Memento

Make a non-representational sculpture of a memory. For example, a person, place or event. Use no more than three materials.  You may deconstruct and manipulate materials.You can use the same material repeatedly.

For this assignment I chose a memory about my dad and a blanket he had given me when I was about 6 or 7. The blanket is a dark blue color on one side and grey on the other, I always have this habit of putting the blanket grey side up so I wanted to show the blue in this piece. The blanket is made of clay to show that it has stood the test of time, not as a blanket but as a hardened memory to me. The string crossing between the opening represents the cold which is why the blanket was given to me as well as the travel between visiting my dad and going home.

Paper Stacking

Cut and stack paper to create a fruit or vegetable, make two pieces. One from real life and one inventive piece inspired by anything you want.

Progress of the carrot 

This is my inventive piece, originally inspired by peacock feathers it turned into a more sea shell like creation.

3-D to 2-D

Take photos of all the work you completed for this class. Select an image(s) to use for this assignment.  Manipulate an image(s), to create an entirely new image.

Masked Identity

For the masked identity project we were to make a mask out of wire and tracing paper in a gel medium mix. I made one big mask along with six smaller masquerade masks for the people in my pictures. The way I looked at the project is this mask is a way to hide yourself or protect yourself from the world around you. The society we live in today has strict standards and social norms that are deemed acceptable. Everyone wants to be themselves but the pressure from peers and society causes us to put on this initial mask, which is the big one. After a while you are able to take this mask off but it's never fully gone, you are still aware of everyone around you and you keep a bit of the mask as a security blanket, this is what the little masks represent. As you take off your big mask there will always be a little mask to protect yourself from how you feel.

Process pics.

Each of the little masks were designed to reflect the personality of the person wearing it.

As for the big mask, it is inspired by chameleons and octopus, they both adapt and change to fit into their surrounding. To make them less noticeable and hidden, just like people do. The tentacles were a common thing between the two animals, a chameleon has a thick curly tail and an octopus has thick curled tentacles.

It's about time!

Carve two forms from life (a small, plastic animal) using soap as your medium. Observe and depict proportions.  Apply concepts of time to one of your carvings so that the form no longer represents your chosen animal.  Use the same animal for both forms.

Now the original idea for my turtle was influenced by a Native American myth about how a woman fell from the sky on a turtles back which was the Earth.

After placing in boiling water for a few seconds.

Blades of grass stuck into the turtles shell.

Green and brown crayons were melted over the turtle.

After the crayons.

Holes were twisted through his shell and filled with red food coloring.

Bottom half is soaked in water, the red food coloring washed off into the water.

With a lighter i burned him, his head and two legs fell off.

The aftermath of the burning.

I then smooshed him into a ball.

Cut holes and placed dried rose petals around the turtle.

And from death and destruction springs new life

All three together

Back view

Side view

Front view

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