Art Workshop
Week 1
Today, I was reminded of the problems that I and everyone in the class have been facing in our studies ( Bhavik looked at me when he said “stop hiding your work” ). Last semester, I often forgot to reflect on and record what I needed to do, and I will try to improve this semester. After that, I learned about origami, a Japanese paper-folding art. I knew about origami and folded many of them when I was a child, but now I’ve forgotten almost everything. Learning origami reminded me of how I folded many stars from middle school to high school, simply because I liked doing it when I was bored or watching movies. I will brainstorm what I will do after learning origami because I was assigned to make five origami models.
Week 2
Today, I had to create 10 designs based on my origami models in almost an hour. I found it quite difficult because I couldn’t think of anything based on those models. I only managed to complete one design in that entire time. Bhavik got angry at me and said I needed to change my learning methods. I was very disappointed in myself. When I got home, I calmed down and started to change. I set a time limit and tried to draw 9 more sketches in about 15 minutes. I tried not to use the eraser too much and accepted the messiness in them.
Week 3
Today, I had a small project with Ezel that was related to our major. It was to design a café in the parkside area of a building. I was quite excited to be working close to my major, but the idea of building a café in the parkside area wasn’t a good one, I think.
Week 4
Classes were cancelled this week. I just woke up from a two-hour nap. I am pretty glad I had more time to sleep.
Week 5
After a week of intense studying, I overslept today. I remembered setting an alarm and only slept for two hours, but when I woke up, it was already past 9 a.m. I hurriedly got ready and booked an Uber to class. I regretted it so much because today I could have practiced my group presentation skills.
Week 6:
I came to class planning to continue my research project, but Bhavik asked us to start practical work on it. However, because I hadn’t done enough research, starting the practical work was quite ineffective. I just sketched with random ideas for the rest of the day and searched for some recommendations on Pinterest.
Week 7:
This week I am not in the mood to work on my assignment, probably because I’ve used up too much energy in the previous weeks. This makes me feel like I’m not distributing my energy evenly across the more important weeks. I’m continuing to sketch with maps to generate ideas more easily. I’m quite excited about the upcoming trip to London, which will give me new experiences and more primary research for my assignment. I’ve decided that in each semester and for each project, I’ll go on trips for more practical primary research.
Week 8:
I started modeling and time flew by. Everything revolved around modeling; during the class I was busy modeling and Bhavik showed me the poses and how to hold the knife safely and easily. He told me to take care of my back while modeling, which reminded me of my high school health checkup in 11th grade when I was diagnosed with a fairly severe C-shaped scoliosis (level 3). I hid the report because my mother would have scolded me terribly.
Week 9:
Nothing new this week except for continuing with modeling. I’m starting to feel incredibly stressed because I don’t have enough time to do everything, and I’ve been pretty sick this week. Things are going pretty badly because I’m not allowed to be sick this week as the workload is still huge and the deadline is approaching. I wish I had superpowers to pause time so I could finish everything and then have a good, long sleep.
Phuong Vi Nguyen 