Savanna Jones, Student Work

Balsa wood, foam board, pins, glue, yarn, tracing paper, light.

18" square

2014

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Whitney Blake Pittman, Student Work, In Process Video, Architecture Relief Assignment

Ashley DeLoach, Student Work, Architecture Relief

In process

In process.

Sketches

One bit of inspiration. 

Warm Up Exercise for Architecture Relief, Student Work

Anika, Student Work

 Spanish-Modern and Ancient Egypt

Erica Lewis, Student Work

The two time periods chosen were Byzantine and Egyptian.

Liz Burris, Student Work

Architectural Styles: Moorish, Early Modern, Modern and Postmodern

Materials: Balsa Wood, Black Paper, Wood Glue, Foam Board, Masking Tape

With this piece I was inspired by specific elements of the aforementioned architectural styles. With Moorish Architecture I am really fascinated with muqarnas, which is this particular form of vaulting- it is quite geometrically complex but it often takes the form of a honeycomb and in certain structures it even resembles stalactites. With the Modern styles I was interested in the uses of geometric shapes and line. I looked specifically to the Sydney Opera House, the Denver Art Museum, and a variety of houses.

Initially I was unsure of what I was going to make. I knew I wanted a stalactite/honey comb like feature so I began to make that first.I used the tape to create my take on the muqarnas. Here I hit a roadblock and had no idea what to do next so I decided to install the piece I had created and then build the rest of this work off of it.After creating my honeycomb like structure I naturally began thinking about honey bees. From that point I decided I wanted to make some honey-like detail, so I experimented and used wood glue for the "honey" bits. I then used foam board to create a geometric structure in the middle of this piece and balsa to create the bottom. As I continued to work on this piece I became more and more interested in how these particular details worked in creating shadows.

Tyler, Student Work

Balsa wood, foam board, thread, trace paper, battery operated light.

20" x 25" x 12"

I used a total of three different architectural movements.  I conducted research and used the pictures below as my inspiration.  My idea was to use the simplicity of the Egyptian architecture with the complex and futuristic look of Post-modernism.  When building the sculpture, I decided to keep everything dealing with Egyptian architecture to remain balsa wood.  In contrast, everything Post-modern would remain foam board.  I did this to show a sharp contrast between the two and how they can still live in harmony together.  I have always been interested in the unique designs of Gothic windows, so I included them as the transparency within the Post-modern section.  I noticed how gothic windows start off complex near the top and become more simplistic as you move away from the focal point.  That is why I included a detailed gothic design, made of paper, and then cut out simpler shapes for the remainder of the windows.  A light source was then added inside the windows to help illuminate the gothic style windows.  

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. 

Jenna Runk McDonald, Artist

Student Work

Relief Sculpture

Paper, charcoal and foam board. 

2006

And here is what Jenna is up to today.

jenna-mcdonald.com

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