Design Principles and Foundations

Three Sketches    

  In these pieces I wanted to represent how our energy can change and affect us. 

For this piece I focused on how we can mold to our environment. This can be both a good and bad thing. I didn't focus too much on if it were a good or bad thing, but used lifework to show that it can build up our thoughts, feelings, and character using the swirls and shapes getting smaller. I liked this way of representing our environment while also having organic shapes to represent nature. 

For this sketch I wanted to represent protecting your own energy and not letting other negative things impact your own light. I liked how detailed the lifework was but felt like it was missing something. 

 

For this piece I wanted to represent how our environment can affect us. I drew out a quick sketch of squares with lines going through to represent positive and negative energy. Some of the squares are filled while others are hardly touched. I wanted to reflect how some let the energy pass through them instead of linger and affect them. I believe that you can also listen to others without absorbing their negative energy, which is what I tried to show in the prominently white squares. 

The Final Piece

I chose to kind of represent all of those pieces into this one. I layered pieces of paper to draw your attention to them but also represent how they stand out from the crowd. Most of the glued on pieces are ripped which represents their desire or willingness to grow. The lifework is detailed to show energy passing through or consuming us. Though our environment may not be the healthiest, despite all the negativity we can push through and not let it consume us. We can be a positive influence on each other and our Earth, which is shown through the lighter marks. 

 Three questions:

- I was trying to make it look like lighter lines, almost white in certain areas. Were you able to identify that? How would I be able to improve on that?

- Is this a piece something you can look at for a few seconds or something that makes you think?

- What significance do you think the ripped edges has on the meaning of this piece?

Experimental Sculpture Collection

 Research A

Haluz

Artwork by Tomas Vacek

Rocking Chair

Research B

Pabellón Cuerda 

Artwork by Kevin Erickson

Kevin Erickson

Research C

18 Grams

Artwork by Terry Kreiter

terrykreiter.blogspot.com

Experimental Sculptures #1: Waves

This sculpture was inspired by waves. I created it using wood, cut out each of the shapes in the wood shop and attached them with wood glue. I wanted there to be a lot of texture but from the side it look serene. This was probably my favorite sculpture!

Detail Shot

Experimental Sculpture #2: Tragedy 

This sculpture was created with balsa wood strips, scrap wood sticks, string, and red paint. The measurements are L 8.5in x W 7in x H 8.5in. One of the balsa wood pieces had red paint on it, I decided to respond to that and used paint to make it look like the paint was dripping off onto the wood. 

Detail Shot

Experimental Sculpture #3: Through the Window

This sculpture was inspired by stained glass windows. I used tracing paper, balsa wood, and white paint to create this. The measurements are  L 8in x W 3 x H 5.75. I also was very pleased with this sculpture, I think it looks very sleek and cool! In a house this could be a unique room divider. 

Detail Shot

Reflection Statement

The three sculptures visually communicate organic beings and movement. The waves show the movement and ripples that come with water and can be reflected on our lives. While exploring using the different materials, I wanted focus on using the materials to make skeletons and use other materials to emphasize them. I want to keep exploring ways to reflect this as well as make more sculptures using the wood and tracing paper. 

Cardboard Replica

 Research A

Corrugated Fountain

Artwork by James Grashow

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Research B

Photo Booth

Artwork by Shannon Goff

Shannon Goff

Research C

Auto Taxi

Artwork by Chris Gilmour
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Card Board Replica Coffee Pot

This is a cardboard replica of a coffee maker! The replica is make out of masking tape, cardboard, and duct tape. The final product is L 7in x W 7.5in x H 9.65in. I measured out the coffee pot all together and then would focus on individual spaces that can be connected together. An example of this was focusing on the top of the coffee maker (in the detail and process photos). 

 

Detail Shots

Progress Photos

Paper Model

 

Art 21 Response

Mary Reid Kelley

You Make Me Iliad

• Lost voices
• Unsettling

Pasiphae at Fence

Pillar Corrias

This work by Mary Reid Kelley uses both value, pattern, and line to convey her message. Kelley chooses to use black and white in her pieces to keep them timeless to reflect how women are being treated no matter the time period. She chooses to create a pattern on the women's legs to make her look unshaven. She creates lines on the women's breasts and eye line to bring attention to them. 

The Syphilis of Sisyphus

Kelley: Artwork Survey

This still shot from Mary Kelley's The Syphilis of Sisyphus uses both line and value to emphasize how cosmetic beauty is seen as more beautiful compared to natural beauty. The women's hair, eyes, nose,  and lips are the darkest parts of her face. This is to draw views towards them since they are the most common things women may feel insecure about and change with makeup. This can have women feeling unworthy unless they have their hair or makeup done. This is an ongoing struggle women deal with daily.

Elements and Principles

From Myth and Infrastructure 

Artwork by Mia Matreyak

This photo from Myth and Infrastructure uses value and line from the silhouette to make the focal point of this clip the women on the off-centered left. 

Silhouette Artists

Personal Photo

The elements represented in this photo would be value and line due to the silhouette. 

Creativity I Admire

Autumn Landscape

Artwork by Hana Miadzvedzeva

ceramics.now.com

Yin Matcha Packaging

Artwork by Karolina Król

commarts.com

The Crows

Artwork by Anselm Kiefer 

hyperallergic.com

Crossing the Rubicon

Artwork by Jason deCaries Taylor

Aesthetica Magazine

Underwater Sculpture

A Few of My Favorite Objects

The objects shown above:

• A vinyl record of the album Hozier by Hozier which was released is 2014 - Music is very important to me and this was the first album I fell in love with through and through. 
• A Canon EOS Rebel T6 - My grandmother always carried around a camera everywhere she went. I quickly fell in love with photography and was gifted this camera for my 13th birthday. Photography is my favorite hobby to this day. 
• A bowl of crystals - I love to collect crystals because of their energy and beauty. 
• A coffee cup Jellycat - My friend gifted me this because of my love of coffee. It is also adorable.
• My sketchbook - I have done a lot of different pieces and mediums in here. It helps me branch out and try new things. 

  

My Favorite 2D Piece of Artwork

 

Tulip Fields near The Hague by Van Gogh