*sigh*

I was inches away from having a steady job as a figure model! So close! The instructor teaches on Thursdays and that's when my intro to sculpture class is, which makes me so sad. She loved that I have green hair and that I am an actual art student, so she went ahead and booked me for April 30th, which makes me super happy, but at the same time...it doesn't really help me now. 

I called a couple other art schools and am waiting for calls back, but I'm still on the lookout for colleges, community centers, and studios in need. Anyone know of any?

Phleh...I stick my tongue out at you Intro to sculpture. You're not even that fun to be in...

If anything, this has only strengthened my resolve to get myself out there and become a figure model.

Well, I am in search of a roommate and while I've posted a flyer on my campus, I figured it wouldn't hurt to post one on EF as well :)

I am looking for student who is financially stable, to share a two bedroom, one bath apartment located in the Parc Belmar Apartments, Lakewood.

 Apartment is:

 * Furnished except for second bedroom

* Includes electric stove and oven, refrigerator, plus washer and dryer.

* Use of an indoor, Olympic-sized swimming pool, plus gym facilities,

   included in price of monthly rent .

* Five minute drive to RMCAD

* Ten minute walk from the Belmar strip

* Five minute walk to the bus stop.

 The rent is $480 rent plus 1/2 gas, electric, garbage, and water.  

( I know, the block of text above reads like a ad on a billboard, but...that's exactly what it is. All hail the Copy/Paste Gods!)

If you're interested or would like more information, feel free to send me a message.

I am posting this in every online journal I have. Maybe if more people know about it, something can be done because this has gone far enough. First the Orphan arts act and now this??

http://www.handmadetoyalliance.org/

I understand the reasons for this act and I agree with them for big companies who can afford the $4,000 per toy inspection fee. As for us small time crafters who create one of a kind items? We're screwed if this act is allowed to survive.

It's becoming harder and harder to be an artist these days simply because the government is too stupid to redefine and clarify who is effected by their acts. Sure, they may start out as good ideas, but in execution they become more harmful than helpful, especially to those of us who are not part of huge corporations, who can afford to pay all these fees.

If this act is allowed to remain, than I may very well have to stop creating my dolls. I know of other artists who have either decided to stop doing what they love because they don't have the money to continue their craft or others who are willing to go against the law because of it's utter stupidity. This is a huge blow to all crafters, especially those of us who are Waldorf crafters. Our naturally made toys are going to be illegal come February.

I've e-mailed both of the California senators and one from Colorado...and I hope at least one of them will care enough to help those of us who no longer seem to have a voice in our own country.

I urge anyone who cares enough about art and the people who take the time and effort to create it, to e-mail your senators and alert them to this. Something needs to be done and this isn't something we can just ignore and hope it goes away.

So during the entire sculpting process of my first doll, I thought I was making a faery. I had a nice, light color scheme planned out, I was aiming for that traditionally beautiful look, and I was preparing the wings for attaching. Right as I got to the painting and costuming stage though, she decided to become something else. Her facial features are not what most would consider beautiful (but all the same I think she is), her clothes and hair are darker and...she's become an elf. This was a very good exercise for me in sculpting and I've come to the realiztion that I like doing this...and my classmates seem to think that I should move in the direction of becoming a 3D illustrator.

With that out of the way, I am very pleased and proud to introduce Morgana. I was listening to the song Mordred's Lullaby, by Heather Dale when I was finishing her up and at one point, this voice in my head pretty much screamed the name, " MORGANA" at me. And thus, she was named.

:)

...kind of.

With final project due dates and the end of the term fast approaching (two weeks, count 'em, two!), I find I have very little energy left these days. Don't get me wrong, I love all the projects I'm doing and I'm actually really excited about them, but I need a break. I'm a little pooped over here.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if I earned the nickname " Faery girl" by the end of this semester, what with all the faery inspired pieces I'm undertaking. Some of them may be a little ambitious, but I think I can pull them off. For my illustration media class, I've finally been given an excuse to treat myself to doll making materials and it pushed me to finally watch the entire Wendy Froud DVD. I am so, so very happy I spent the money on that. Every other second I was inspired by it and I can't wait to get the clay and get crackin'. I shared it with my teacher, actually and next thing I know, I'm bringing it in to be shown during class, and my school officially purchased a copy for our library because so many students in my class (my teacher included) loved it and found it very helpful. I'm slowly bringing my campus to the side of the Faeries...MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

My piece is going to be my faery character, Tangle, in a faery market, which was inspired by my favorite story as a child, " A Fairy Went A-Marketing". I have all of the items being sold prepared and ready to hang on the final piece and the base is almost complete, but I do still have a fair amount of work to do, seeing as I haven't made the faery yet *cough*

As for other classes, I'm also very excited about my typography final, which involves book binding. I make these little pipe cleaner faeries and I decided to pose them in different situations to illustrate the theme I have chosen, which is " an explanation and an exploration of why I am shy." I've always wanted to explain to people why I never look them in the eyes when I pass them or why I barely say a word in a crowd and now I have the chance to do just that. I have the digital sketches of the poses done and the text written out, but now I have to play around with what the book is actually going to look like and how everything will be put together. There are so many options, I don't know which to choose! :)

In other news, I'm cleaning my house like a mad woman since my parents and dog (yay Rowan!!) are going to be coming here tomorrow for Thanksgiving and leaving on Saturday. Mom might stay longer with the dog, but she hasn't really made up her mind on that yet. And let me see, what else, what else...Oh! I'm selling my faery dollies at The Denver Waldorf's Festival of Light celebration on December 6th. I'm very, very happy about this, but at the same time I am a little worried about time. I can pull it off on time if I just pace myself and don't let the computer suck my life away like it's been doing.

Uh..what else in the land of Tangle? I now have two blogs, possibly three, one for myself, one is shared with my twin, and the possible one would be with another friend. The joint blogs are fun because the two of us post such different things and have fun with our aliases. Ifins you're interested these are the blogs:

http://tangle13.wordpress.com/ <-this one is all mine

http://pickledcaliope.wordpress.com/<- this one I share with my twin. She's Gertie, I'm Willie...we were eating a ton of candy when we made up these names.

Other than that...how has everyone else been? I've been meaning to e-mail people to say hello and let them know that I haven't forgotten about them, but it's reached a point in the semester where if I don't write it down, it doesn't happen.

Your Friendly neighborhood goblin trainer,

Tangle