Life Sized Cardboard

Progress on the life sized conch shell. Getting the body of it to bend the way I needed it to took some time, I first had to slot 6 pieces of cardboard together since I didnt have a piece big enough for what i needed done. Then I had to cut a diagonal piece so that the body would look like the conch shape when it was rolled up. Next i had to roll up the cardboard which took some time and alot of scoring. Finally once i got it in the shape i wanted i attatched the front "swirl" portion.

Finished Gestalt Squares

Above are the finished Gestalt squares showing smooth/rough, light/heavy, relaxed/anxious, and playful/ordered.

Critique
Glue spots, roughly cut edges and circle darkening(craftsmanship) are the things pointed out that i need to work on, along with better photos. Things i did well was spacing and scale and alignment on the wall.

Gestalt Squares

Image above is thumbnail sketches of Gestalt squares. First representing smoothness, next rough, then light, heavy, ordered, playful, anxious, and relaxed. 

Dots Finished

Above are the finished Gestalt dot sketches representing continuence, similarity and proximity.

Above are the magnetic field map, and topographic contoure map made from the final 3 dot sketches. Topographic maps are used to map elevations of different geographical areas, the closer the lines the higher the elevation, the further away the lines are, the lower the elevation. Lines also cannot touch in these maps. Magnetic maps are used in space to show solar winds passing around planets and their moons gravitational pull. Looks like magnets pulling metal shaving toward itself.

1st picture is called "Art Table" by Lance Letscher and interested me because of the easily flowing pictures and intricate color scheme. The 2nd picture is called Merzban by Kurt Schwitters and interests me because of the curiosity of what he is trying to portray. The 3rd photo is of a piece by Robert Rauschenburg called Monogram and interested me because of the different elements and materials used in one piece.

Assemblage

Assemblage is the artistic process in which found objects are used to create 3 dimention artistic composition. Above are examples of assemblage works from a sculptor named Jud Turner. http://judturner.com/new_work_gal/assemblage.html

Dots all around

Here are the 5 pictures I took to show dots or circles that we find in our every day lives. Image 1 is the top of a soda can showing its circular shape. Image 2 is of some gummy fruit snack that are circular. Image 3 is of brail dots that blind people use to read. Image 4 is of kids bouncey balls taken in walmart. The 5th and final image was taken while i was driving of the speedometer.

2D dot sketches

Above are the 15 finished dot sketches that best represent proximity, continuence, and similarity. 1st photo represens proximity, 2nd photo represents similarity and the 3rd represents continuence.

Finshed Product of the 30 dot sketches representing proximity, continuence, and similarity/difference.

HABITS: I place small dots with the large dots in a majority of the sketches, and keep the medium sized dots with one another. My distances between dots are relatively similar, especially with dots that are next to one another. I rarely use a lower number of dots (3 or 4) I seem to use the higher (5 or 6) dot amounts in a majority of the sketches. I also condense the dots within the space, and take up nearly all the space rather than spacing them out and leaving it open.

sphere work

First picture is the finished product of the 2nd sphere. 2nd image is the finished product of all 3 spheres.










First day of class provided a nice preview of what the class is going to be like. Fun and interesting, but also challenging, im going to enjoy both the 3D and 2D aspects of the class.