Quick Aurous Update

Hey Designers!

We only have roughly a month left of first semester. You know what this means...crunch time!

Since I am traveling out of town today, my blog post will be significantly shorter.

One update you should know about the Aurous:

• If you are a student that has a larger piece of studio work that you feel uncomfortable moving from Dillard to the Mac Lab for the November 2nd photoshoot, please contact our Aurous Studio Art Assistants, Katie Neill (neill_k@students.lynchburg.edu) or Kelsey Hoffman (hoffman_k@students.lynchburg.edu).

Once you get into contact with them, you can arrange a time that works for all of you, and Katie/Kelsey will help you professionally photograph your art work IN Dillard. This will prevent the hassle of having and worry of having to bring your artwork over to the MacLab. 

Questions?

E-mail me, Ella Schwarz, at ella.bella7@gmail.com or go to our updated Facebook page at www.facebook.com/LCaurous

Also, keep an eye out for Aurous flyers and entry forms in Dillard, Dillard classrooms, and in Schewel! {:

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Peace,

Ella Bella

Aurous at Lynchburg College

Happy Friday, Designers!

I hope you have all had a fufilling week, and are keeping up with Design!

Today's blog post is about Lynchburg College's art magazine, the Aurous. As the Creative Writing Director (Co-Editor) of Lynchburg College's only art magazine, I wanted to share what the Aurous has to offer to you.

The Aurous is Lynchburg College's only art magazine. It features the best of the student's art and creative writing from the year! The Aurous is also student-run, with David Dale as the Art Director (Editor) of this year's publication.

The Aurous staff accepts art work and creative writing pieces done for school assignments and any art work created outside of school from the year. For example, this year we will be accepting student creative writing and art work (created in or outside of school) from the 2012 Spring semester and the 2012 Fall semester. We will be accepting up to 6 entries of art and up to 6 entries of creative writing.

If you want to submit an unified series of art work (for example, a unified series of three separate photographs), then that would count as one submission.

As for art submissions, we are accepting Graphic Design, Sculpture, Drawing, Painting, Photography, , Ceramics, Design, and Mixed Media. If you have any questions about your submission, please message us at our facebook page "Aurous at Lynchburg College". Here is the link:

http://www.facebook.com/LCaurous

We will be accepting digital submissions and physical art submissions. The details for dpi size of the digital submissions will be announce through a mass e-mail and on the facebook page (so stay tuned!). For physical submissions, students will be able to bring their art work into the Mac Lab (Schewel 111), and the Aurous staff will professionally photograph your sculpure, mixed media, painting, drawing, etc.  More details on physical submissions will be sent out in a mass e-mail, and on the facebook page.

Some upcoming Aurous dates to keep in mind are:

Friday, November 2nd: Aurous Professional Photoshoot (students can bring their physical submissions to the Mac Lab, Schewel 111 to have their work photographed for submission into the magazine).

Friday, November 9th: Submission for entries deadline (the last day that the Aurous will be accepting student creative writing and art submissions).

These dates are listed as "events" on the Aurous Facebook page. Please join these events to let us know you are attending! When you "join" this event, you will get updates on details and information.

**This year, we are having 2 call for entries. The first call for entries is to enter work from the 2012 Spring semester that you may have, and we will have a call for entries in January, as well for art work created in the 2012 Fall semester. 

If you have any questions, please comments back on this blog post, or e-mail m at ella.bella7@gmail.com

Have a wonderful Friday, and a great weekend!

Peace,

Ella Bella

*The image at the top is courtesy of the Aurous magazine and lynchburg.edu. The cover design shown is from the 2011-2012 publication of the Aurous, and is Edgar Reyes's design and art work.

Fall Break: No Friday Post

Hello Designers!

I wanted to let you know that there was no Friday post this past week because of Fall Break (I decided to take a break, too!).

I hope you all had a wonderful, and relaxing break!

I hope you have had a smooth return to school.

