I will miss this place. A lot.

Well, its official. I am done at ASU. I turned all my keys in yesterday. I spent the last 7 years working in this studio. I will miss every single crowded dirty dusty nook and cranny. I will miss always having people around when I am working.I will miss bumping my hips into anvils and always having mystery bruises because we have so much packed into such a tight space:)

I will miss teaching.
I'll miss the Yuma trophies that ASU Metals has won over the years.

I will miss Dave's presence in the studio.

I will miss the tools!
I will miss Sir Sucksalot (our beadblaster).
I will miss the stakes (not that I did a huge amount of forming or raising).
I will miss the big annealing torches.

And I hate to admit it because it drove me crazy most of the time, but I will miss the belt sander!
I'll miss the casting room, even though I almost never used it.
I will definitely miss the draw bench and the stomp shear.
I will miss the enameling/acid etching room a ton!
I will miss my flawless big huge anvil.

And all the pretty hammers.

I will miss the history embedded in that studio. Like this little piece of wood on the underside of my bench that was marked with the initials of grads who were there before me (Becky Chader McDonah, Lauren McAdams, and Eric Burris)

And maybe more than anything I will miss my professor Tedd leaving me notes directly on my bench with a sharpie (instead of just leaving a note on a piece of paper!!!)

Oh man am I going to miss that place.

The First Day of School

School started today. I realized at about 10 pm last night that I had not yet reserved a projector for my lecture or made copies of my syllabus and handouts for my beginning metals class. What was I thinking?! The first day is CRAZY. Everyone needs copies made, everyone needs a projector! So, I worried myself into a frenzy and kept myself occupied by re-writing my syllabus and first project handout about 8 billion times. I finally went to bed at 2:30 am. I woke up this morning at 6:00 am so I could get to school early enough to get all the things done that I should have done last week. Everything was fine and I was all ready for class at about 8:30. My class started at 10:40. As usual I stressed and caused myself a migraine for NO reason. I swear sometimes I am just too high strung!

On a good note though, this morning when I got to the studio in my crazed worried frenzy, there was a six pack of Dr. Pepper waiting for me in front of the studio doors with a little note wishing me a good semester. Aww. A friend brought me some Original Recipe Dr Pepper! I can't wait to taste it! That put a big smile on my face. I'm a big fan...of Dr. Pepper, I love it! It really made my day!

So, the first day went ok. It even ended in a nice little drizzle which cooled things off a lot. I think we are running about 108 degrees all week. That is hot!

On the schedule tomorrow:

Intaglio

History of the Decorative Arts in Interiors