For this line assignment my piece is called ‘Hear no Evil Speak no Evil’. The objective of the project was to create the skeleton or inside form of an object using line, whether that is wire, match sticks, twigs, or any other form that would represent a line form.
I chose my object because of the personal significance to me; I chose to represent a monkey. My sister brought this monkey home from India with her for me along with three other wooden monkeys. The three wooden statues are all a like other than the position of their hands. The three monkeys are Mizaru, covering his eyes, who sees no evil; Kikazaru, covering his ears, who hears no evil; and Iwazaru, covering his mouth, who speaks no evil. My wire sculpture replicates Kikazaru, who hears no evil. They represent the good in this world; exempt from the evils of this world, and rejecting the evils that everyday people let themselves be consumed with. This was my first time working with wire and I enjoyed the material, however I need to train my mind to start thinking in 3D. I had a good idea of what I wanted this sculpture to look like, and it did turn out that way. However the stages between figuring out what I wanted to look like and what is does look like was a bit of a struggle for me. Also trying to connect the wire I believe could have been done a little more gracefully than how I did it (lots of hot glue). Overall I really enjoyed working on this project and very proud of the end product.
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‘Living in a Cup’ is what I like to call it. This project of two elements coe existing with one another made me first think of myself and my journey here at NIU. How will I survive my freshman year of college? I asked myself this question everyday until that first week of class was over, after that I found the answer. Coffee; I knew I would make it through with a good head on my shoulders and a nice cup of joe.
I love coffee now, I never used to until I realized the power of caffeine. I like the taste, the smell of warmth, the comfort. However, coffee and I have a love/hate relationship I survive with it, in it. But it owns me, my body knows when its time for another cup. My eyes droop, and the mind starts to wander without it. Something with that much control over my life scares me; I shouldn’t let something so materialistic control my life. So with these thoughts of coffee, control, and life I decided to make this project replicate these feelings. The coffee cup is a bit self-explanatory, and the cup is made to sit in the plaster mold. I created the base mold of this project to replicate ripples, like when you drop a rock in the ocean. The rock representing the coffee and the ripples being the effect the coffee and caffeine have in my life, whether good or bad. Inside the cup is me, or my hand more specifically, simultaneously living in and trying to get out of the cup showing my ever conflicting emotions about the affect coffee has on my life. |
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