3D Materials and Concepts

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Hannah Kasprzak, Student Work

Apex

Wood, thread, ink, hot glue, gel medium, masking tape, tracing paper

Largest sculpture 13" x 13" x 3.5"

Full Angle 1

Full Angle 2

Detail

Full Angle 1

Full Angle 2

Detail

Full Angle 1

Full Angle 2

Detail

Reflection Statement:

My intent was to visually communicate emphasis on three separate elements and principles of art: negative space (the tall wooden sculpture), repetition (the rectangular sculpture baring wooden dowels), and focal point (the suspended red gel medium piece). I wanted to primarily focus on how I could transform each individual sculpture in a way that was pleasing to the eye both separately and together. I decided to include a more advanced wood shop piece because I wanted to challenge myself with something I had never tried before. On that note, The piece that holds the wooden dowels was thrown away and redone three separate times, so the last-minute nature of that sculpture, in particular, was where my work was lacking. I want to keep exploring the wood shop, as I believe, while it’s tough, having that experience is rewarding. In making this sculpture collection, I pushed myself to think outside of the box and remind myself to not be afraid of using inspiration to spin my own designs.

Inspiration

Linda Matthews

https://www.linda-matthews.com/diy-glue-gun-stencils/

Ross Peterson

https://mnartists.walkerart.org/vol-1-no-1-the-art-of-the-natural

Michelle Surge

http://michellesegre.com/new-gallery

Hannah Kasprzak, Student Work

Christmas Morning

Wood, silver paint, metal hinge

3.5 inches width

Reflection Statement

This sculpture is a reflection of the time spent with my family on Christmas morning. For every Christmas that I can remember, my twin sister and I received stockings filled to the brim with various assortments of nuts. Macadamia nuts, walnuts, pecans, almonds, hazelnuts, chestnuts, and more would be dumped out on the carpet in the living room before being sorted into neat piles. The shape of the sculpture is smooth and semi-round, depicting the happiness and contentment I associate with the memory. The shape resembles a walnut and can open via a hinge on the back. There is a band of metallic silver encompassing the middle of the wooden sculpture and on the inside where the two sides meet. I wanted to visually communicate where the metal nutcracker would touch the walnut to split it open. Inside, the texture is rough, addressing the frustration that came with not being able to open the nuts half of the time. There are 18 small wooden balls inside, the number being representative of the 18 Christmas' I’ve had with my family.

In Process

Inspiration

Rachel Breakie

https://foundations3ddesign.blogspot.com/2023/01/rachel-breakie-student-work.html

Lenka Clayton

http://www.lenkaclayton.com/#/box352things/

Nina E. Allender

https://www.nps.gov/articles/getaway-bepa.htm

Hannah Garrido, Student Work

Rooted Island (back), A Contorted Infinity (left), and Community (right)

Wood, thread, wire, masking tape, gel medium, gesso, ink

Largest sculpture is 12" x 14" x 3.5"

Reflection Statement:

The three-sculpture collection consisting of Rooted Island, A Contorted Infinity, and Community are all non-objective works that explore organic forms and lines. My intent with these sculptures was to visually communicate ideas and I wanted to focus on a specific goal for each piece to try and create a piece that exemplifies that goal. I strived to create negative space for Rooted Island, focal point for A Contorted Infinity, and repetition for Community. This piece allowed me to explore manipulating materials to make them look entirely different and challenging me to not use them for their traditional use. I want to keep exploring different ways to manipulate material to create something that looks entirely different from its original form.

In Process

Inspiration

Mira Schendel
http://craftcouncil.org/post/letter-editor-threads.

Odine Lang

http://www.odinelang.de/

Erik Palmquist
erikpalmquist.myportfolio.com

Student Work

Shannon Song

Wire , masking tape, gel medium, paint, hot glue, tracing paper

18” tall

Evita Carrasco

Balsa wood, thread, wire, ink
12" x 9" x 2"

Ruth Coffman, Student Work

112 East Palmetto Ave

Cotton cloth, thread, bisque ceramic

2"x 3" x 2"

Statement

112 E Palmetto Ave reflects my memories of the house my grandma lived in when I was young. I wanted to honor my grandmother's memory with this piece and recreate the sensorial associations I have with her home. The title is the street address of her house, where I spent nearly every weekend for my entire childhood. The shape of the pouch was inspired by my grandma's beaded cigarette cases, which I filled with heavy little clay spheres instead of cigarettes to represent the weight of her dependence on nicotine. I knew I wanted to include sewing because of the time I spent in my grandma's craft room full of fabric scraps, lace trims, and a sewing machine. I embroidered the pouch because of the many embroidery projects she made for me as she sat in her living room watching game shows on television and burning a cigarette. The repeating patterns on the bag and on the spheres symbolize the predictable flow of weekends I spent at her house. The blue thread and white fabric were inspired by the blue and white plates she had in her kitchen. Finally, the nine spheres represent each decade of her life and the terracotta clay symbolizes the countless clay pots of bromeliads on her back porch.

Inspiration