colin williams : bfa

Dear blog reader,

Colin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:09:04 +0000

Seeing as I’ve moved onto my mfa, this bfa specific blog won’t be updated. Instead you should check out my new blog. It has just as many pretty pictures, plus what I’m currently working on at RISD.

http://blog.colinwilliams.org

Installation

Colin — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:23:30 +0000

Amazingly the time has come to install. My monitors are all set up, and look great. I’m having some trouble with getting enough power, but that should be solved rather easily (and hopefully elegantly). I have images from the install, my camera took a picture every 5 minutes. I haven’t looked over the pictures yet, and likely many of them show a lull in progress being made. The install took longer than expected, but I’m pleased with how it looks.

As a side note, google is dead to me. When you used to type in “Colin Williams” I was the top result. That made me happy. Now I’m the 5th result. What gives google? Did I suddenly become less interesting? Until further notice, I will only use searchme.com. It’s far more spiffy. Although I think I’m the 10th result on searchme… Hmm.

The Rhode Island School of Design.

Colin — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:01:47 +0000

Dear Friend,

Exciting news. I’ve been accepted into risd. I’ll be attending in the fall. Kind of wish I had a year off, but an opportunity like this can’t really wait.

Here is some eye candy, an illustration I created over the past 3 days.

The original:

Plush Leeroy

Colin — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:29:30 +0000

A significant amount of progress has been made on the plush Leeroy. He should hopefully be finished next weekend. Additionally, the animation is being finalized
Exciting stuff

Leeroy + risd news

Colin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:51:01 +0000

The plush version of Leeroy is beginning to take shape. After many considerations, I believe he will be made out of a weather balloon. I have a backup plan which involves fiberglass poles that would work similarly to how tent poles work. A (hopefully) great deal of progress will be made this weekend.
The television version hasn’t changed a great deal from the previous picture. I need to work out the animation…

And I finally heard back from risd. I’m on their waiting list which they claim is a short list. Not bad I guess. Better than a flat out rejection, especially considering I turned in my app after the deadline. If I don’t get accepted, I’ll try again next year.

Believe it or not, this will be my first post without an image. That’s weird.

To risd,

Colin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:44:08 +0000

with love.

Leeroy tee-vee.

Colin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:44:47 +0000

What I have for you is a test shot. Don’t get too excited, because things may change.

Additionally, I just bought 40 yards of truck headliner fabric. Should be fun.

Presenting Leeroy.

Colin — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:44:14 +0000

The plan.

Colin — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:50:53 +0000

My piece is beginning to take shape. Without giving too much away before it’s good and ready, here’s an image proposing my spacial needs for the gallery. It’s going to be big.

Michael Salter: Are You Sure

Colin — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:10:05 +0000

The real reason Justin and I went to New York was to help Michael Salter set up his first solo show in New York. It’s at Jeff Bailey Gallery in Chelsea and runs through February 9th, 2008. Here are some images from the show.

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