Collages for Causes

On Monday I woke up around 8:00 am and decided to work from my dorm room because the night before I had done the layout for the Connecticut College collage and I did not want to mess it up. I also had all of the materials needed for me to complete it. Since I already knew what the lay out was going to look like, I knew that I was going to have to print out more images. So before senior seminar at 11:30 I went to the library and printed them all out, and on my way out I ran into my friends Olivia and Emily and we headed over to Jake's before seminar. After senior seminar and taking a little break to go eat lunch with friends, I picked up one last pre-made canvas from Corby to complete the UVM collage. Once I got back to my dorm around 1:00 pm, I started working on cutting those last few images and gluing them on and same thing with some smaller images to fill in the blank spaces. Once I was done I added on the first layer of mod podge, then let it dry and added on a second layer to ...

 This past week I was about to complete over 32 hours of work and 3 different collages. Most days were more or less the same with making my college by cutting, gluing or printing. I feel like I have been very responsible with my time this past week by taking advantage of all my available time. I have enjoyed being in Slocumb during this time because it is such a laid back atmosphere yet everyone around you is working hard and keeping their focus it makes you do the same thing. My mentor, Corby, has let me have free rain on what I do with my time in Slocumb. He lets me decide when I can come in, what my goals are and how I plan out my collages.  Once I ran out of pre-made collages, I thought that I was going to have to make more which would have taken me a full day. So Corby and I decided that it would be better for me to order more canvases from Amazon. The next day Corby told me that he found some pre-made canvases in the supply closet that I am able to use. This made the pro...

 Today I arrived at Slocumb around 9:00 am and working until 12:00 pm. I got started right away with cutting some smaller images like hearts and stars to fill in the blank spaces for the Fairfield University collage. Once that was all done I added the first coat of mod podge and while I waited for that to dry I started planning out the lay out for the Connecticut College collage. Once the glue was dried of the Fairfield collage I went back and added a second coat. After that I took both collages and images need back to my dorm to continue working from there.  Hours: 3 hours total 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

 Yesterday I arrived at Slocumb around 8:30 set up my station and right away Kingsley came to pick up her finished DU collage. Then Corby told me he found some extra pre-made canvases in the supply closet. This was so exciting for me because a few days prier we discussed the fact that there was not enough time left of senior project to make canvases. After I got started right away on cutting a few more  images for the Fairfield University collage . I spent most of the morning figuring out the layout that I wanted. I was able to glue down some but I was unable to finish because I had to leave for my lacrosse game. Later that I night I went back to Slocumb to finish gluing down all of the images until 9:30 pm! Hours: 6.5 hours total 8:30 am - 11:00pm 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

 Today I arrived to Slocumb around 8:30 am to finish filling in some of the blank spaces on the DU collage with smaller images of stars and lightning bolts. Once all of the spaces were filled I added the first layer of mod podge and let it sit for a few hours to dry. I then left around 11:00 am and went to senior seminar and lunch. After I went back to Slocumb and added a second coat of mod podge to the DU collage to finish it up and then started cutting up images for the UVM collage until 2:30 when I headed back to my dorm. Tonight I am continuing work on cutting images for the UVM collage to put me in a good place for tomorrow. Hours: 6 hours 8:30 am - 11:00 am 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm

 Yesterday I arrived to Slocumb around 9:30 am and spent most of the morning cutting images for my Fairfield University collage. This process took me most of the morning and up until lunch time. After I took some time off to go back to my room, eat some food and sit outside with friends, I arrived back at Slocumb around 1:00 pm and worked until 2:00 to complete the layout of the DU collage. I went back to Slocumb around 7:30 pm and glued every image for the DU collage onto the canvas, then finished up around 9:30 pm and headed back to my dorm. Hours: 5.5 hours total 9:30 am - 12:00 pm 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm