Annie Kilic, Student Work, Architecture Relief

I chose to use Gothic and Art Deco Architecture as inspiration for my piece. I used a circular shape inspired by the rose window seen in Gothic Cathedrals as a starting point for my design. I then chose to cut out a design of a simple rose window, to resemble a stained class window using white and black paper. I then used white foam core to create the circular structure with black paper placed on top. I used pins and string to create the design over my rose window. I chose to use string because it is thin and can suggest the delicacy of lace. The repetition in my design is inspired by Art Deco. 

Nancy Harms, Student Work, Masking Tape Shoes, In Process Photos

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Connor Bouchard, Student Work

 Artist Statement:

For the Memento project we were asked to revisit a memory that sticks out as important to us as artists.   For this I chose to examine a memory of mine in which I received glasses which seems like a highly significant memory to me.  More specifically I remember the day before my glasses were received, that was really blurry, and the day after receiving said glasses and being able to see... looking back on it now I realize how significant the difference with and without glasses is. 

Balsa wood:  I chose this material and refined it to the point that it is in the final composition because for one, I remember that in the memory I could see the grain in the wood on my desk after I received my glasses.  I chose to make two pieces as a sort of coaster to kinda play off of the idea that glasses are also called bifocals, and bi- means two.

Printed paper:  I chose this material as a sort of absolute for my piece, without it i don't feel as though the piece would be finished even though to other people it might seem that it is.  I chose to print an old school eye exam chart for the content of the image.  I chose this particular one because I remember one similar to this in my memory.

Resin:  I had no idea how I was going to create something that has a level of transparency to that allows it so that some areas are more legible than others which is important when remembering blurriness.

Connor Bouchard, Student Work, 3D to 2D Assignment

3D to 2D

For this project we were tasked with crating a 2-D image inspired by a 3-D project we created in the class.  I chose to use my architectural relief sculpture.  I created a template of the shapes and shadows and overlaid them and created a pattern  to reach my final solution.

A few of the steps taken:

Image of original sculpture

Manipulate in Photoshop

Manipulate in Photoshop

Kevin, Student Work, 3D to 2D Assignment

My final piece uses a process photo (below) from the project where we mixed two differnt building styles into a single structure. I combined Japanese style with Gothic style and created a mix between a shrine and a church. To make this piece I searched for a source photo that had the proper perspective and the look I was going for. I then cut out the building from my process photo and placed it within the source photo. I then added a stone texture and a filter using photoshop. I beleive my structure fits fairly well among all of the buildings in addition to the Gothic church in the background.

Rachel Blankenship, Student Work, 3D to 2D Assignment

For this project I used one of my favorite pictures of my grandpa and one of my sculptures from the themed paper project. In photoshop I edited a picture of my paper sculpture (below) to have high contrast and high saturation then placed it over the scan of the old picture of my grandpa. I also edited the old photo to be high contrast and I added a gradient overlay to unify the colors in the sculpture with the rest of the image. I chose to have the contrast of the warm and cool colors in the gradient and to place the gradient in such a way that it separates my grandpa from this strange exploding creature that he is either trying to put out or feed.