With all the stress and excitement for our major projects in Concept Realisation, we (the second year students) have unconsciously put our Raising and Glass projects in the backburner. Although I do understand that Concept Realisation is the base of our course, I believe that the Specialisation classes are relevant as well. We, Crimson 2, had the opportunity to do Raising in the first semester. Let me give you a bit of an inside of our Raising class.
Wooden stakes in the hammer room.
I remember when the year started and we had our first raising class. I don’t think any of us were THAT excited about it. After all, all we knew about it was that it was hard work. H-A-R-D W-O-R-K. People would tell us ‘Good luck with that’, ‘Get ready for the back pain’, ‘Enjoy the sore arms’, etc. And indeed it was all that. Hard work, back pain, sore arms and more. But now that we are two weeks away from the due date I can truly say that it was all worth it and that I would do it again. Call me crazy (and probably it was just me), but I did enjoy it a lot. All that raising, planishing, cleaning, filing; it was fun and at the end you develop this sense of pride about your beaker. ‘I did it from scratch! It was a flat sheet of metal!’
Different stages of our beakers. Hae Mi, Amelia, Steve and Kumiko.
I can’t count all the times that I have thought ‘I wish I took pictures of it during process’. Now I have this beaker and for a lot of people it will be just that, a ‘simple’ beaker. I wish I had pictures of the process so that I could show it to my friends and family but then again, at the end, it is just you and your piece. No one will feel what you feel about it. All the hard work, it’s all in you. And it actually feels pretty good.
And don’t think it’s just the beaker. There’s also the stirrer. I haven’t seen all of them yet but I reckon they will all be REALLY different. It’s cool because if you put the stirrers and the beakers together they get the personality that the beaker by itself may not have. And of course, they will be a reflection of us.
So if you’re in first year, or are planning on starting this course, don’t be afraid of raising. Ok, you might not like it, fair enough, but just give it go with an open mind. I can’t talk for my classmates, but I can assure you that at least one of 9 people will love it. What can I say? This semester it was me.
And don’t think it’s just the beaker. There’s also the stirrer. I haven’t seen all of them yet but I reckon they will all be REALLY different. It’s cool because if you put the stirrers and the beakers together they get the personality that the beaker by itself may not have. And of course, they will be a reflection of us.
So if you’re in first year, or are planning on starting this course, don’t be afraid of raising. Ok, you might not like it, fair enough, but just give it go with an open mind. I can’t talk for my classmates, but I can assure you that at least one of 9 people will love it. What can I say? This semester it was me.
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