9/21/2017 0 Comments Final post on installation proj The idea of this installation is to be a "tree of life" to decorate the school. The installation was made from scrap cardboard and with many different components and ideas from the class. I think that the finished product looked amazing. I never expected those scraps and colorless tree to look so alive. The tree now looks so colorful and actually looks like a tree. I just think that the leaves could have been colored because before the added-on parts where put onto the tree. It looked like bark with crumpled bags on the top. I personally would have added more color to the different parts of the tree. I would have also added more grass around the tree and branches to display the small animals. My group created many of the mushrooms and insects on the tree. We all spent a large portion of our time creating small pieces to add to the tree and incorporating color. When working downstairs at the tree I helped bring the supplies and add the leaves (bags) on top of the tree and make more when they went missing. The other half of the group worked on gluing bark and branches onto the tree. I thought adding cardboard onto the roots looked really good and one girl did that very well.
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9/17/2017 0 Comments Styrogami My idea was an old film recorder/player falling apart. I was successful at making the piece stay together and look like it defies gravity. The way the pieces are glued makes the piece look fragile, which was one of my goals. Cutting the spheres to make the rounded disks was also very successful and I was able to make smooth cuts. I found the Styrofoam cup a bit difficult to cut through at times. I also needed a large amount of plates and cups to make a larger abstract piece. Sometimes the foam would bend or rip when attempting to make small details which was frustrating. I also left on a bit too many strings of glue. Because I had only worked on the piece on day, i didn't have time to pull them off without the part falling apart. In the end it all came together.
9/6/2017 0 Comments Installation in Progress So far I believe that the "Tree of Life" installation is coming together very well. I think that the shape of the tree looks very nice an the placement is perfect. The small mushrooms and foliage created by the class for the installation looks nice. I had a difficult time cutting the cardboard to create small details. The most difficult part was avoiding making larger than needed cuts and making small designs in the cardboard. I think trying to create as many animals/plants in one class period was difficult. Gluing together the bark was a little bit difficult due to it's tendency to fall or lose shape in areas where the glue hasn't dried. Getting the cardboard to overlap and look natural was a challenge as well. Not only was getting a natural bark look difficult, same went for the bags as leaves. The leaves were really hard to clump together and sturdily attached. They looked a bit off and un tree-like in the end. I think I was successful in created mushrooms. I saw people creating them in different ways and wanted to recreate the ideal mushroom i had imagined.I also successfully was able to create a butterfly and paint it. The butterfly was my favorite piece I made. I also was successful in making large amounts of foliage from paper bags.
9/2/2017 0 Comments Inspired ArtistI have chosen to write about artist Flavie Audi. These photos are from her website FlavieAudi.com Flavie Audi was born in Paris in 1986. The 31 year old graduated from both Architectural Association and Royal College of Arts in London. Flavie is French-Lebanese and had a passion for glass making. The artist currently works with glass, gold, resin silver, color pigments, and a variety of semi-precious stones. She uses an almost ancient glass blowing technique with her most famous works being "fluid rocks" which depict landscapes, space, and geology. Each of her pieces have deeper meaning about light and life.
Flavie Audi's work is inspiring to me because of her usage of colors and shapes that can be manipulated to change from different angles. Her scientific knowledge helped her to create a reaction in the glass that reflects light and capture her visions for various ethereal landscapes. Her works are often unpredictable and require many months and careful science to create. The sculptures draw me in due to my interest in space/astronomical bodies and art that depicts them, in which case Flavie's glass sculptures are extrodinary. They have qualities that make them seem so magical, delicate, and celestial. The way Flavie describes her works is very inspiring as well, she speaks about her attempt to use artificial and natural elements to depict celestial bodies, man made/virtual energy, and chaotic energy of nature. I also am intrigued by how perfectly the sculpture's names depict them ie. Cloudspace, Trapped Nebula, Celestial Dust, Dark Cloud, Fluid Ether, etc. Flavie Audi is a very inspirational artist. |
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