Name Drawing

Artist Statement

In elementary school I loved working on art, I used all the materials there; wax, clothe, pencils, crayons, glitter glue, clay and paint. As I got older though I became more cautious about my art and I was worried that other people would think it was awful. I have now become more confident in my artwork and if I think it looks good that's all that counts. Even though I like making art, I never like going to art museums and just looking at the work (especially paintings). When I told an adult about this they said "you just haven't learned how to look at it yet." Which really didn't help me like looking at it.
What I really like about art is that while working on art it calms me and it's fun. I could work on a piece for hours and not get bored. I have always found clay fun and I really like working with it (I finally found out why). I love that if I mess up I'm able to start over by rolling the clay into a ball (even though I haven't done that very often). I also love to squish the clay in my hands. A piece that I think is really me is my clay Chameleon sculpture, even though it's actually about my dad. I love the way it turned out. I think that the sturdiness of it and the way that I formed it shows that it's mine. I also added a little detail where the eyes are looking in different directions, which I think is pretty funny.

Process Reflection #2

This week I wish I would have had more time. I have finally finished my symbolic portrait and I'm happy about how it came out. My group and I didn't work on the Mural this week because we all needed time for our independent projects. I'm also very happy that I've been able to start my independent project. I'm not going to make a vase (since I've never done pottery) so I'm just going to make some flowers out of clay. A challenge I had with making the flowers the first petals dried out and now I'm worried that the 2nd batch of flowers won't keep their shape. An idea I have to solve this problem is that I'm making clay molds that won't be baked but just dried out. Next week I hope to finish my flower, finish the mural and organize my finished work and blog.

Working on Independent project. Making the petals of a tulip.

Art 21 Video "Place"

The first Artist I learned about was Richard Serra. In his sculptures Richard Serra uses space to make the piece more interesting. When brainstorming for his pieces/coming up with ideas Richard Serra doesn't draw, but instead creates models. Even though he doesn't draw while brainstorming he draws in a journal to keep track of his projects. I think that his sculptures are pretty interesting. I like that they have a sort of interactive part in them since you can go in them. I also like that some of them create an allusion (somewhat) that there is an endless amount of space. I also like sculptures that use curves and I think that it would be fun to do. A peace that I really like is Richard Serra's Charlie Brown, since it's so tall and yet curved and seems to sort of defy gravity.

This is really a really interesting sculpture.

The second artist I learn about was Sally Mann. She is a photographer. In her photographs she doesn't have a hidden message she mainly just does it for fun. Sally Manns is also very spontaneous with her photos in the way that she never really knows what she'll take a picture of she just sees something around her and that's what she uses. For her photographs Sally Mann likes it when they are different and not totally perfect which makes the picture more interesting. I think that her work is interesting. I like photography and I think that the different types of cameras she uses (I think there were multiple) make the image different. I think that with some of her images she tries too hard to make them look imperfect that I can't really see what the object is (the dog bones).


The third artist I learned about was Pepn Osorio. In his installations Pepn Osorio likes to have contradictions, like something that doesn't really make much sense but yet if seen in a different way makes sense. I think that his work is interesting. I really like the house that he made because it had all of these small details, such as the little Ritz box on a table. I think that it would be really cool to make a little house.

Process Reflection #1

This week I think I accomplished a bit, but I wished I accomplished more. This week I worked a lot on my symbolic portrait and on the mural. With my symbolic portrait I have been bringing it home for extra time to work on it, but I was actually only able to work on it at home one day this week. A challenge with my symbolic portrait is that I made a rough sketch but now I have to transfer it to the final paper (I'm making scans and taping them to the paper then tracing it onto the final paper to solve this problem). I hope that over the long week end I'll have it mostly finished. On the murals I'm really proud that my group is almost done, there are just a few more little details that we need to fix. I hope that we'll finish it next week. Next week I also hope that I can start the independent project.

Working on Symbolic Portrait

Working on Mural project

Art 21 Video "Time"

The first artist I learned about was Martin Puryear who is a sculptor. He usually sculpts wood and stone. In Martin Puryears work he likes to make it look like it goes into space. He also likes to use the materials in a way that they might not naturally be. I mostly like his work. I find it really cool how he used multiple blocks of stone and combined them to make them look like (mostly) one piece. I also like that he uses materials in different ways than usual (such as using the stone to make a circular window). I think that it would be really cool to work with wood and working with stone would also be pretty cool (but I think it would be harder).
 









I like the piece to the left because of the smoothness and detail. I like all of the layers in the piece to the right.

The second artist I learned about was Vija Celmins. She is a painter. While creating her paintings she feels like she's "building" it instead of painting. In some of her more detailed work she ends up redoing it/painting over it multiple times and she's feels that having the different layers are like memory's in the painting. She also really wants the painting to draw peoples attention and make them lean forward and look into the painting. I like a lot of her work. Even though I find it a bit tedious to work on the same painting and redoing it multiple times, I really love all of the detail in her work. I also like the shadowing in her pieces.

(I want to add more to this)

Project Planning

I hope that during the next few weeks I will be able to work with clay, maybe even use a pottery wheel. My idea is to make a clay vase, if I have time I think it would also be cool if I could make some flowers (separately) out of clay. I also think it would be cool to glaze the vase, and flowers if I make them. If there isn't enough time in the term, can I come in and work on it?