Can you see who air-con guy's love
is? She's here and her name is
Wanita!!! We walked from UE sq
past Mika building and then stopped
at the fire station opposite simlim
because i had such a laugh i couldn't
walk straight. HAHAHA!(by the way,
blappy was sitting on the kerb whilst
this happened. i love blappy!)
i love my job. i'm into the second week of my internship at the circus and I'm lovin it! I LOVE MY JOB!
TOday i am glad i didn't have to be rebellious and run away from the glass tank without permission, because from this week on, i'll be stationed AT THE CIRCUS GROUNDS!!!!!! YAYNESS!!! i love work being given to me and tasks fore me to do and so many things happening at the same time for me to observe and balancing acts to pick up.
i finally know which paper is which- the kozu was the one i didn't mount last week, and today's is ga------ paper( dunno how to spell it)- because Mr Big told me so! Noddy ran up to me as i was doing the mounting of the kozu and asked me if i knew which was which and i told him a great big YES!!! and he smiled and ran back to what he was doing. These people... only know how to disturb...
Anyway, it was really ... intimidating's not the word, but you know when two people are watching you cut paper as accurately as possible... its not uncomfortable too but argh ok forget about the word. I just don't like it that people sort of inspect what you are doing whilst you are at it you know... and two grown men doing that as they slack... then Lawa-man didnt want to help but just stood by and helped to adjust the rule whilst Noddy commented that i had to improve on my cutting skills... HAIYO!
I saw the process of registration of printed material, scaled about maybe 100x. Noddy's been at it since last week and oh well, it's quite tought maaaan.
What Sminthaye and Mumae were doing with the copper plates with the silhouette of the ladies was so interesting. With a single plate, they did both an intaglio and relief print at once- Mumae inked the etched areas and removed the excess on the excess with one colour, and then passed it to Sminthaye who used a litho roller to ink the surface of the plate with another colour. And when the copper plate went into the press( i almost forgot that the press was fully automated) and appeared on the other side, woah! the result was splendid! i've never seen it done before! i should try it with my drypoints yea?
Betty and i were engaged in a conversation and she kinda shut my mouth up with a short lecture.
You see, i've always been thinking about what's fair and not in the artistic industry. How is an artist's work justified if he or she hires people to execute his ideas for him and then sign it as his own? Its like Damien Hirst and his employment of workers to help him with his works(insert here) and Eric Chan employing starving artists like Slucker to prime his canvases.
I questioned Betty, as she was doing research and development and experimentation with Ameh's exhibition works and prints, if in this case, would she consider Ameh a lazy artist as she tells them her ideas and they execute the preparation and experimentation whilst she does other stuff and thinking, and planning, and waking up late.
Betty questioned me back, asking if Picasso or Matisse did really print all their works on their own, and if the Renaissance masters painted their oil paintings themselves? She then explained that masters always had apprentices who learn as they painted part of their masters works( as she said it, i pictured Vercruccio's works being partly painted by rembrandt) and artists have to realise their strengths and weaknesses as well as be aware of their limits. Sometimes completion of a final work is more realistic if more hands were put into the process, rather than going solo( that's why i never finish my work in time all the time).
Betty also said that if i were to call artists who employ workers to complete their work for them despicable, then people who buy canvases from art friend as well as those who buy ready made pigments from straits commercial are despicable too. Why? because both the despicables have not done their masterpieces solely on their own. But it does not make sense does it, if i wove my own canvas, chopped my own wood for the frame, and then finally stretched my own canvase with staples i created on my own whenever i wanted to paint? And i collected my own minerals and pounded them on my own, then create my very own acrylic mediums as well as churn up my very own concoction of photo emulsion just to create a photosilkscreen?
These really make sense does it. In this time and age, everything is demanded at tip top speed and time is a factor. Thus, convenience kicks in and it would be absolutely ridiculous as an artist or even a student to weave canvases on our own, unless it is a very special kind or if there's a concept behind it or if you are a specialist in canvas making. Sometimes it's best to leave it to someone who is specialised to do the job for you if you know ur limits and know your works can be ten times better with help from someone else. Superman can't always save the day. He has his weaknesses too.
