Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Art21 Janine Antoni Video Response
In Janine Antoni's video I liked the personal aspect of her work. I like how she used her body to create the works and her personal connections to the rope. My two favorite works were when she walked across the horizon and the raw-hide sculpture. The part where she tight-roped across the horizon of her childhood was I felt very entertaining and a beautiful idea; to walk across something so intangible yet it looked realistic, I found it very intriguing. The raw-hide sculpture I found interesting in the way that it was in the shape of a person and the skin of a cow with the person imitating the cow. To feel what it's like to be in another creature's skin, literally, puts you closer to that animal, it makes a connection. Also, the fact that it was hollow showing that both the cow and the person are no longer present, it is just a skin, yet retains the shape, gives it that empty feeling yet a sense of what it is and what is used to be. My favorite part of Antoni's work over all is the way that she uses her body to create the art, which gives it a personal and human feeling and connects artist with artwork.
Monday, October 14, 2013
"It's About Time" Soap carving/destroying project
Beginning First soap carving |
Taking a frog-like shape |
Adding details |
Finished soap sculpture frogs and model |
Frog 1 |
Frog 2 |
Side View |
Aerial View |
Another side view |
Bottom View |
Frog 2, before destruction (chosen as sacrifice) |
Step 1: (subtractive) Cut frog in half and remove arms |
Step 2: Continue to separate body parts |
Step 3: (additive) add T-pins to hold pieces together |
Step 4: (subtractive) Melting and charring over candle |
Step 5: (additive) add melted soap and wax to sculpture |
Step 6: (subtractive) Use sand-paper on soap |
Step 7: (subtractive) Carve craters into soap |
Step 8: (additive) Add color pins and tie string around T-pins |
Step 9: (additive) Add red and orange melted wax over sculpture |
Ta-da! |
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Memento Sculpture: Kennywood
side view |
side view |
front view (chips on top of front part of arrow) |
top view (fraying and chips on front tip and back of arrow) |
Steel Phantom "The Steel Phantom is a 165 foot tall rollercoaster. It was built in 1991. The car goes down a height of 225 feet straight through the Thunderbolt going about 80 miles per hour. The ride is now called the Phantom’s Revenge." To see more old photos and excerpts about the rides click the link:(http://old.bpsd.org/ims/Tech_Ed/8th%20Grade/Webpages_11-12/3rd-9wks_files/PD8/hinson.haley/rides.htm) |
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