3-dimensional Artwork
Sculpture I (Spring 2009)
The idea behind this sculpture was to capture the spirit of skateboarding.
With spirals in mind, I went somewhat off the shape of pipes for doing tricks
for the shape of the sculpture. In
working out the shape it looked like a wave, an association I didn't mind
since skateboarding is, after all, surfing on concrete.
One of my favorite parts of this is how the wheels on the smaller "deck"
are like mini ones of the larger size and
how they create a rhythm together. (Lucky to have these on hand!)
Grip tape is quite the hell to work with, and that old fake wood stuff
from Goodwill was a bad idea as well -
consequently that led to the suffering of craft you can see here. Oh well,
perhaps there will be a more refined version of this down the line.
say, in metal or actual wood, since I quite like the overall shape and idea...
Thanks goes to Evan for his assistance
on the underlying frame, my bro Ketche and Paul for drilling and attaching
the trucks (they had been making their own skateboards that week!), and
for my mom for her help in attaching the grip tape & "wood" covering.
Wasp = awesome collab with engineer/artist classmate Shay! Better pix to come later.
The result of a less-than-3-hours exam in which we were to sculpt
a complete face in clay based on the model in the room and pictures of her,
after a few weeks of learning and practice.
(Ears
and hair were done outside of class.)
There's some anomalies in my rendering of her, but not too bad, all in all.
Foundational 3D Class (Winter 2008)
Assemblage
My take on the beauty industry...
Primary Forms Project
Photos above taken by my teacher -- much appreciation.
Photos above taken in a gallery downtown,
more of which you can read about
here.
Twigs, spraypaint, cardboard, watercolor tape, superglue, and black
woven fishing line... are what I used to make this project. It was a
"collaboration" with myself and my chosen artist to research,
who happened to be
Andy Goldsworthy.
Just about everyone liked how this turned out, and I finally obtained an
A with this one. :)
Subtraction Project
Photos above taken by Prof. Caprario.
We withdrew two words raffle-style. For me, one was loneliness and the other
was revelry. I went with loneliness. The aim was to visually represent the word
through subtractive sculpture -- a carved plastaline block.
Even though this is a malleable substance, we were only allowed to cut
away, so if we made a mistake, that was it.
Terrifying, really.
So that's a lonely little dude hiding away in his cave, which separates
him from the world and is also representative of his turmoil-ridden feelings!!!
It could be a girl too, but I like him to be a little guy.
Line Project
Hemp twine and various wood reed.
Positive/Negative Space in Low Relief
Plans worked out on paper and with a maquette. Final piece executed in foam-core board.
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