Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Momento




Artist Statement: For this piece, I depicted many memories during the summer, fishing on my Dad's boat in Cape Charles, VA. The summer would be the few times of the year that I would be able to see him, which was vital. I chose to do a boat clef, with a paint spatter effect. This is the type of design that is in the interior of his boat, which is symbolic.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Themed Objects Final






Artist Statement: I wanted to incorporate urban typography with city skylines and graffiti aspects. I originally wanted to do stencils on the buildings, but I really liked the paint spatter method. I chose red, blue and yellow because they are triadic colors, while the white contrasted with the paint. JLC stands for my initals, Jacob Levi Carlson. 


Research Images:

Themed Objects in Process Photos




Sunday, March 29, 2015

Soap Carving - Additive/Subtractive Process

Start of the Process


1. Subtractive - First off, I cut off all four corners of the sculpture with a butter knife.



2. Subtractive - I blew the carving with a blow torch, it created bubbles on the surface, and left a brown, hazy color on it.


3. Subtractive - I ran it under cold water directly after the blow torch, hoping for some sort of reaction. It really just smoothed out the surface.


4. Subtractive - I drilled a hole through the carving, using a drill gun.



5. Subtractive - Next, I ran the carving under boiling water for 3 minutes. I didn't want to lose the complete form of the sculpture, and wanted to keep it all in one piece.


The boiling took away some aspects that I liked, mostly the blow torch effect. So I decided to roast it for one more time before doing any additive processes. I thought how the blow torch effected the soap looked better than a smoother style.


6. Additive - The first additive method that I did was pour blue drawing ink over the sculpture, and spattered green ink with a paint brush.


7. Additive - From there, I stuck small pins used in the Architecture Relief project into the carvings face and head.


8. Additive - The next additive process that i did to my sculpture was spray painting only one side of it, with black paint.


9. Additive - After the paint dried, I cut a long piece of orange yarn, and used the push pins in the head, as well as the rest of the body to wrap it up and tie it off.


10. Additive - Lastly, I took a long green paper clip, bent it into a zig zag, and stuck it into the sculpture.












Soap Carving




Written Response: Janine Antoni's work inspired me, by her immediate approach to projects. She incorporates herself, her body, and other possessions in her artwork. Its a tangible way of reflecting yourself in your artwork.

Architecture Relief








This assignment was to combine two different time periods of architecture, into one three dimensioal structure, using a variety of materials, mostly foam board. I chose the Pre-Colombian period, (Myan/Aztec style) and the Early Modern time (Birth of tall skyscrapers). The bottom part is completely pre-colombian, seen in the temple and aztec patterns, while the top resembles a simplified version of the empire state building. This project taught me the creative process in architecture, as well as how to stabilize a 3-D piece on a wall. The dimensions are 10 x 10 x 25 inches.