Two weeks and counting...

Is it possible??? This is not to imply that I am done working, or even close to done. It just means that the end date is quickly approaching!
It seems I have been glued to the laptop, making technical flats, editing photos, and perfecting the layout of my portfolio. (I have a feeling I will never think it's perfect!) Last week I had two interviews with design firms in San Francisco. One was for a possible internship, and the other was for my Portfolio class - more of a practice interview - where I was given tips and feedback about how to best present my work.
My to-do list has also been steadily shrinking - it has been rewritten four times, but now fills just half a page :) I have been running errands to print shops, paper stores, craft stores, the post office, you name it. Graduation announcements went out in the mail today!
This week at school we finally got the looms ready to go and I began weaving on Monday. I made a little progress, but then last night I really put it into gear and got the whole thing finished. I am rather pleased with my final result! All I need to do now is trim up the loose threads and finish off the ends. It feels good to have that project done.


Now I just have to get my business cards, giveaway items, and graduation dress ordered this weekend and I should be in pretty good shape.
Cheers!
Red

Need a mental break...

Time has flown! This time last week I was getting ready for the big photoshoot in Redding. It all went well - nice, sunny weather, very helpful models, and a hardworking photographer. It was exhausting, but it all got done. I have one more garment to shoot photos of, and I will be doing that shoot myself on Saturday, at Ocean Beach here in San Francisco.
As soon as I got home Monday evening I began sorting through the 1,000+ photos. I'm still not done! Today for Portfolio class we needed to have what we had completed on our portfolio so far printed out for faculty to come in and evaluate. I was stuggling with how plain and boring it was looking, but with a few suggestions, I feel better about it. I certainly have a lot of work to do.
Tonight we began setting up the looms for Wovens class. We are working in groups of three and my group's yarn is pitifully thin. I think it will look nice and detailed when it's all done, but thinner yarn = more time on the loom. More work to do!
It's midterm week, so that means I'm at the halfway point. In five weeks I will be ready to graduate! Doesn't seem possible. When I started four years ago, graduation seemed miles away. Now I just have to keep my brain from melting and it will all be fine.
Back to work!
Red


My pup Eva at the photoshoot last weekend :)