Work this week and during thanks giving break

Since the last time I posted I have been to detroit three more times. The first time I went I let the girls draw freely what ever they wanted as we talked about our plans for over the holidays. After that I let them use photography with slow shutter speed to draw with light. I thought this would be a good way to move in to photography and let them get used to digital work by combining painting with light as well as photography. (9 hours)

I let the girls work in a collaboaration, one drawing with a flashlight while another took the pictures, and then let them switch. It was quiet exciting to watch because you could definately tell that each girl liked working with one part of the project then another.

Today I let them create masks in which to create a photo narrative. we havent worked on a story yet but I think I will let them work on it this friday.

Over the weekend I also worked on creating books. I found some puzzles that I am working with as well as wire to create a puzzel book. I also bound the book that I started a couple weeks ago, now I only have to glue the pictures in and put words in the book. Im not sure what I want to write in the book but Im going to start thinking about it over the weekend. (4 hours)

I also spent a lot of time working on my power point presentation for December. I still have a lot of work to put into it, but after giving my presentation on monday it looks a lot better. (6 hours)

Next week I plan on going to Detroit a couple more times and creating some more photo pieces as well as some drawing pieces. I also plan on continuing working on my power point and creating more books.

I learned a few new techniques this weekend for creating book bindings. I also created my own binding that I will take a picture of over the weekend once I finish binding it.