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Exploration of Space

For the freestanding sculpture we were required to make it at least four feet in one direction. After doing lots of research I decided to build something out of four-feet pieces of wood. I screwed them together one by one in order to create many shapes with lots of negative space. Then I struggled to decide what to do next until I was inspired by the negative space in the piece and used fabric to emphasize that negative space. However it was not giving the contrast I wanted, so I painted the wood black in order to show the shape of the wood. Painting the wood black worked in my favor and made the piece into something completely different.

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Survival of the Fittest

We had to design something that contained something you can see through either a door or a peephole. I have been inspired by the stage and theater because of my dance background. I decided to build a stage out of wood and different types of fabric. This piece allowed me to be creative and experiment with the fabric and wood. I decided to make the curtains moveable to make the piece more interactive. I wanted the inside to be something unexpected and surprising to the viewer. The inside had to be something different from the theatre on the outside. Then I had the most trouble with deciding what to put inside the box I had made. After going through many ideas I was inspired by a movie I had watched. The movie was Jurassic World, so I decided to make something inspired by dinosaurs. I wanted to create an environment for the dinosaurs I spray-painted gold. I wanted to create something where one dinosaur conquers over the rest, so I decided to spray flower pedals black to create a feeling of death and loss. This piece let me create a completely new environment out of things that I find interesting.

Collection

Paper Ornaments

 This collection contains twenty separate pieces that work together and relate to each other. I was inspired by origami and how a piece of paper can be transformed into something completely different. I tried many different origami-folding techniques, and then I found the braided wreath and five pointed star folds. Both of them let me experiment with different size papers. After I had folded twenty separate origami pieces I decided to utilize color in order to make the paper not look like paper. On a couple of the pieces I used motif and lines to add a different dimension to the paper. This collection let me experiment with different types of origami and color choices.

Presentations

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#1 Barbie

Elements and Principles: Repetition, Balance, Color

Emotions/Thoughts/Ideas: Happiness, I like the use of repetition

#2 Francis Bacon's Studio by Charles Matton

Elements and Principles of Design: Emphasis, Asymmetry

Emotions/Thoughts/Ideas: I like how the light source emphasizes the objects, feels like grandmas house, easy to see

#3 Time Box

Elements and Principles of Design: Asymmetry, Balance

Emotions/Thoughts/ Ideas: feels like an artifact, I like how you can see inside the box

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#1 Daily Dose Pick by Annette Messager

Elements and Principles of Design: line, shape, repetition

Emotions/Thoughts/Ideas: I love the shape, I like how she made a new shape out of smaller found objects

Artist Statement: Suspended photos from threads of string

#2 Reflection by Katsumi Hayakawa

Elements and Principles of Design: Repetition, line, shape

Emotions/Thoughts/Ideas: looks like a birds eye view of a city, I like how he used different size objects to create a city landscape

Words from artist statement: made to resemble an overbuilt city out of paper, kept color to a minimum

#3 Andes by Alejandro Chavez

Elements and Principles of Design: Repetition, color, pattern

Emotions/Thoughts/Ideas: I like the handmade masks and all the colors

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#1 Father Sighed, Mother Cried, into this Terrible World I Flied by Lara Schnilger

Elements and Principles of Design: line, negative space

Emotions/Thoughts/Ideas: a fort you made as a child, I like how the fabric is stretched over the wood

Words from artist statement: Likes to work in knitted and sewn textile sculptures

#2 Gunter Haese

Elements and Principles of Design: pattern, repetition, shape

Emotions/Thoughts/Ideas: Looks like a galaxy/meteor shower, I like how all the objects are not the same

Words from artist statement: He was self taught in drawing and painting, studied sculpture under matare

#3 Qube by Bruce Gray

Elements and Principles of Design: asymmetry, shape, texture, balance

Emotions/Thoughts/Ideas: abstract version of legos or building blocks, I like how the shapes are connected

Words from artist statement: He creates found object sculptures, and his sculptures were featured on television and movies