Thursday, March 9, 2017

wax letters

some wax practice letter

Possible show layouts and drapery



















































PRINT EXAMPLE 5X6






Layout Possibilities and More Sketches and AR


Here are a couple of the possibilities of layouts for my section in the show.























Both are in a 10ft width space. The square pieces (my AR sketches) are 18in x 18in. Both have a poster of some sort (the second one's is smaller) explaining the steps needed to view my project if they wish to view it from their own phones. Bottom one has a shelf for handouts I'm going to make further explaining the story behind the imagery.

And here's two new sketches:


I'm thinking I want to go back into the first one of the new sketches and change up the colors a bit so it works better. Also, been formatting things in squares as per suggestion. I think it solves the issue of 'horizontal vs. vertical'.

And below are two sketches that have new AR content added to them. This time you need to follow a different account on Aurasma for them to work. 

The account is: schema2017

I figured it would be easier for people to type in at the show since it's not as long as my name. 


And as before, here's the youtube links to the overlay videos in case you cannot use Aurasma to view these for class. On the Aurasma app you will not see the black on the sides of the video, youtube just changes the format automatically to their format. 

https://youtu.be/gAsLKBh9A_c

and 




tea ingredients and poster update



 Tea ingredients update. They will be trifold style








































I found a nutrition facts designed without the square look, just want to know if i can design it with a paragraph style.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Installation Sketch


Poems

Here are the poems I’m working on to include in my show, along with the segment from the interview with my Grandpa that I pulled words or story information from. You don't necessarily need to read the whole interview piece, I just thought it would be good to throw in there for now.

Let me know what you guys think.

They’re still a little rough but I’m trying to get them there.



I started talking Italian to my father because you know you’re young you pick it up easily I mean I wasn’t fluent but I could say a few things and I was so proud of myself because I’d been kind of practicing these things that I would hear on a regular basis. And my father sat me down and said, “Bobby, this is America they speak english in this country. You are not to speak Italian.” he said “When I went to school I was a dumb Italian kid because I couldn’t speak english.” and he said “You will not speak Italian, this is America.” and it was- how different and the reality is I missed a great opportunity because I could’ve grown up bilingual, easily. But it was so important to sort of fit in and that was the way people came to the country at that time is; this was America, they speak english, you learn english.

This is America

I started talking Italian
To my father
You pick it up easily

I was so proud of myself
I’d been practicing

My father
Sat me down

“Bobby, this is America
You are not
To speak Italian.”

“I was a dumb Italian kid
Because I couldn’t
Speak English.”

This was America
They speak English,
You learn English.

I missed a great opportunity.

That was when we were married and betty was married and she had children and we had children and my mother there was a- do you remember the castle at watch hill? well that was given to the nuns and they used it as a summer retreat. And at that time the nuns were starting to not wear habits and my mother used to do their hair. And so they used to let us use the beach they must have had a good three hundred feet in front of the castle for the beach and we could use the beach we had to park down by what had originally been the chauffeur’s’ quarters and garages and we had to go away from where the nuns were at the beach but we could use the beach and you know my mother would always send down like cake or something to bring to the nuns when we would get out for the day but that was a place that when we had children we would the aunt and uncles went that was great because we had the beach all to ourselves and it was just, place to park and all that sort of stuff so those are probably the pictures that you saw. 

Watch Hill

When we were children
We would play
In front of the castle
On the sand
Where the nuns went
For holiday

When my mother would do their hair
She’d send us with a cake

And the nuns would let us play

Away from them,
Of course –

The beach all to ourselves

When we had children
The aunts and uncles went
Because we had 

The beach all to ourselves

My father was one of eleven children and there was seven boys of which my father’s brother had the first my uncle frank terranova had the first son, frank terranova and he was six weeks older than I was so he was always kind of the favorite because he was the first male terranova you know the terranova name continuing was very important. And my father’s oldest brother had two children, both girls o they didn’t count so it `was always frankie and I and as I said he was six weeks older and he was always kind of the favorite one because he came first and frankie and I could not have been more different. Frankie dropped out of highschool and I don’t know if he ever got his GED or not because I went on to college. And frankie had four daughters well I had the first terranova grandson named paul terranova my grandfather thought I was the greatest I quickly moved ahead of frankie and then I had two more sons so I was it you know and you’ve met my uncle joe terranova you can imagine how important it was for him because they could not have children and then to see these terranova so long and short of it your father became king of the one and then as I said I was some more came along, boy. And then my father’s other brother that had children had one son and- jimmy and he also had a couple of boys but I was this was he was much much younger than I was so I don’t think he got the praise that I did. My grandfather got to see all three of my boys and I’m sure you’ve seen pictures in that album of my grandfather with the boys.

My Boys

My father was one of eleven
Seven boys

My father’s brother had the first son

Frank Terranova 
and he was six weeks older
Than I was 

He was always kind of the favorite
Because he was the first

The Terranova name continuing was very important.

Frankie and I could not have been more different.

Frankie had four daughters.

