Senior Studio In Progress

Throwing Clay

Posted next is a group of pottery I did a few semesters ago in a throwing class. These aren't the greatest photos, but most of these were given away right after I made them. I had done a little hand-building in high school, but this was my first go at throwing. I was very happy with the glaze results for most of them. The process of having little foresight into how they would look at the end and only knowing if they turned out well after waiting a few days was gratifying. As always, feel free to contact me with any comments or questions. Thank you for reading and viewing!

Book Binding

Over the summer I was involved in a week long book arts class in which I built a total of six books. Most were blank books, but the following is my final perfect bound book with content. The front book cloth is stitched to resemble the Andromeda constellation, the location where the conversation quoted in this book originates. This was one of my first attempts at a perfect bound book and the typography style used throughout was a very new way of working for me as well. 

The colophon reads: "The quotes found in this book originate from the 1960’s sci-fi television show, The Outer Limits. The dialogue exists between a curious radio operator from Earth, and a “galaxy being” as they make their first contact. The show explores the interest of both beings as they question one another to gain further understanding. Diagrams which accompanied both Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes were used throughout the book as well. These were intended to give a brief overview of the human race should an alien species ever discover them. Both probes are among the first man-made objects to escape the solar system and continue to travel on through the dark abyss of space."

Shear Shakti Show Paintings

These are my paintings from my August show at Shear Shakti in Boone, NC. They are all made with oil and a mixture of canvas and panel. Most are for sale, so let me know if you're interested in helping me keep this going. Comments and critiques are welcome, otherwise enjoy and thanks for looking!

Public Camera Collages

Near the end of March, I placed disposable cameras around my area with the sign above asking people to look around and take a photo of something interesting. After retrieving the cameras and having them developed, I scanned them into the computer in order to manipulate them into abstracted digital collages. My original intent was to make the collages very quickly and later turn them into oil paintings, but as I spent more time on the series I felt the collages stood well enough on their own. When I have created this sort collage work in the past, I selected my own imagery and therefore I had some idea of the final result from beginning to end. With this project however, the images were completely random and I had no idea what I would get back from the people taking photos. This made the process a whole new level of challenging for me. Though I had to spend a far greater amount of time per collage, the end results have been very satisfactory.

Below are the collages created so far with a link to the resource photos under each.

 

Collage One Images: http://imgur.com/a/DNjFe

 

 Collage Two Images: http://imgur.com/a/MlQLs

 

 Collage Three Images: http://imgur.com/a/YPTD5

 

Collage Four Images: http://imgur.com/a/WJAX2

 

Collage Five Images: http://imgur.com/a/X2Q8k

The images from my other camera which have yet to be turned into collages can be found here: http://imgur.com/a/Ct6V2


One of the most interesting things for me during this project was looking through the photographs and trying to imagine the person behind the camera and their reactions to coming across a free to use disposable. There is an interesting element of mystery for both parties involved. I have no idea who was behind each camera and as far as I know, the photographers don't know me either. A part of me wishes I could have had a hidden camera to see the public's reactions, but the mystery of the process has it's own appeal as well.

Miscellaneous Media

For my final mass upload segment, the techniques used include photography, digital manipulation, encaustic, and printmaking. As I said in my previous posts, feel free to e-mail me with any questions or comments on my art, I really enjoy hearing people's feedback on my work as everybody sees things differently. If the interest is there, I am happy to arrange the sale of prints for any and all of my works found on this blog. Enjoy, and welcome to my world!