I've been glazing over a lot of the meat and potatoes (or pasta and pizza) of what I'm doing here. I am doing artwork, studying and such. Really! And learning new things. I've maintained an A- in Italian but only because the quizzes are quite easy. Spoken is still an ugly mess.
I made myself a soft bound leather journal with a buttonhole stitch. Last week we learned the caterpillar stitch; I"m still working on that one. We finished our postcard project which will be on exhibit at school starting on Nov.27 (US Thanksgiving...for which there will be a dinner). Current project is using a process called Image-On: printmaking creating an 'altered reality' of Florence. I used one of my Polaroid emulsion transfers (Experimental!) for this one. I printed it on the press on Tuesday and it turned out okay. We'll all get a copy of one another's and bind them into a book.
Sadly I was avoiding Drawing class because I despise doing self-portraits. This week we were drawing each other which was a little less painful.
Started some intensive museum and tourist activities too. There are still a lot of tourists around but not as bad as Sept & Oct. I've been to Medici Chapel, Bardini Gardens, San Marco Museum, Accademia Gallery to see David again, La Specola Zoological Museum... And that's only the tip of the iceberg.
Speaking of icebergs...it is officially cold here. It may have been -1C last night. I'm layering! Turkey dinner and lots of work before our last school trip to Rome next weekend.
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