Peace,

Ella Bella

Friday post: Innovation (and Duct Tape)

Hello Designers!

There seem to be so many things to look forward to on Fridays...for example, it's the end of the week, a break from classes, relaxation time, Flannel Friday (#FlannelFriday @60srangevintage on twitter), and this blog post (alright, so maybe that's just wishful thinking), but nonetheless, HAPPY FRIDAY!

This Friday's post is all about innovation (and duct tape). What is innovation? Innovation, according to dictionary.com, is developing a new method for something that is already preexisting, or the introduction of something new. Innovation is everywhere in art, and the two are never a part. Innovation can involve a new twist on an ancient sculpting technique, or a new subject matter using a painting technique from the 1800s. Innovation is how you are recognized through concept, craftsmanship, and design. 

 What prompted this Friday's post about innovation was a book that my mom bought for me recently. The book is called, "Tape It and Make It: 101 Duct Tape Activities" by Richela Fabian Morgan. The book is short, and as the title notes, it includes 101 basic ideas on what to do with duct tape, other than to keep your car from falling a part or to keep your roommate quiet (not an suggested activity, by the way). 

My review of the book has been a positive experience mostly because I never dreamed of all of the things that you can make out of duct tape! I had always heard of people making duct tape wallets, and even purses, but this book has expanded my mind to all the things that you can do with a simple under $5.00 product from Wal-Mart! I felt like this concept of innovation, or using something preexisting, like duct tape, to create something new parallels Design in many ways. After all, art is recycled throughout the years, and comes back anew.

This book includes activities as basic as how to create "duct tape fabrics" (one-sided fabric woven fabrics) to creating lap top cases, fake flowers, and clothing, such as vests and hats! To me, this book was very innovative and creative for the fact that it was using such a simple object to create extraordinary things that we use in everyday life.

As I started to search creative designs with duct-tape, I found  Web Urbanist's top most-intricate duct-tape designs (for those who don't know, Web Urbanist "Local Designs to Global Destinations" is a website with massive collection of articles on Architecture, Art, and more!). These designers took the innovation of duct tape to a whole new level as they created 2D portraits of celebrities, 3D wearable gowns, replications of famous art pieces, and even car decoration. To see these designs, visit (copy and paste this link into your browser)...

http://weburbanist.com/2010/03/23/duct-tape-or-duck-tape-11-intricate-tape-designs/

Check out some of these duct tape creations, and expand your mind to the possibilities of what you can do with everyday, ordinary things, in order to communicate your artistic expression. 

If you want to look at the book (contact me through e-mail ella.bella7@gmail.com or twitter @60srangevintage), or go to Barnes & Nobles, here in Lynchburg. The book is $15.00, which I thought was cheap for the amount of ideas and techniques that the book presents (and definitely compared to the new possibilities that it presents to your mind!).

If you are interested in starting your own duct tape creations, then a roll of duct tape at Wal-Mart ranges anywhere from about $3.00 to $16.00, depending on which color or pattern you select (they have a wide variety ranging from "jet black" to "penguin"). 

For more duct tape choices and price information, go to www.walmart.com.

Interested in Web Urbanist? They have extraordinary duct-tape creations, and innovative art from across the board (Architecture to Design, you name it) at... 

                     

                                                http://weburbanist.com/.

This concludes the regular Friday post, and I hope that all of you have a wonderful weekend, and remember to relax. Now, go out and innovate!

Feel free to comment on this blog or tweet me.

Peace,

Ella Bella

*All images courtesy of google images, except for the "Duct Tape or Duck Tape? 11 intricate Tape Designs" image, which is courtesy of weburbanist.com. Definition of "innovation" courtesy of www.dictionary.com. Price information of duct tape courtesy to walmart.com and price information of "Tape it & Make it: 101 Duct Tape Activities" courtesy of Barnes & Noble. Information courtesy of and copyright to "Tape It & Make It: 101 Duct Tape Activities" Richela Fabian Morgan.  Make sure to give credit where credit is due!