Weeeeeeeek three! Hard to believe we’re almost halfway through the practicum. This week was different from the last two because Diana went on vacation, leaving just the Waterloo co-op student, Maria, and me in our morning meetings. We reviewed each others’ daily progress and shared feedback. These past few days I worked on digitizing some sketches that Diana approved last week, and worked on some new ideas which would lean more into 2D and 3D AR applications. I’m really liking a couple of my ideas so far, and I’m looking forward to reviewing them with the team on Monday so we can move into fine-tuning and begin work on the final mural design.
On Thursday, the communications team made a field trip to Emily Carr to see their “Leaning out of Windows” exhibit. The students had worked with physicists from TRIUMF to understand the nature of reality— and express it through art. From poetry to sculptures to mathematical equations, the final result blurred the lines between artists and scientists in the quest to encompass the universe. It was an interesting exhibit, and I particularly enjoyed some first nations students’ takes on mixing western science and indigenous culture. Also, man am I jealous of that beautiful new campus. Awesome.
I struggled a bit with whether to contact other team members or not this week. They’re all very kind, but I’m a little shy about reaching out. I’m the only one working on this project, so I don’t want to feel like I’m getting in anyone’s way. Thankfully, Maria is always willing to offer feedback and has encouraged me to talk to other team members. I’m happy to be starting next week off with a meeting right off the bat! I also felt incredibly blessed when Jesse asked me to proof some designs he’d made for the TRIUMF virtual tour. It was a nice change of pace to turn away from the project I’ve been working on for a short time.
On Tuesday morning, all the TRIUMF co-op students met to do a fun group activity, which was…(drum roll)… playing with lego. We all did lego activities over coffee and Timbits for a couple of hours, which was very entertaining. I was also singled out as the only graphic designer and now must design TRIUMF merch.
This weekend’s co-op get-together was Dim Sum! See you back here next week folks.
