September! I have a fabulous collection of photos. The slow down was trying to figure out exactly HOW a blog works, but then figuring out how to down load my photos from my camera to my computer at home onto a thumb drive to take to school. It's very difficult for me to get any thing done at home. There are way too many distracations that I can't ignore, wish I could, the laundry, grocery shopping, etc.
FYI -- For those of you that are unfamiliar with Interior Design school, it's NOT like on TV. Although many of those absurd TV programs sure do keep the classes filled up. Lots of dreamers hoping to be famous one day. Well, that's how careers begin, with dreams!
My first three classes are: Drafting, Textiles and Materials (described above), and Foundations. Drafting is just that, learning scale, how to measure, the use of different lead weights and papers. Then putting it all together legibly on paper. It's a challenge, especially for someone like me that has drafting courses in the past, it's easy to get rusty.
Well to begin my story: Washington DC is a wonderful place to have access to. I lived at 1500 Mass. Ave.,NW when I first moved to DC in 1975 so I know my way around pretty well.
I hope you will enjoy this tour of my student life shown through photos of materials and textiles. There are going to be lots of interesting images, you'll see.
Okay, time is up already. I have to go meet my team partners to continue making a model that we are creating for the Foundations course. I'll be posting photos of my projects. Stay tuned!
ReplyDeleteI'm in Chicago as I write this. I came to spend Thanksgiving with my sister Marie. We went to Ann Arbor to have dinner with Richard then went to the Detroit Institute of Art to see the new exhibit on Forgeries. I'll show you those photos later. I'm out of town and have a chunk of undistracted time to organize my collection of materials photos. I'll be taking you to many interesting sites in the DC area, especially my bevy of medical appointments.
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