you take it down for the day. So im stuck meandering between the studios that we have. I dont like to work at home on art, it’s really uncomfortable especially in my room, it’s constricting, each room has a purpose. TM: Here is a kind of hypothetical question, do you think artistic expression is based upon how things are or how things should be? TK: I think it depends on the artist and what they are trying to say. There are a lot of artists that are very straightforward, and it’s the kind of person you are. There are no borders, no guidelines.
have a Fresco I’ve been using to sort of inspire me, and kinda channel that person, that inspiration that they had. I drink a lot of coffee. TM: Do you like acting purposefully bizzare in social situations or public just to pull people’s legs? TK: I actually have really bad social anxieties so I don’t like to talk to people I’m not comfortable with. So I’m usually not very talkative. I usually stick to my own and let other people talk, Im not as outspoken. TM: In what ways have your professors opened up your eyes and help you grow creatively?
TM: What animal do you find visually appealing? TK: I love the jelly fish, the jelly fish is my favorite animal, and I think they are gorgeous. They are really strange, they dont have brains, they dont even look real, they don’t even look like animals TM: What materials do you enjoy working with the most? TK: I love print making, I love relief wood block art, Ink and a briar. I feel most at home with graphite just because I’ve done it my whole life. TM: What goes into a wood block? [TM: Terra then holds up a plank of wood, on it is the intricate and numerous carvings of a sheep. These indents and carvings are covered over with oil and placed on a piece of paper making an intricate ‘stamp”’] TM: Do you feel relaxed or jittery after making something you found beautiful? TK: I go crazy, I have to talk about it to everyone I meet, Like look at what I did! It’s like a little kid. It’s kinda like you have to pee, and you have to pee really really bad, I get really excited. TM: Do you have any rituals you do to make you feel more ‘in the zone’ prior to starting? TK: I look at artists before I work every time, I’m always at the library checking out artist books, I
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TK: By telling me my stuff sucks and then I have to figure out why it sucks. My professors have been pretty hard on me and I am thankful for that. And just getting really excited about my work. It’s really hard to be excited about your own work when no one else is excited about it. When they are not asking questions. So when professors ask questions and just talk to you really brings value I suppose, because it’s hard to see value in your own work cause it’s like ‘I made this, i’m not special’.