"A Stitch In Time" >>> Flatopia Process

The second phase of our flatopia process was very interesting. I used a bath towel as my material and sewed pieces together with brown string. Originally the stuffed animal was a bunny, but now it looks like a cross between a rabbit and a pig.

But in the end, I learned how different pieces fit together to make certain shapes. It will be very helpful when making my inflatable device.

"Conceptual Art" >>> Lecture 14

We lectured on conceptual art this week. It is a very interesting form of art that does not seem to be as popular as other forms. But it is interesting in it's own way. There is not much to look at, but the message and meanings from the art is very strong. We talked about many conceptual artists, but just to name a few:

Marcel Duchamp

Yves Klein

Sol Lewitt

Yoko Ono

The picture on the right is made by Sol Lewitt. It is very interesting that he drew a picture of what he wanted it to look at, and hired college students to make it. But I also think this is odd for artists to do. To me, it would feel like the artwork would no longer be mine, since Lewitt did not make it himself. But the layout and design was made by Lewitt himself, so it ends up becoming his art.

"A Look At The Insides" >>> Floatopia Process

This is the first phase of our stuffed animal destruction. My original animal is shown below. I used scissors to cut apart each of the seams.

One every piece was cut, I traced them onto a sheet of paper. It was had to gather each part to its match. But after looking over them a few times, I got every piece traced for my pattern.

"Pink Dirt" >>> Self Portrait 3D Project 2

After many many hours of working on my project, it is finally completed and turned in. I ran into thousands of problems along the way, and began with even more ideas. But in the end, I worked through every single problem, even if that meant changing my idea completely. (Which I did many times!). I am very happy with my results, and it displays a very strong message. Here are some pictures of my finished product.

Critique:

My entire group absolutely loved my piece. They were able to identify the message I was trying to convey and said there was not a single important part of it. The whole piece was equally strong, and displayed the exact same message throughout. Yes it was working very well and nothing distracts it. One student mentioned they would have liked the entire dress to be ruffly, while the rest said they liked the transition and variety within the piece. They thought my piece fit the assignment very well. It has a very good transition between the nature/adventurous side and the girly/fashionable side of me. The craft and presentation also helped the piece. they loved the pink skirt that I used to cover the stand's base. It clashed very well with the rest of her, and brought out more of the pink on the piece.

"Why Call, When You Can Text!" >>> Texture/Color Study Process

This was our second day making textures with colors. I ran into some that turned out really cool, and some not so neat. I guess that's the reason for the huge amount of textures we are going to end up with. My colors are blues, pinks, and browns. These are some of the textures I have created.

I have stuck 3D objects onto some, painted some, and blobbed some. I am trying to get more of a variety of textures. I started off dabbing them all. So I made some that were swiped with objects. Then Kathy mentioned many of mine still had white showing...a little too much. So she mentioned using brown papers and napkins. So I began doing some of my textures with brown paper behind them. I am going to look for some pink and blue papers too!

The stack of all of my textures is growing. I am still discovering new ways of doing all of them. I have looked around the room to get inspirations too. One thing I will bring to class with my on Thursday is a needle!

This is all my paint I'm using! I already have many different shades of them all, but I need to mix a few to develop new colors.

"Almost There" >>> Self Portrait Process

On Monday night, I took my dress from to the WASH house. I set her on the new stand and she fits perfectly. I was freaking out while she was sitting in my truck on the way up to Huntsville. I was praying the bumpy roads wouldn't break her! But she turned out perfectly fine!

I have a few more things to do with her, and then she will be completely done. I am going to make ruffles out of leaves for the top part of her front and back side. I also hid some of the glue spots with more pieces of wood and also leaves.

"A Helping Hand" >>> Self Portrait Process

Originally, I was going to use a metal stand that is made for a "real mannequin". I own a mannequin, and the stand so I was planning to use it on the woman I am making. But during the process of making her, the stand began to hit and run into her a bit too much. So I decided to make her a special stand.

I got a little help from my brother. I am not the best with power tools.

I sketched out how I wanted my stand to look. I wanted it to be similar to the "real stand" with three legs. But as we began constructing and cutting the homemade stand, we ran into even more problems.

The screws were not long enough, so we cut the boards even smaller and thought of a new idea for the base. It is just as sturdy, as long as someone does not lean onto the pole. And she fits even better than on the "real stand"!!

"The Great Outdoors" >>> Self Portrait Process

I have added on some more things to my mannequin. I put rocks with pretty wire on the sides if her, as a dress had different patterns on the side.

I also decorated the back part of her some more.

The top and bottom of the mannequin are much closer to being done than they were before. I still need to "beautify" the top part of the mannequin. She is coming out very pretty and it is easy to tell what I am meaning by the personalities of her.