The masters I’m studying is in Cross-Disciplinary Art & Design, and so our major project is our own cross-discplinary project. It sounds complicated, but I always explain it to people like this- it’s getting together art and design disciplines (as well as other disciplines) that aren’t usually used together to create awesome new stuff that breaks everyone’s ideas.

The project I’ve decided on deals with how the internet affects culture. For my final piece of Semester 1 (due last night) I did this video explaining an overview of the project. I’d love for you to watch it. There are going to be exciting opportunities for people to be involved later in the year, and next year, with the actual construction of the patchwork piece, so stay tuned!

X-Disc Final Project from Talia Carbis on Vimeo.

It is freaky how people sort of chose people that were similar to themselves. There is one lady who is actually a real nasty piece of work- always offended when people correct her, perfectly happy to dish it all out and never happy to recieve it. (GAH!) and she chose to do hers on this woman who speaks very forcefully, and agressively.

I don’t think (well, I don’t HOPE) that my choice reflects me too much… ! Haha. (link). Though I did choose something that I’m getting more and more passionate about- play. Particularly in relation to adult learners (and therefore workers as well).

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My heart is a little bit sad right now. My FAVOURITE subject at Uni is the one I’m struggling most with… I don’t know why it is. I’ve had to re-do every task I’ve been given so far, because it hasn’t been up to scratch.

Take a deep breath, and breath…

In one of my other subjects, my core subject, I’ve been writing my assignment. Today I re-read it and it doesn’t even make proper scense. It’s due midnight Thursday. So I’m feeling a bit stressed.

***** UPDATE******

I stared writing this on Wednesday, but it’s Friday now! Gah- time has gotten away with me! I handed in that core assignment… I posted a ‘help me!’ message on twitter, and Carly replied! So I got it all checked over by her and Luke before I handed it in. So it does actually make sense. And it turns out I had just read it a few too many times, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought…

I am SO glad that we have 4 days off. I am planning on re-doing the drawings I’ve been struggling with, and also get some extra work done  for eLA. My parents are coming over tonight (and possibly Hayden) for a (nother) Passover meal. It should be nice. We don’t have them over very often. We should probably do that more…

Quick question, how often do you have your parents over for dinner? My parents live seriously close- like on the same property, and Luke’s live about 15 minutes away, but we never seem to have any of them over. We definitely see them a fair bit- my dad at work, mum at weight watchers, and everyone briefly every afternoon when we pick up Pepper. Luke’s mum we see at church, and we go over there sometimes for dinner, and we see Luke’s dad every couple of weeks, either for dinner or just in the afternoon after work…

SO it’s not like we don’t ever see them… but I still feel like we should invite them round more?

So I’m now a Uni girl, which means I’m spending countless hours in front of the computer (read: ALL Day at work, plus ALL night at home minus the time it takes to cook/eat dinner). Oh course, it is tempting, when the eyes are getting bleary, to click that magic little Photo Booth button at the bottom of the page and play for a while. This inevitably means I need to touch up the photos a bit in iPhoto, and then join a few together in photoshop…. Bad, I know. :-S

This is part of My Place & Yours over at Hello Owl…

It’s on my (many) Uni assignements. Yep, I’m right into my first week of Uni (well, finished first week actually), and I’m REALLY enjoying it! I’ve ressurected an old blog from the last time I was at Uni, and in there I’ll be putting all my lecture notes (a lot of the words and notes are straight from the lecture- not necessarily my own), and tasks I have to do which look kinda like this:

Random, right? This is the sound of a hole punch… I also drew the sound of a glove, an elephant purse, and a lindt chocolate wrapper.

Anyway, for more of these crazy (and not so crazy things you can check me out over at Teaching Talia.

Also, I am SO excited because last night I made THIS:

People who follow me on twitter are probably SO sick of hearing about this button. Lol. I’ve been tweeting about it heaps!

Basically I had to draw the little Uluru and trees etc. and then embroider it and then put it into the button press and make it into a button. It’s about 1.5cm wide.

One point FIVE centimeters. Do you know how tiny that is to embroider?!?!

Yep, you heard right! Uni!

I have been feeling so cofuzzled not doing any study this year, and when I found out about the University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts online Masters degree, I nearly died. Could this be COMBINING two things that I love so perfectly? Plus a fantastic opportunity to study whilst furthering my academic qualifications and keeping my full time job?!

I’m doing a graduate Certificate in Cross-Disciplinary Art & Design, which goes for 6 months. I considered doing it part time, or doing my Graduate Diploma, but what with our holiday planned for October/November, it wasn’t really going to work. I’m planning on getting higher then a Credit average so that i can continue studying up to my Masters next year.

These are the subjects I’m doing…

Cross-Disciplinary Art and Design

Creative Thinking Processes

Digital Illustration for Concept Art

Draw Your World

Hopefully my bloggin life will not go down the toilet hole! At the very least I will show you what I am learning about- photos and what not. I will also need your support, so if you feel like leaving me a comment some time, then I totally wouldn’t mind.