I Have a Topic!

Last Wednesday, I finally had my presentation in class. It was the last day, which made me extremely nervous. I probably talked too fast, but fortunately, I had a lot of images to show to help get my point across. It has been decided that I definitely use the receipts as a medium. I really like the idea, and come on, it lets me use fire. What's better than that?

My fellow capstone classmates also helped me decide to mix the receipt idea with the "Sexy Shakespeare" idea. Instead of simply making portraits, I will be making the images of famous literary writers in hot poses. The idea focusing how we sell products today and giving a new light to literature, which has been around for longer than any of us.

My next step is to do some sketches and figure out how I want my composition to be and how many I want to do. I have at least four male and four female writers that I've picked out, but since I want to make them large, I don't know how many I'll make. They will probably be long and hang sort of like tapestries. I may also make more than necessary and simply pick out my favorites, or maybe do some group images.

I also want to experiment with the medium and make sure it will work. I've already burned some receipts, but will have to burn some more. One of my professors kindly gave me some acrylic medium to use as glue and hopefully that should work. I'll be making a small model of my idea, and will put it up here as soon as it's finished.

All in all, I'm on my way. I have a lot of work to do before me, but I'm excited and curious how the project may transform as I work. I really do believe that this will be my best work, and will show in an unique manner what I've learned ere at Marietta College.