Art junior and native of Maryland Jill Horne resides primarily in the Art Building near the center of campus. Her 10-by-10 studio is filled with many aesthetically pleasing works of art, both finished and unfinished. She took a break from her busy schedule to share a little about herself with The Daily Helmsman.
Daily Helmsman: When did you become an art student?
Jill Horne: Well, I didn't do art in high school, but I decided to minor in it when I started at MTSU. I think I switched my major four times before transferring to Memphis. That's when I decided to become an art major because I enjoyed it.
DH: What do you like most about art?
JH: I enjoy the creative part, getting the things I'm thinking about out of my head and onto paper or out into my studio.
DH: Which piece or pieces are you most proud of?
JH: Oh gosh. I like a lot of the stuff I've worked on, but my favorites are the scratchboard drawing in my studio and my ceramic hibiscus out in the display case. I'm pretty proud of my big wooden sculpture of Sheldon from "The Big Bang Theory." That piece was in the student show here.
DH: What is your favorite medium to work in?
JH: That's hard because I go back and forth depending on what mood I'm in. Sometimes I like drawing and doing 2D stuff. Sometimes I like working with wood, and right now I'm working with about 3,000 coffee filters.
DH: What's your most memorable moment in art?
JH: Once another girl and I were working with a nail gun in the wood shop. We were passing it back and forth behind our backs when we needed it. Behind me I hear her shoot the nail gun and say "Oh." She put the nail gun down and walked away saying, "I just shot myself in the finger." I left and came back to them bandaging up her finger and everything.
I don't really have many other memorable moments. I think the best thing was that I got to learn how to weld, but that was in the theatre program. It was art related, though!
DH: What are you planning to do once you graduate?
JH: Well, if everything goes according to plan, if I can do exactly what I want to do, I wanna work on props, prosthetics and make-up for film. I just want a strong art background, but I'm actually thinking about transferring to the theatre program.
