Create a Creative Project

The art project i will present at the end of the semester will be inspired by my last week at the internship. Like I've said before, in almost every post, i love the idea of making new things out of nothing basically, and in many cases it is literary out of garbage. Some one had gotten rid of that coffee table but now its serving as a shelf, in the middle of a high volume store.  Last day i was there i saw this bag full of mini fabric sample squares and I've definitely experienced one of those enlightenment  moments we all hear about. They create amazing out of nothing, and out of their nothing i will create amazing. The fist time i walked into the store i was taken away by this wall display. It was just a simple portrait, but this portrait was made out of twisted little fabric knots. the different shades and patterns of the fabric complimented and paralleled the shading and the coloring that goes into portraiture. I come from a drawing/painting background, specifically in portraiture. Therefore creating a portrait using Anthropologies unwanted material would definitely hit the mark for me.

- Week 7-

Im just taking away by the idea that we are able to transform old, ordinary things into these cool, hip things ive always wanted to learn how they're made. I spent a good portion of my first day painting and help hanging a shelf. A shelf like no other though. A once upon a time little coffee table is now cut in half, painted aqua, and used as a fully functioning shelf.

I was hoping the next day ill be able to do something as inventive and cool and i did. i was given a newly aqua painted chair, a hammer, pins, old fabric and magic seemed to happen. i was to cover the old chair with this ethic fabric that was taken off of a couch sold at the store. But sadly the couch broke.

- Week 4, 5 & 6 -

I've decided to combine these two to three weeks within one post. Everyone including the entire staff, the visual team and the interns were all focused on one of the biggest corporate visits the store has each year. High tension and high expectations were all at stake, and we were all trying to meet our goals, somehow. Some of the goals were pretty achievable, but some id say, were just a bit unrealistic. I knew in the back of my mind that i should not have taken that coffee break, maybe i would've painted a bit more over 686 clothes pins vs the 1000 pins i was supposed to paint, ...  individually. Took 2 days to paint but the old ordinary looking clothes pins are now hanging on strings and used in the main window display, and it feels goood.

The visit overall was a great success, or so i was told. The regional manager and his team were really impressed with the store displays and really were really taken away by the talent present at the store.  we were told that "it'll take him 10 years to forget that big massive fish thats hanging from the ceiling". and that as well, feels good.

These two weeks were just a blur of organizing, stocking, cleaning, dusting, painting, and painting a bit more. But non the less i found it very beneficial to be in that environment thats full of tension, high pressure and anxiety. I should be expecting deadlines, goals, and corporate visits in the Visual display world right?