Claymation Claymation

I am doing a claymation for my stop motion project! I am very excited because I love working with clay... but I'm also pretty nervous because I'm having a hard time grasping how many frames turn out to be a second. I took almost 200 pictures and I don't believe they will take up much space at all in my final video. I just know I have a whole weekend of pictures, pictures, pictures.
Here's a little practice movie I did for ceramics. My hand is visible in some of the frames and the lighting is not perfect, but I am learning!

The end result will be perfect... I promise.

Birthday Splendor

This weekend was my birthday! It was a wonderful extra long weekend which started on Thursday night with my trip into Philly. I went with friends to see Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down at the First Unitarian. It was awesome!! Such a good show.

Friday we went to the Italian market and I got delicious pizza and fresh baked bread. Later I went to my first First Friday.

The weekend continued at home in Coatesville with my family and my dogs. And of course I took more pictures of my dogs.

This is Moose and his favorite thing in the whole world... besides me.

DigiMed Project

I'm actually getting really excited for this Digital Media project #4. I figured this was a good place to take the time to show everyone a little more about my topic, the "No Land Grab."

Now keep in mind while reading this... Dick Saha is my best friend's grandfather and she lives on the land that the golf course people were trying to take... to build a golf course... on their beautiful property where horses roam and campfires are plenty. It makes me sad to think that some people are so greedy that they would want to take something so beautiful away from someone who rightfully owns it.

http://www.nolandgrab.org/archives/2005/05/sahas_settle_wi.html

I don't have any pictures of the fields on the property, but I do have some pictures of a bunch of friends hanging out on the little camp ground situated right on the Saha farm.

(And there's a projections screen perfect for in the woods viewing)