Sandpaper assignment (drawing 3)

Sandpaper assignment... mostly experimenting with medium here.

Miscellaneous... drawing 3 Assignments

I sewed and painted a half dozen miniature donuts for the sewing assignment.

I made a container for eight, tiny, documented erased memories.

I think this was for the wood assignment

Part of my water assignment

Wood assignment

Drawing 3 Gravity and Cardboard

Gravity cup

Wax drip barbie doll (gravity)

Cardboard structure

Combination gravity and cardboard pieces.

Artist Statement

I strive to communicate narratives that offer various forms of interpretation. I'm passionate about telling stories and creating characters that evoke nostalgic elements derived from the surreal and imaginative moments of youth.  I have an innate desire to accept a challenge and this fuels my motive for making work.  I am always eager to accept a challenge, formulate a plan and overcome obstacles with the most surprising and creative methods possible.  I consider myself a successful artist when I expose ideas or communicate theories not often thought about or long forgotten.

Sculpture Digital Journey Part 2

Project 4

Paper Mache

Finally... the dreaded paper mache sculpture. I struggled with this assignment a lot, both in concept and development. Am I the only one who didn't make anything out of paper mache as a kid? Regardless, here, goes...

Here's one of my finished arms. I figured the choice of paper was fitting with both my concept, mood, and progress in regards to the project.

Second arm, pre-conjoining to the forearm.

Framework for a hand, made of crumpled paper, cardboard, and tape.

Documentation of all three hands through various stages of work. I will admit, this was my first encounter with such a large scale sculptural piece. I don't see paper mache in my future. Ultimately, the work revolved around the humor I found in the situation, which was pretty time appropriate. Finally, I used spray fix to adhere the toilet paper to the cardboard frame work. 

Syllabus Questions

Five artists I relate to:

Alessandro Barbucci

Eric Jones

Ashley Wood

Shawn Barber

Marvel Comics... in general

Five Cities I'd like to Visit:

Islamorada

New York City

Dublin

Sedona

Columbus

Sculpture Digital Journey

Project 1: Sound Suit

After quite a bit of thrown out ideas, our group finally decided to build a sound suit that represented the likeness of a peacock, both in appearance and sound. We used greek mythology to inspire the look and conceptualization of the suit.

Stencil work for the feather detail... unfortunately time wouldn't allow us to recreate the "hundred eye" look from the myths.

Started adding google eyes to help clarify the concept, and jingle bells to add to the sound.

Attaching the tail to the body.

Finished!

Peacock hat I made... composed of painted paper, cardboard and tape. The crest was made of pipe cleaners with sewn in jingles bells to add to the sound, and finished off with real peacock feathers. 

Neck piece used to conjoin head and body sections in a more realistic manner. I made it out of paper, tape, and spray paint... and again, threaded on more bells for sound.

Project 2

Automata

I decided to remain representational with the following assignment, and after much deliberation, determined what I thought was the most time/cost effect way to recreate what I was visualizing- a mountable octopus with gear activated individually moving arms. If only I knew what I were getting myself into.

Video of finished automata

Picture of gearwork

Detail photo of mechanism that opens and closes the treasure chest.

I ended going through three separate variations of gears until I was capable of making something that would actually function. I had never worked with wood before so I learned loads by the time this project was through.

Project 3

Narrative

After scrounging around for objects (a necessary routine for two of my classes this semester) I managed to gather enough Star Wars merchandise to reenact a movie scene in miniatures. I decided to switch things up though by incorporating other items... for the sake of a more though-provoking piece. My process in doing this was recorded earlier in the blog. 

After collecting and building my narrative (again, look below for more process) I started to built the frame for my altar. I made a wire frame, then laid clay over it's surface to create the raised groundwork. I crackle-painted the altar frame and poked individual christmas lights through the clay to represent altar candles. From there, I added thrift store jewelry for treasure and tiled the altar walkway. 

Next I built a fabric shroud for the altar. I would age this fabric later...

Here's a walkthrough video of the finished altar. Loads of fun to make and very easy to get lost in. Enjoy!