The presentation

Group "A" gave their presentations and the projects were excellent. They had to move them to the front of the room where the judges were. The judges (professors) were critical. I was thinking, "I hope our models don't fall apart when we have to move them to the front."

Next came the group "B" presentations (our group). I think we went first. Our Kiosk was a wrapping paper boutique in a high-end mall. The concept was that every gift, if it is beautifully wrapped, creates excitement, anticipation, and wonder. It doesn't matter if the actual gift isn't any good, the wrapping can elevate its level of value based on the wrappings. So to display our beautiful papers and give them value, our boutique was quite glitzy and glamorous. Everything was gold and black lacquer. Fitting in with the glitzy glamorous theme, I wore a black skirt suit with gold trim, gold jewelry (extra to add to the effect), black stockings, and high-heel sexy black satin shoes with bows. I curled my hair and took extra care with my make-up to look the part.

Adding to the humor of the glitz and glam, I got Veera to offer the judges a silver platter of ginger cookies and caramels. While it was an absurd overt attempt to soften up the judges, it also calmed a few growling stomachs of the other students who I knew had missed breakfast.

My group voted me as the spokesperson. Having had a good night sleep, I felt confident and enjoyed the moment.

Then came the judges turn. The models were okay. The ribbons were too long and would make it difficult to people to get passed them. But then came the bombshell. They were really critical of the drawings. I felt badly for Suzanne, but it was a group project and we should have managed our time better so that we could review each other's work. Suzanne stepped up and said that she was responsible for the drawings. We were in this together, so we had no doubts that whatever the grade, we'd all be getting the same thing. So we'll wait for the grade and see what happens. Here are the photos of our project:

The day of...

Okay, it's Thursday, December 9, 2010: Project Kiosk presentation day. All group projects due at o-eight-thirty in Somer's hall. I was at the resource library at 7:15 a.m. It was locked and no one around who could open it. At 0-8-ten, I took the 3"=1'0" display model to Somer's hall.

Due to the construction, I had to carry it down temporary wooded stairs. I tripped and the model went flying. Sh*t. The two sections broke apart. Oh well, I got it to the room and went back to the library to get the rest of the project. Veera was there and the room was open so we took the box and supplies to Somer. I was carrying the box model, and darn it, I tripped and fell again. That model too went flying and one of the four display pillars broke and fell out. What else could go wrong?

Suzanne showed up with the drawings and wasn't finished with them, so Veera helped her with that, while I was fixing the broken pieces, and I put on the signage tags. We used my coat as a table cover and set up out display. It looked good and everything was staying together.

Much needed break

The Kiosk project presentation was Thursday. Glad that's over.

On Wednesday after we'd done our presentations for our Textiles class, we went to lunch and went over our plan for Thursday. We had left our project (the 1'-1'-0" sale box) in the resource library so it wouldn't get damaged during transport. Veera put on the bow and signage tags. Suzanne was taking care of the drawings (plan, section, interior and exterior elevations. I was exhausted but went to A.C. Moore to try to find fabric to match the new ribbon that Veera bought. No luck, so next stop was Walmart. Great. They had some really silky shiney satin and then some brown mesh. The two together was an almost perfect match for Veera's ribbon.

By the time I got home, I was on my second wind, so started right away sanding the rough holes in the 1/4" plexiglass for the 3"=1'-0" display model. It was cold working on it outside, but I finished before it go dark. Then back to the garage to cut a 3'-0" by 9" section for the back support.

Down in the studio, I glued the two pieces with the hole and set them to dry while I put ironed the fabric. But had cut it too small. Thank goodness I had bought extra. Once the fabric was on, then I added the mesh layer. Then ribbon on the edges to memic the ribbon's wire edges.

When everything was dry, I glued the two sections together and let them dry. I was just finishing when my husband came home. He was so sweet and made dinner. It was great getting to spend some time together.

I made it to bed by 10 p.m. and was up at 4 a.m. the next morning. I knew I'd need the extra time to load up everything plus my drafting materials and tools. I also needed extra time to get dress to look professional.

moving right along into the land of little sleep

Finals are upon us. It's great having this be a team project so that we all have help otherwise we'd be heading off to the loony bin. we got together a few times outside of class, and many (if not all) of the other groups did too. It lookslike everyone is doing a super job and I can't wait to see the final projects. I think our professors will be impressed at the quality I've been seeing.
We've been struggling with the materials. Plastics, glass, any clear smooth surfaces are tough to adheare and not get messy. I did quite a few tests with different glues, adheasives, and thought I had it. But the structure of the displays our group selected is really fragile and working with them today, they kept breaking. I hope they stay together long enough to get us through.
I had planned on sanding the holes on the 3" = 1'-0" display, but forgot them in the garage, so after my Texiles final tomorrow, I'll be pulling that together. Also, we changed the ribbon, so I need to shop for fabric that looks similar to the new ribbon.
on top of that, i was cutting out images for my textiles final and I sliced a big chunk of my thumb tip off, so I'm typing this one-handed, while keeping that thumb hand elevated. It quit throbbing and it's not bleeding through the bandaids so the sliced piece might actually re-attach itself. I hope so because that would make it heal so much faster. What a pain. I guess that's what I get for working when tired and loosing focus. I was thinking about my drafting class and project when the blade slipped. oh and for the first time, I bled on a project, thankfully it was on an image that I had 2 of, so I'm covered. I had to take a break so am using the the time to catch up on this blog. I think, I'll go to bed and get up at 3 am to finish up. Hope that will give me enough time to finish, shower, dress, and get coffee before class in the morning.
Good night and good wishes.