I had the first Terranova grandson named Paul Terranova
My grandfather thought I was the greatest
I quickly moved ahead of Frankie

I had two more sons
My grandfather got to see all three of my boys

I went to the head of human resources who was offering me this job or like talking to me about this job he said okay we’re gonna send you out to california to meet the plant manager and who would be my boss, for an interview and I said well I said you know I don’t want to make this choice on my own I said because I’m not gonna come back to my wife and say I’ve been to california they’ve offered me a job and I wanna take it I said our marriage is such that what I want to do is take my wife out for the interview not to be interviewed but to see the area and she said well obviously we would take your wife out you know if you know if you decide that you’re  gonna take the job we’ll see the area we’ll do a house hunting trip and I said no no that’s not the way it works I said that’s gonna be too late I said and if I go out and am offered the job and I come home and say to my wife bitsy I want to go to this job I want to take it she has no choice I said what I will do is I will pay my way to california I said you take my wife and I out and if I don’t take the job I will reimburse the company for my wife’s air fare and he kind of looked at me and said well we don’t do it that way I said well then I’m not gonna go for the interview so I said what’s the company got to lose? I said I’m gonna still go out and be interviewed I’m gonna spend four five days doing a house hunting trip and get a sense of the area and the school systems and all that sort of stuff and my wife and I will make a decision together about what’s right for my family, because I said I’m not gonna go out there if my wife is hating every minute of it and it’s not good for my children. I said because I’m not gonna be effective with the job so I think that was the biggest- what turned out to be a great opportunity for me because I got great praise for turning this business around and all I can say in all honesty chase it was so screwed up nobody could make it worse I could only make it better but you know and we really got it was clearly one of my greatest accomplishments but it was a big risk I mean it was an adventure we had all lived within you know a couple hours of family and so going to california taking on this job knowing that it was a mess and what I was gonna have to do and to change that whole thing that was probably the biggest because and it started of with the people thinking I was crazy because of what I wanted to do because every other person had always gone out taken an interview gotten a job and then gone out and done the house hunting thing and I just didn’t think that would be fair to bitsy

An Adventure

It was a big risk
It was an adventure
It started off with people thinking I was crazy
Because of what I wanted to do, because

I said
I don’t want to make this choice on my own
I’m not gonna come back and say I wanna take it

Our marriage is such that 
what I want to do
Is take my wife out 
for the interview
To see the area

“Obviously we would take your wife out 
If you decide to take the job
A house hunting trip”

No no,
I said
That’s not the way it works
That’s gonna be too late

“Well we don’t do it that way”

I’m not gonna go out there if my wife
Is hating every minute
And it’s not good for my children

I just didn’t think that would be fair to Bitsy

So you know and as you probably remember when we would travel, bitsy would she took a ton of pictures because she had a good eye and she loved to take pictures and then she’d put them into albums, but it wasn’t just pictures she would put like two pictures on every page and then she’d write about every picture. What is was, why and the background. And I remember saying to her “Bitsy what are you doing this for? Do you think for one minute anyone’s ever gonna care about these books?” she said “they may or may not,” but she said “i do it because I relive it, I relive the trips during the winter months if we’re not traveling,” and that’s when she used to do it and she loved it she said “it reminds me of all the things I saw and learnt,” she as you know she was an incredible reader and she just loved adventure and new things and learning and yeah so that was her.
-and I used to say do you think anybodys ever gonna care about this stuff and she said “you never know somebody may sometime want to look through all of this stuff and she said you know the least I can do is save it” and she said “I get great joy in just kind of reliving those moments and putting that together”
-well I you know I’m sure it would bring a tear to her eye I mean she would be so happy that in fact something good had come of it and she would probably say to me see? yeah okay bitsy you were right yes but I think she would have felt good about that and you know I think she would see even more of a connection I’m sure in some way you’re  making her very happy


Bitsy

She was an incredible reader
She just loved adventure
And new things
And learning

She’d take a ton of pictures
And then she’d put them into albums
And write about every picture

What it was
Why
The background

“Bitsy what are you doing this for?
Do you think
for one minute
anyone’s ever gonna care
about these books?”

“They may or may not.
I do it because I relive it.”


She would be so happy
That in fact,
Something good had come out of it.

She would probably say to me,
“See?”

I’m sure in some way
You’re making her very happy.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

tool letterforms



Intro Video example

https://youtu.be/g6fS8swaRXI

Sketch with AR


Recently Augmented this sketch:







































You can view in Aurasma, or by clicking this link! (The link shows the video that overlays over the image when using Aurasma)  https://youtu.be/gAsLKBh9A_c

Working to get more done, but had quite a few hiccups when trying to render my video.

tea poster and tea ingredient

The tea ingredient and nutrition facts



the tea poster, not sure for the font in the poster. I dont know if i should do a handwriting style or formal type font.

Monday, March 6, 2017

Interview Transcription

I have the transcription of my interview with my grandpa now. It's 29 pages long so I didn't post it all here but here is the Google Drive link (it's shared with you John) and if anyone else wanted to read it I could share it with you as well.

But I'm going to be writing more poems from this now that I can read through it all, and I plan to have those done by the end of the week.

I'll post all of those and next steps for Thursday.