Tested: Our resident modelmaker and fabricator Kayte Sabicer checks in from home to update us on the projects that's been keeping her busy the past month, including painting a watercolor postcard every day, making small laser-cut goodies, repurposing cardboard, and working on repairs. There's no project too small to keep your hands busy and creativity at work!
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I have been enjoying seeing the things that others have been doing to pass the time at home. Whether it be starting a new hobby or diving deeper into something that they already do, it's nice to see that people aren't just succumbing to the lazy-day-at-home vibes. I feel like artists have lots of things that they can turn to in this time. Of course, they have to be motivated to do something first, which can be hard these days. But things such as painting, model making, dancing, sketching, playing instruments, digital rendering, etc... are good ways to productively pass the time. Once you start, you lose track of time and become so engulfed by what you're doing. I know for me, when plan on doing a painting (of a decent size) I usually need a day. There's the set up time, the drawing, the actual painting, taking breaks, sometimes you have to wait for layers to dry, and the clean up. So you can be working from mid morning until early evening. I think leaning on these skills helps to make you feel productive and give a sense of purpose. It's not just artistic things though. Whatever helps to pass the time productively is good. It may be skating, reading, gardening and so on.
This video was really very cute. It is pretty clear that we are all slowly disintegrating as humans and becoming the goopy glompy balls of madness that we all knew we were inside. So during this time of completely falling apart it's fun to watch each other spiral through arts and crafts. It is especially fun for myself and my fellow classmates because we get to spiral through arts and crafts not only in our immense amount of free time but also during our classes at Zoom University. So our hands are constantly covered in elmers glue, there is glitter everywhere, and we don't know if our hands always shook or if it's just from the 14 hours of embroidery we have been doing everyday while rewatching The Office for the millionth time. Once this is over we may drop out to open an etsy store filled with horrible depression creations from this whackadoo time in our lives. A time that we all shared, from a responsible 6 feet apart.
I think it’s pretty interesting the kinds of things artists and everyone else have been doing in their spare time now that we’re stuck at home. Earlier this month I took up a carpentry project and built Animal Crossing’s Froggy Chair for something interesting to pass the time. I think that my ability to be “productive” or creative during this time has been greatly hindered by the immense number of hours I am required to be staring my computer between zoom classes, meetings, and all of my assignments. It’s really numbing my brain and making me not want to do anything but sleep. But now that classes are ending, I hope to pick up more little and fun projects to keep myself at least somewhat happy during isolation with the family. I’d love to pick up some new skills in perhaps finer carpentry, prop making, or maybe even an instrument while I have the time to.
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