Organic vs Industrial
"Aged Revolution"
April 14, 2017
Clay On a Mantle
6.5in X 3.2in
Exhibition Text:
My Organic and Industrial piece "Aged Revolution" it is relating to identity "The Classification" really. All of my life I wanted to know what I was classified as you know the type of person I am or want to be. the meaning in relation to me, is I am like a deer. when a deer gets caught in headlights they freeze up and don't move. In many ways, this is me stuck in time one could say. In a lot of ways, I am like a deer in headlight cause I don't fight, I flight when I get caught in a situation I can't handle I freeze up and become stiff.
Artist Inspiration
I made "Aged Revolution" based on these artist inspirations with their art movements and the styles that I found within their work to implement into mine. the art that inspired me the most is "Born Wild" by Kelly Thiel and her piece inspired me the most with the idea of capturing the innocence and relating to the fear in a deer when caught within headlights. Kelly Thiel isn't knew world wide and she makes many art pieces. My meaning is more related to my inspiration Claes Oldenburg "Soft Toilet" due to both of us having no visual significance with our pieces as they are very obscure and visually not as appealing as much other art. That is where our pieces capture the real significance of our pieces and how we are unique and art in our own ways. My piece most defiantly is the innocence of me being too soft like how clay first is when talking it out of a package. the fact is I don't like to hurt other so when I am caught in a situation where I must fight just like how a deer must fight to stay alive but in the end, we both just stand there caught in the headlights. Claes Oldenburg: Soft Toilet because of how we both are still and have no visual significance at a first glance. Until they find there own visual significance with there own personality. I wanted to display how a clay sculpture with little visual significance could represent my choices within life and which this factor of flight has played a major role. My inspiration "Born Wild" by Kelly Thiel, art movement is Modernism which I tried to imply within my art piece "Aged Revolution" with the clay figure of a face with antlers on an animal portraying innocence and deer heads on a mantle.
Planning Sketches
Brainstorming/Planning Sketches The Meaning
My Organic and Industrial piece "Aged Revolution" it is relating to identity "The Classification" really. All of my life I wanted to know what I was classified as you know the type of person I am or want to be. the meaning in relation to me, is I am like a deer. when a deer gets caught in headlights they freeze up and don't move. In many ways, this is me stuck in time one could say. In a lot of ways, I am like a deer in headlight cause I don't fight I flight when I get caught in a situation I can't handle I freeze up and become stiff. similar to even the clay on the mantle stiffening after being left along and being set still. I have always been a lover, not a fighter and I would turn frozen when I am in the middle of a critical situation. The innocence of me being too soft like how clay first is when talking it out of a package. the fact is I don't like to hurt other so when I am caught in a situation where I must fight just like how a deer must fight to stay alive but in the end, we both just stand there caught in the headlights. Claes Oldenburg: Soft Toilet because of how we both are still and have no visual significance at a first glance. Until they find their own visual significance with their own personality.
CritiqueFor the organic vs industrial piece, I planned to use clay and other resources to create my organic vs industrial piece. I would make a sculpture of my head and have antlers on my head. Then I would put it on a wooden mantle that I could make or buy at a arts and craft store. This could resemble how I can capture innocence
the fact the sculpture is going to harden and become stiff can also connect how a deer in headlights in comparison to my sculpture being still in time. This was my artistic idea with the meaning I could connect with my piece if I do choose to go through with this. For the movement that I would connect with this, i could relate it to Claes Oldenburg: Soft Toilet because of how we both are still and have no visual significance. what feedback I got from my classmates is to have a better understanding of what my meaning is my mixed media piece. why this because I am still unsure about what my piece means to the viewers and myself personally. I bought air dry clay that is pastel white to make the sculpture of my face that will be on the wooden mantle. then I could use real deer antlers or ones I could make out of wire to put them on top of my sculptured head. they also said I should paint it and I'm still deciding |
ProcessThe materials i used for my piece was a mantle, clay, and 5 inches of wire. I first started this process by putting clay on a mantle. after that I used more clay to obstruct the other facial features on my piece. the nose I made then I imprinted eye socket on the side of the nose where the eyes will be going. Then I added the mouth with the lips under the nose. After that i added the eyes with the eye lids over them. I started working on the wire antlers for the head. then after i added the antlers i smoothed out the face and then let it dry. I forgot to take photos of the wire antlers making process. What i did is twisted and combined wires together and afterward used a pliers to clamp the wire ends to more of a point then a loop. Then I took a photograph and submitted onto my website.
Reflection
While making my Organic Vs Industrial I found out many strengths and struggles throughout the process. my struggles were first finding an inspiration and ideas on what I want to make my pieces from. I wanted to make a piece based capturing innocence. I also struggled a lot attempting to create facial features on my face. making it look good and smooth was a big struggle and mainly fully making my piece smooth was a pain itself. Also keeping the face proportionally even and align it was hard to create a smooth surface but also a realistic one that is evenly curved. But the end result became a strength due to after all that struggle I create a good final piece that I'm proud of. What I wished I could improve is the wire antlers although I wanted them to be thin I also wanted them to look a little more like antler rather than wires sticking out of a head. also I wished my process photo were better constructed with the background I took them with.
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ACT Questions:
1. Identify cause and effect relationships between your inspiration and your artwork.
my inspirations capture of no visual significance had a great influence on my work. Making a piece with no meaning at first glance.
2. What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
The overall approach of this piece was to create a clay sculpture that had no visual significance.
3. What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?After I've did some research, I've came to a generalization about the idea of capturing innocence. It is a point in time where artists can show a time in life where there purpose was pure and so was their heart as they didn't know the struggle of real life.
4. What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
The central theme around my inspirational research was capturing innocence. I then searched up art to gather some ideas.
5. What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
From my research, I've made inferences that people can make the most complex of art and have it have no visual significance.
1. Identify cause and effect relationships between your inspiration and your artwork.
my inspirations capture of no visual significance had a great influence on my work. Making a piece with no meaning at first glance.
2. What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
The overall approach of this piece was to create a clay sculpture that had no visual significance.
3. What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?After I've did some research, I've came to a generalization about the idea of capturing innocence. It is a point in time where artists can show a time in life where there purpose was pure and so was their heart as they didn't know the struggle of real life.
4. What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
The central theme around my inspirational research was capturing innocence. I then searched up art to gather some ideas.
5. What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
From my research, I've made inferences that people can make the most complex of art and have it have no visual significance.
Citations
Mann, J. (2016, June 04). Born Wild, Clay Sculpture | Kelly Thiel Studio. Retrieved April 24, 2017, from https://www.pinterest.com/pin/17873729749987456/
Soft Toilet. (n.d.). Retrieved April 24, 2017, from http://whitney.org/Collection/ClaesOldenburg/7983ab
Soft Toilet. (n.d.). Retrieved April 24, 2017, from http://whitney.org/Collection/ClaesOldenburg/7983ab