3D Materials and Concepts

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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

Indies Blue plate pattern by Johnson Brothers

https://www.replacements.com/china-johnson-brothers-indies-blue/c/45696

Vintage cigarette case by Whiting and Davis

https://madgeshatbox.com/product/vintage-cigarette-case-by-whiting-and-davis-black-sequins/

Romance for Roses, James Himsworth

https://www.ecrater.com/p/2417664/romance-for-roses-designed-by-james?gps=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuqiiBhBtEiwATgvixGrA-TPt0PQsuBN1GnWFAORt3ptlzp2UGiXzxGF_D_U27cIL4R53mhoCY-0QAvD_BwE

Grace Delvo, Student Work, Response to the book Natural History of The Senses

Suspended Memories

Beads and Paint on Foamboard

18" x 24"

In Process

Shannon Song, Student Work

Note:

This assignment varies. Sometimes students create a base for each sculpture (Figurative Bust Sculpture) and at others they create an additional 10 pieces for one sculpture (Visual Symbols). Both variations can offer students examples.