Last Thursday, Teen Lab visited SAIC for a tour. I found the tour very interesting an my eyes certainly "glazed over" many of the materials and facilities available for students to use. We first visited the Ceramics department. I was interested that chemistry was involved in mixing glazes for ceramic students to use. Things like volcanic ashes could be experimented with.
We also visited the Photography department next. There were dark rooms for developing photos, the traditional analog way. There were also high tech machines for digital as well as negatives too. I enjoyed the fact that we saw what a studio for painting students looked like. There were electric lights as well as a open window, so students could contrast how their artwork looked in artificial light versus natural light. We ended our tour with a visit to a student gallery.
Monday, December 5, 2011
John Molini in ART PACKING
Today at Teen Lab we went 'behind the scenes' to the art packing section of the Art Institute. John Molini was the manager of that section of the Art Institute. His specialties include making the crates for art packing as well as framing the art for the finished version shown in the galleries upstairs. It was interesting learning about the state-of-the-art materials involved in the packing, including memory foam that is very strong and retains its shape. He said it was like "packaging eggs", the closer and tighter you fit it, the less likely it is to break. This goes for fragile things like eggs, or priceless works of art.
Mr. Molini said he was "lucky" to be able to do a job he enjoys and is able to think in 3D, if he is asked about a painting in the galleries, he knows how big the crate should be. He said he still had a blueprint of the primitive crates used several years ago. Today, the crates are made of special materials that make the crate waterproof and sturdy. He said he was very lucky to get the job at the Art Institute after years of being a traveling musician on the road. He said is happy that he went from working in a temporary architecture job at the Art Institute in the 1980s, to getting a job in the Art Packing section after a member left their job. He had only planned to stay a few months to pay his debt and pay off a guitar custom made for him, but he ended up staying.
I found a link to the band he was in: BB Spin.
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As a side note, I'm finished with my digital collage today! Its not quite long in length, but it tells a story. :)
Mr. Molini said he was "lucky" to be able to do a job he enjoys and is able to think in 3D, if he is asked about a painting in the galleries, he knows how big the crate should be. He said he still had a blueprint of the primitive crates used several years ago. Today, the crates are made of special materials that make the crate waterproof and sturdy. He said he was very lucky to get the job at the Art Institute after years of being a traveling musician on the road. He said is happy that he went from working in a temporary architecture job at the Art Institute in the 1980s, to getting a job in the Art Packing section after a member left their job. He had only planned to stay a few months to pay his debt and pay off a guitar custom made for him, but he ended up staying.
I found a link to the band he was in: BB Spin.
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As a side note, I'm finished with my digital collage today! Its not quite long in length, but it tells a story. :)
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