Betty is wise indeed, and despite her young looks, she is 27. Well, i've underestimated her.
Mr ori asked me for help with the cutting of some japanese paper. The smooth side is the printing side, whilst the rough side's the back. ( man oh man i've got this all wrong maan... i've always thought the other way round!!!) and i had to cut them to pieces for UKIyO-E prints!!!
This is the first time i saw a real woodcut in the traditional ukiyoe style. Oh man... the contours of the face was crazily fine and WOOOAH I SAW mr ori doing the printing on the floor with the block placed on a raised surface like a real Japanese man... the result was SSSUPERBBBB!!! fantastic man! It's just like how it'll look if you silkscreened it. fantastic. Sminth told me that the fine lines were created using special tools made specially for ukiyoe.
I am so gonna try it when i return to school. Daiso's fine fine super duper fine carving tools are sold out so i've gotta wait.
Then Sminthaye told me that PeelPeel was getting on her nerves as arrogance emerged, and told me other stories about mr LHIC. maan... he's actually malaysian and holds a french PR and speaks french with his family............................. that's like so cool la!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was astonished at the news...
Sminthaye is an interesting character and i am glad to have met her.
Since there was time before Wanita knocked off(this week's her gallery week, therefore she ends work at 6pm) i followed Sminthaye to the dark room and witnessed the coating of another two screens with the photo emulsion. I have yet to coat mine with the new knowledge gained from both Aye and Sminth.
And we've come the the funniest part of the day, that left me controlling my laughter at the very thought of it when it happened, right after it happened, when i was telling wanita about what happened, at the train station alone, at home..........................Recalling it even hurts my tummy so much hahahhaha
After one week and a day, i've been known as the"violent" one, even by mr.big. haha right after mr.big told lawa-man that i was violent(coz i sort of slammed the huge larger than a0 size acrylic on the floor) in the circus pool. Then as Mr.big and lawa-man were stacking the handmade paper onto the platform before loading it into the dryer, Noddy and i stood by with the pieces of white blankets to be laid over each piece of paper.
Noddy and i had to fluff out all the dust and dirt on the blanket, so we each took an end and i started to shake my end too hard and early that it caught Noddy in his unawares and his end left his hand and as a reflex action he took a huge leg's-width leap and stretched his hand with all his might to the piece that fell out of his hand and landed, like a huge horse-like frog leaping with one foot over the pole of a high jump. You should've seen the look on his face maaaaan..................... He looked shocked-surprised-scared-embarassed-freaked-astonished-halfpaiseh--------------- anjkfhlkeianwehahahhahahahhahahahahahaha right in front of Mr.big who, according to Noddy was trying very hard not to look. hahahaahhahaahha
Then when Mr.Big left the mill, we all burst into laughter and oh man......................................
IT WAS SO FUNNYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aweiooifjoa hahahha
i'll end off with an achievement and a good comment from Mr.big.
Mr.big had been really really serious the whole of today. He never let a little hint of a grin escape the side of his lips. It was as if the frown was going to be fixed forever with nails hammered deep into his skull. However, whilst Lawa-man and himself were making paper together, and i was controlling the buttons as the button girl, Mr.big halted everything to tell him that he appreciate me being here and helping with the paper making. He also said that my enthusiasm in everything about the workshop shows and that i'm the kind of person that he would want to hire in the future. and i smiled my widest in appreciation to his comment. IT really made my day. He further elaborated that my peformance on friday was (i forgot the word he used) ... that i wanted to remove the deckle, lock it , prepare stuff for paper making.... i was just interested in everything about what was going on, which really shows my attitude in my work. Well i love my job what... i have to start believing in myself. even Mada told me before i can work in he circus already as a printer i guess.
Tomato is happy today.
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