Inspirations

List 1:  Brave New World, Aldous Huxley 

             Second Treatise of Government, John Locke

The Basic Political Writings, Jean- Jacques Rousseau

The Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen

List 2:  

The Bible

The kooks guid to surfing, Jason Borte

Void Magazine

List 3: 

Steve Jobs 

Walt Disney 

John Lasseter 

List 4: Favorite Documentaries

The Pixar Story  

Art & Copy

Helvetica

3D to 2D

For my 3d to 2d project I wanted a lot of depth and to use my mask in some way.   And I liked my picture of 3d expressions and as an added bonus my final photo for 3d expressions has a lot of depth due to the perspective going back  from my balsa wood. 

Poetic Metamorphoses

For my poetic metamorphoses I wanted to stick to more natural colors(green, brown). Also I wanted to keep the furniture simple almost prison like. I truly did not this project. I attempted to construct the dresser 4 times and this was the best I was able to come up with.

Memento

For my Momento piece I wanted to tribute the first time I shaped a surfboard and everything I learned as a result of everything I did wrong. I took a partial foam blank and shaped it down to a rail and cut a notch out so it would sit on the edge of a table. Then I glassed the top partially with epoxy resin. I like how it came out. My favorite part about the whole piece is the excess resin and how the beads dried as they ran down the fibers. 

Paper Stacking

For my first paper stacking atempt I recreated the form of a lime. I cut out pieces of paper and then pasted them together usung wood glue and C-claps. After letting it dry I hit it with a grinder and sander till the shape was satisfactory. 

For my inventive form I wanted to recreate the motion of a chambered nautilus. So I cut out lima been shape and pasted them together at a slight off set from each other.  

Touch:  What I took from this reading is that when working on a piece you can't just rely on one sense. You have to used all you resources. Being able to observe and feel your subject/form you are working with is essential to truly understanding the construction, energy, and organic shape of your subject.

Sound Confessions

For my sound confession I choose the confession of "I am afraid to be me". I choose this confession because I am fascinated with stage in life that frequently occurs for most after their senior year of high school where they truly start to branch out and try new things to find out who they really are and how not be afraid to show who they really are.  

This American Life : I after listening to this segment I felt that it was kind of weird. I feel that The segment we listened to from TED is more of an art form than just leaving a message by phone. I feel the confessions were more heartfelt by postcard than by phone because more time and effort had to put into it. 

3D Expressive Forms

For my first sculpture of the semester I chose the word  Stoic to work with.  I wanted  to capture the feeling of being in the city and feeling minuscule in comparison to the towering skyline above. 

This is my drawing of my sculpture. 

For my next sculpture I choose Sad to be my theme. I chose to construct an open-ended box because I wanted to create a sense of emptiness.

This sculpture was based off of the concept of Chaotic. I applied this concept by adding jagged wood shavings on top of my platform to create disorientation.  

My final sculpture was modeled after the concept of anger. I displayed this through the use of sharp angles  and triangles.