Picture me Life-Sized!!!
(if you can't.....just wait because you WILL)
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
I'm going to find YOU!
Currently on a Safari to find the most intriguing and well hidden patterns I can find in my surroundings. Don't hide I'm an expert, and you can and WILL be Digitally Photographed and tagged for artistic purposes.
Translation Texture (Precision)
Non Progressive
Reflection Texture (Precision)
Non Progressive
Translation and Reflection Texture (Informality)
Non Progressive
Translation, Reflection, Rotation Pattern (Precision)
Non Progressive
ranslation, Reflection, Rotation Rhythm (Informality)
Non Progressive
Translation and Rotation Texture (Informality)
Progressive
Translation, Reflection, Rotation Texture (Informality) Non Progressive
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Feeling Crabby??
Our first project assignment was a WOWZER! The class was given an interesting selection of natural objects that we would then duplicate the best way we knew how using our brilliant artistic minds, cardboard, and glue. Who would have thought it! Laid upon the picking table were acorns, bananas, peanuts, magnolia stems, pinecones, sea shells, a crab, grasshopper, other insects and natural objects of the world. I was attracted to the crab..it looked easy enough! NOT! But I wanted a challenge to conquer, so here I am a 21st Century Conquistador. Take a peek at my developing progress. 
THE CONQUERED
THE FACE
A SCRAPED IDEA
THE NEWLY FORMED IDEA
BEGINNING TO DEVELOP
SKETCH OF A LEG
LEG
BODY AND CLAW
Codename: Ebony Ala' White. Aka Dottie
One word: DOTS!!!! For the past couple of class periods I've been surrounded by them literally and figuratively. They've invaded my space, taken over my mind, forced me to praise them by building numerous amount of structures in representation of them, and then..... I BECAME ONE with my fellow comrades. Here lay the evidence of my transformation.
Today I Flew
I walked into the Wash building expecting the unexpected. And that's exactly what I got. Wooosshhh!!! Like a whirlwind I was branded, received a mug shot, and obtained a blank tent like paper that doted my name in sharpie upon it. I took my seat next to Mallorie a fellow student I met on the walk in. Mr.Davenport (my teacher) enlightened me that to be and artist you had to take an idea and find a way to make it possible. We were given a problem and told to find a solution. Great I'm a problem solver (so i thought).
The problem at hand? To get a cinderblock as high as possible off the ground.....but only using a pile of newspaper and Elmer's glue. (This problem solver thing..maybe I was wrong) But I dove in and gave it a go anyway.
1) My first idea was to make my version of a greek column
2) I started by constructing a raft for the bottom that would be secure and give height
3) Then I figured that it wouldn't be enough height, so I began making these hot pocket shaped objects by combining regular newspaper strips with thicker strips out of the coupons and advertisement ads. It seemed to help.
4. Next I began constructing the top of the column the very same way in order to decipher how much paper I would have left to build the center of the column.
5. Turns out I had just enough... so I began taking very thin sheets of newspaper about 3 to 4 sheets at a time and rolled them tightly long ways. I figured the tighter and thinner in the beginning the sturdier and thicker it will be in the end.
6. An abundance of glue was used in the making of this project. (Side Note)
7. I glued each piece into place and let it dry for about 10 minutes and did my first attempt in seeing if my creation would support the cinderblock.
8. FAIL! My tower was sturdy but it had one major flaw. It tipped over.
9. I sat for a few minutes almost out of newspaper wondering how I would stop the tipping of my tower and BAM!!! Like lighting it hit me.
10. I used the hot pocket idea again and surrounded the center of my column hopefully able to help uphold it.
11. I waited impatiently for the glue to dry and my new idea to thrive and come to life.
12. And then it was ready for time trial #2.
13. Success!!!!!!!!!! My tower upheld the cinderblock as I blew out a sigh of relief.
The problem at hand? To get a cinderblock as high as possible off the ground.....but only using a pile of newspaper and Elmer's glue. (This problem solver thing..maybe I was wrong) But I dove in and gave it a go anyway.
1) My first idea was to make my version of a greek column
2) I started by constructing a raft for the bottom that would be secure and give height
3) Then I figured that it wouldn't be enough height, so I began making these hot pocket shaped objects by combining regular newspaper strips with thicker strips out of the coupons and advertisement ads. It seemed to help.
4. Next I began constructing the top of the column the very same way in order to decipher how much paper I would have left to build the center of the column.
5. Turns out I had just enough... so I began taking very thin sheets of newspaper about 3 to 4 sheets at a time and rolled them tightly long ways. I figured the tighter and thinner in the beginning the sturdier and thicker it will be in the end.
6. An abundance of glue was used in the making of this project. (Side Note)
7. I glued each piece into place and let it dry for about 10 minutes and did my first attempt in seeing if my creation would support the cinderblock.
8. FAIL! My tower was sturdy but it had one major flaw. It tipped over.
9. I sat for a few minutes almost out of newspaper wondering how I would stop the tipping of my tower and BAM!!! Like lighting it hit me.
10. I used the hot pocket idea again and surrounded the center of my column hopefully able to help uphold it.
11. I waited impatiently for the glue to dry and my new idea to thrive and come to life.
12. And then it was ready for time trial #2.
13. Success!!!!!!!!!! My tower upheld the cinderblock as I blew out a sigh of relief.
^Anna's Newspaper Drawing; thought it was neat!
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen I believe I am a Problem Solver!
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