3D to 2D

Map Identity

Final Photos

Approx: 16 x 12 x 14in.

In-Process Photos

This project was called the map project and I decided to map out the human life. Every dip and turn and drop in the different arches represents how a person's life is always changing. There is never any one course to take, every course, every path has it's own connecting path which will lead to another and another. Life is filled with times that are happy and uplifting but can suddenly take a turn for the worst. These are all represented within the different waves within the project and the lines within them which can also represent the chaotic of life.

Materials Used

• Foam Board
• Colored Ink Set
• Utility Knife
• Straight Pins

Memento Assignment

Final Photos

Approx: 4 x 7 x 5in.

This was a memento project, otherwise a memory project. The memory I used for this piece was of when my family and I go to the lake every summer. We would stay in a lake house which my grandfather's dad built on his own. When ever we are there I would always collect rocks when we go hiking, even when I did not go with everyone else my family would still bring me rocks they found and thought were interesting. I was always picking up and carrying the strangest things around even if it seemed pointless. The tube represents two things: biking, and tubing. We would go biking on old trails and go up cliffs where we would view over the entire lake. For tubing we would take my grandfathers boat and while it did not go as fast as we wished it was still fun to get on the tube and ride around the lake. 

In-Process Photos

Materials Used

• Rocks
• Inner Bike Tubing
• Hot Glue

Tape Shoes Assignment

Final Photos

Approx: 8 x 3 x 4in.

In-Process Photos

Materials Used

• Masking Tape

Balsa Wood Assignment

Final Photos

First Balsa Sculpture

Approx: 3 x 5 x 2in.

For the first balsa sculpture, my idea was to focus on pattern. The pattern of the top and bottom, or the sides, which complement each other. The top consisted of a checkers-like pattern while the bottom was rows which were opposite. The two sides are a row which consist of a crooked style that are parallel to each other. Those side pieces were all made of basal wood which was carved and sanded to create their effects. In the middle is two pieces of rolled up heavy stock white paper that are holding up a piece of masking tape rolled into itself. Attached to the paper and tape is hot glue which is creating strings that connect them to the basal wood. 

Second Balsa Sculpture

Approx: 6 x 6 x 3in.

For my second basal sculpture I used the design principle of space. The basal wood forms a structure that crosses each other. In the middle there are pieces of wood that are creating a cross which leaves 4 sections. Two sections hold balsa wood that is stacked on top of each other but they are not balancing. They are held in place with hot glue to give the illusion of being balanced but in reality they would not hold each other up much like life sometimes is. The other two sections have heavy stock paper cover and slightly extending a piece of wood. The paper throws a shadow under it where it covers the wood. Over the paper, attaches to adjacent pieces of basal wood are strings of hot glue which are show fragility.

Third Balsa Sculpture

Approx: 2 x 7 x 4in.

For my third basal sculpture the design principle it was based on was focal point. The focal point of this sculpture was the twisting masking tape which is in the middle. Surrounding the masking tape is 8 pieces basal wood that have caved into individual blocks. They circle the masking tape and are held down with hot glue. They sit upon a circular piece of heavy stock paper which covers the top of a circular piece of basal wood. The heavy stock paper has 8 rectangles cut out of it and folded up so that it copies the basal wood. The pieces of paper are placed so that each individual is filling the space between the basal wood. 

In-Process Photos

Materials Used

• Masking Tape
• Balsa wood
• Hot Glue/gun
• Heavy Stock White Paper

Soap Assignment

Final Photos

Approx: 3 x 5 x 1in.

In-Process Photos

Materials Used

• Soap

Masked Identity

Final Photos

Approx: 12 1/2 x 27 x 7in.

In-Process Photos

For this project, it involved creating a mask with relevance to the renaissance period out of wire and then covering it in tracing paper that had been dipped in gel medium mixed with water. I created my mask based on the stories told throughout history. Stories started with myths that were passed down from word of mouth to written down on paper.  In many myths there are animals which are metaphors for many different types of features. In this project I used an old book to represent the stories. The mask is a double head of two animals, a wolf and a bear which have been around for thousands of years and each represent different meanings for different religions and cultures. 

Materials Used

• Tracing Paper
• Wire
• Gel Medium

On Longing

"The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale."

I chose this image because while I was in New York City I visited the public library. Standing on the steps right in front of the pillars near the entrance made me feel small in comparison. There was so much history in this one building and the pillars helped give the feeling of something greater and bigger. 

"Capacity of objects to serve as traces of authentic experience."

This photo was chosen because it is an old delta crop duster airplane on display at a museum. Even though it is only an antique now and meant only to be viewed, it is still a representation of what it use to be while it was up in the air. The plane is the trace of authentic experience because it was real and flown in times past. 

"The souvenir reduces the public, the monumental, and the 3 Dimensional into the miniature, that which can be enveloped by the body."

I chose this image because it is a monument, open to the public, and a 3D statue. It embodies animals, specifically dogs, and immortalizes them in a piece of art which will stand against time. The statue will stand for all to see and admire and will act as a souvenir for passing people. 

"Nostalgia cannot be sustained without loss."

As the quote says "Nostalgia cannot be sustained without loss" and this image I feel represent this quote. The image is of a cemetery where loss is sowed all the time but when standing there in the cemetery I could feel the nostalgia of times gone by and of how I was standing in the midst of so much history. There was loss present will lives lost but it also gave way to memories of the past.

"To have a souvenir of the exotic is to posses both a specimen and a trophy."

The statues of religion such as the one in this image are full of history and exotic stories. This statue is a remembrance of a time gone past and while is proves as a type of trophy for the people who follow the religion it is also something they look up to, a type of specimen for those who see the deity as someone to look up too. 

For this image, it is a response to the section titled The Skin Has Eyes.  The hand is meant to represent touch and how our hands are what people use the most to feel with. The eye represents seeing which is another way of touching because we touch with our eyes on everything we see and we use our hands to get more details and to coincide with the eyes. 

This image is a response to the section titled The Code Senders where in place of skin there is computer code. The computer code represents the coding of our nerves which allows people to be able to feel and touch what is around them. The coding takes the shape of a hand because hands are one of the most used parts of our body pertaining to touch and feeling.