For
this project, I had to use one of the existing photos of a previous project and
turn it into something new. These images combined together were
originally my second paper sculpture assignment. I took a 3D object and made it
into a 2D image using Photoshop to manipulate the image and create a new
masterpiece.
3-Dimensional
An exploration of a variety of three-dimensional art and design practices through analysis, synthesis and experiential studio methods.
Friday, April 29, 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Yoko Ono
To be honest I really
do not see anything artistic about the Yoko Ono performance piece. I do admit
it was brave of her to go up on stage and trust the viewers to cut off pieces
of her clothes. I see her performance as awareness for women and their feminism
rather than art. The women cutting away
the pieces were taking off the sleeves or stomach areas and I thought that was
respectful. At the end, a man was
cutting off the bra and that brought the
performance to a whole new level. I really see art as something completed, not
in the process of being completed, with almost random outcome.
Happenings
Here is a link to the video if it does not work:
Although I had a
different objective at the beginning of this project, ending with a calligraphy
glove was never my intention but it ended up being more inventive and pretty
with the feathers.
Memento
I don’t travel much,
but when I do, I go with my family. I have family that lives in upstate New
York. When we take a trip to New York we normally go when it is warm spend time
at our family’s Lake house. The cabin has a beautiful view that looks out into
the lake. I love spending our time there because it is a relaxing get away from
everyday life. We would spend a lot of our time swimming, floating, kayaking,
and fishing in the lake.
I would always get a
sunburn spending my time outside swimming. Then I would come inside to take a
nap. The cabin can get cold overnight so there are stock plies of quilts to
keep us warm no matter what, and even with a sunburn I can get the chills. I
loved wrapping myself with those quilts and falling to sleep.
Wood: represents the
cabin
Stained wood:
represents my tan
Fabric: represents all
the quilts within the cabin
Poetry Respones
Poem
T. A P H R O D I T A by Seth McCormick
Pale half-moon partially
eclipsed by sand: fractured clam shell:
subtle curve
of marbled toe—I found her
thus forgotten:
an ancient goddess, her bones
sun-bleached and hidden
beneath sea glass and
sea weed
surrounded by
fossilized limbs of echinoderms
pared radially like rose petals.
I rebuilt her on my nightstand
stacked her ribs
one upon the other like a ladder
my eyes climb each night
in search of eternity.
Seafoam stream of ejaculate, stunted breath
eyelids half-closed with pleasure: I worship her
and she comes
to me, illustrious, deathless
as a poem
for a moment pale bone made pink
with flesh and blood.
A vision too quickly dissolved
flaccid in the dark. But limp
in my hand
it's all I have to cling to.
Sculpture One
For my first sculpture,
I was not happy with the way this sculpture turned out. I was thinking more
about the process of making it rather than referring to the poem. I really
sought to make my paper sculpture deal with folding. For the triangular part, I
was able to make smooth edges and gave it some texture with the repetition of
lines across the triangle. I thought the triangle would be a good
representation of a uterus signifying a birth of some kind. The blue and green
colors would imply the ocean and seaweed where Aphrodite was born.
Sculpture Two:
I made sure I came across
the right colors that were directed towards Aphrodite, the goddess of
love. I definitely saw pale colors in
reference to the quote “sun-bleached and hidden”. For shape I pictured a round figure that demonstrates
a circle of security because this poem talks about her being born and her birth
is beautiful. So I decided to layer pieces of paper within a mold representing
the description “stacked her ribs”. This poem gave me a thought of the
paintings called “The Birth of Venus” done in the 1400s. While creating the
small circular tubes, I was thinking of the colors within that painting and the
“Seafoam” described in the poem. I did not want to do the tubes all the way
around because it seemed too predicable. Keeping asymmetrical gave it a lightweight,
elegant look.
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