Marrianne Dages

Last weeks lecture was fairly interesting.  I thought that she had some really important things to say but after a while she kept repeating herself in different ways.  None-the-less, she was drilling a very important fact, we are artists because we make work, we don't make work because we are artists.  This was also emphasized by Gerard the following week. I hadn't actually picked up on that until he said it.  She informed us that it is important to start thinking about what the studio means to us.  How we perceive it now, what we might want to have in the studio, what kinds of supplies and equipment, perhaps even starting to stock up slowly.  She talked about residencies and sharing studios with other people.  Her work was pretty cool, and I think her book binding was really beautiful.  I was more interested in the equipment that she was showing photos of, it all looked very big and mechanical and important and fun to use.  This added to my interest in printmaking.