What is real?

The Stonebreakers by Gustave Courbet

“What is REAL?" asked the Velveteen Rabbit one day... "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?"

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When [someone] loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."

"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.

"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."


-Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     This week's Art History discussion- 19th C. Realism... the paint tube was patented, Gustave Courbet led a group of painters into a pursuit of 'the real' and John Ruskin delivered a series of lectures at Oxford. Ruskin said,

"... the entire vitality of art depends upon its being either full of truth, or full of use... either to state a true thing or to adorn a serviceable one."

     

Cyanotype

Full sheet of Stonehenge

Pinhole Negatives

Cyanotype

from pinhole negative

Grant Smith

Cyanotype

from digital photo

Elizabeth Hemingway

Tuesday evening was Parent Night.

Here are a couple of views of the student art gallery:

Clay-work in progress:

A painting by Mechal Harward, in progress:

Painting on canvas... in progress:

And a beautiful photo essay we viewed in Photography Class-

J.t. greenfield, usmc from mrcarter56

Cyanotype Collages and Marbleized Paper

Rembrandt van Rijn
Self Portrait

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

Oscar Wilde

A recap:

Thursday's lecture involved the work of Rembrandt van Rijn. The printmaking classes are finishing screen prints. The photo classes printed cyanotypes from original collages (click here for a previous post that explains the chemistry of the cyanotype process). The sculpture class is making books.

Here are a few cyanotype prints:

Ben Engel

John Chirchirillo

Daniel Smith

Ian Fisher

Emma Carter

Jack Radford

Jason Lu

Hannah Hatton

Connor Phillips



And, a drawing from Rachel Levi

This week, two of the Art Timeline Mural panels were installed.
Here is the timeline plan-

Davis Martinec

Mechal Harward

Seventh Period is working on handmade books.
Monday we marbleized paper for the end sheets.

One more thing...
Last year we introduced the official Trinity Art T-shirt.
This week we've pulled the screen from the vault and,
once again, are making the following offer:

Bring in a t-shirt, hoodie, or other article of clothing
and Mr. Carter will print the Trinity Art Logo on it for you-

NO CHARGE!

Emma models a sample

Our Marbleizing 'How To' video-

Marbleizing from Good Day on Vimeo.

Lessons From Caravaggio

The Entombment

(Detail)

1602-1603

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

"The artist is not a special kind of person.

Every person is a special kind of artist."

Eric Gill

1882-1940

"What I can say- and what I have observed in the process of painting- is that once finished, a picture becomes autonomous, and then belongs as much to the spectator as to its author."

Corinne Vonaesch

Process- both a noun and a verb. Our final lecture before Christmas Break looked into the life of Michelangel Merisi da Caravaggio, a man skilled in the process of oil painting. He was also filled with passion for his craft. Process and passion... our key discussion words in art. Now the Art Room is silent, brushes are stilled,

and Mechal's oil painting is curing. 

Here are a few recent pieces from Trinity artists:

Emma Stojancic

Serigraph

Andrew Trump

Serigraph

Sara Cazorla

Serigraph

Sebastian Bienert

Serigraph

Mechal Harward

Oil on Canvas

Eric Loytty

Manipulated Photograph

Jack Higdon

Manipulated Photograph

John Chirchirillo

Manipulated Photograph

R J Villoresi

Manipulated Photograph

Mike Guin

Manipulated Photograph

Cyanotype

from Pinhole Camera

Cyanotype
from Pinhole Camera

Cyanotype
from Pinhole Camera

Cyanotype
from Pinhole Camera



And finally,
this year's Photo Class Poster

For a Hi-Res file you can have a poster printed from
email me:
mcarter@trinityprep.com

There Is A Season- A Limited Edition Book

The Reckoning International began its history by redeeming 150 slaves among the Tharu in Nepal and providing them with opportunities to create a livelihood. Today, the faith based organization is working in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Dominican Republic, Ukraine and Nepal.

During Trinity's Fall Camp, a representative from The Reckoning presented a challenge to the Huddle groups-

Use your creativity and ingenuity to increase $100.00

within a span of three months.

My Huddle group's solution: a hand-made, limited edition book. Every image has been hand-printed, every book has been hand-sewn. After our pre-sale initiative, there are only 30 copies available. The price is only $20.00 with 100% of the proceeds going to The Reckoning International. And, if you are ordering from out of town I will personally pay the postage. By purchasing this book you become a part of something that is bringing hope to people in desperate need. For more information regarding The Reckoning International click here.

Our three month deadline is upon us.

You have an amazing opportunity to obtain this handmade book but you must place your order, with payment, by December 1. The books will be available in the office (or mail) by December 14, making a beautiful Christmas gift for the person who has everything.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. My email is mcarter@trinityprep.com.

Here are a few sample pages:

A Time To Keep and a Time To Cast Away

Block Print

Austin Carpenter

A Time To Embrace and A Time To Refrain

Block Print

Rachel Levi

A Time To Weep and A Time To Laugh

Block Print

Darian Bolten

A Time To Get and A Time To Lose

Cyanotype

Ben House

A Time To Mourn and A Time To Dance

Cyanotype

Mechal Harward

A Time To Cast Stones and A Time To Gather Stones

Cyanotype

Ian Fisher

Title Page

Credits

Colophon