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Found Object Installation:
For my found object installation, I found a baseball helmet.
I chose it because it had a weird shape and looked different and eye-catching.
Inside, I want to create a sunset rain scene. In this piece, I want to focus on
the small beauty we love but often forget. There is so much going on in our
lives today with school, jobs, clubs, hobbies, etc. I know I have a lot of
anxiety towards these things, and it can cause me to forget the small things in
life. I am also following my path with light, faith, and God as I did last
semester. God paints the sky with beautiful oranges, pinks, and purples, and I
want to mimic that. I also see the baseball helmet as being a protector. The
helmet is protecting us from the bas storm around us and only lets it sprinkle
on the inside.
I plan to create raindrops and puddles with resin (or
another material if I can't use resin). The baseball helmet has holes to allow
airflow when worn, but I want to use them to change the color of the inside. I
am going to use colored paper and lights to make the inside glow like an actual
sunset. I am also going to create a wooden or cardboard base at the bottom and
a wall at the front with a peephole. I also want to create a smell when it
is about to rain or is raining.
Some concerns I have are if I need to do anything to the
outside or leave it as it is. Another concern is how I will set up the lighting
without showing the wires.
Installation:
So far, I have four ideas for this project. I am not sure about these ideas as right now I feel like I am struggling with what I want to do. I want to do something with
nature, light, faith, and abstraction.
My first idea is with a dandelion. I wanted to create the
middle part of the flower as part of the wall. Create a cardboard piece for the
wall side with some seeds attached, and paint some on the walls. I also want to
create seeds blowing off the dandelion and floating up to the ceiling. I was
thinking about adding lighting to the seeds, like they were glowing, since I wanted
to do something with light. I want to add a fan somewhere so when you are in
there, it feels like you are floating off with the seeds. I also want it to
smell like a fresh flower in the outdoors.
This idea concerns looking at the small things in life and
the found-object installation. It was always a fun thing as a kid to blow on
the flower and watch the seeds float off, and to make a wish each time. This
one is a little more nostalgic and always a fun thing to do, which I sometimes
forget because I am so focused on my stress. This also brings in my theme of
nature and faith, as I love the small things God created for us to enjoy.
Some things I am stuck on are what I will do with the
background. I have an idea of painting wind patterns all over. I have another
idea: painting a meadow to make it look like the wind is blowing. Another idea
of painting just the shadows of the seeds with a yellow glow. I am also not
sure how to add the fan and lighting.
My second idea concerns my fish from last semester. This
idea concerns my faith, nature, and light.
For this idea, I was thinking of putting the fish in a
circle and having the big fish go one way, and the small ones go the other. I
am going to make way more fish than last semester. I want to add a blue fabric
background and use an ombré effect as they go out. I want a light blue by the
big fish to show light and guide your eye in that direction. I was also
thinking about adding a light under the big fish so it glows. I also want to do
it where I add more fish every day during the week my art is up. I am also considering
adding a fresh-water smell.
The idea is that the big fish swim towards God by swimming
in the opposite direction from the small fish. It represents going against the
current, as fish do when they try to make it back home.
A current struggle I have is deciding what color to paint
the small fish, as I did not like how I painted them last time.
My third idea is more abstract. It show God, faith, peace,
and light.
For this project, I want fabric to drape from the ceiling. I
want to create a large, narrow pathway to walk around, really immerse in light
and shadow. I want to add a nature design to it to add this calming beauty. I
want to make the leaves out of paper, since getting real leaves would be
difficult with the snow, too. I do not want it to be just found objects like fabric.
For the fabric, I want to use a white translucent fabric. I also want to add
warm light surrounding the fabric to give it a glow.
The concept is that this installation reflects the light of
God as a gentle, surrounding presence rather than a spectacle. Soft layers of
paper, fabric, and natural elements filter light as it moves through the space,
creating an atmosphere of calm and attentiveness. The work invites viewers to
slow down and notice subtle shifts of shadow and movement, suggesting that
beauty and peace are often found in quiet moments. Light becomes a metaphor for
faith—something not grasped or fully seen, but felt through presence,
stillness, and care.
I am not sure how I feel about this one I like it but at the
same time I am not sure.
My last idea has to do the two gates. This shows God, faith,
nature, and light.
For this ideas I am thinking about making two gates one big
and narrow. I am thinking about either finding two old doors and making them
out of wood. I want to use branches to create trees. I also want to make bushes.
I am not sure what materials I have yet. I want to put light behind to make
them glow. One more than the other. I want to paint the walls with a nature
background and paint the doors with a depiction of heaven, featuring clouds and
pastel colors. I am also going to create two paths one wide and one tight.
Since I have the other gallery this can help by making my room into a rectangle.
This installation is inspired by the biblical idea of the
narrow gate, which suggests that faith is not found through ease or spectacle,
but through intention and humility. The space offers two paths: one wide and
open, the other narrow and partially obscured. The narrower passage is
surrounded by soft, abstracted natural forms and filtered light, suggesting
protection, care, and quiet presence rather than restriction. Light glows
gently beyond the narrow opening, functioning as a metaphor for God’s
presence—something not fully visible, but deeply felt. By asking viewers to
choose how they move through the space, the work frames faith as an embodied
decision, where beauty and peace are discovered through attentiveness, restraint,
and trust.
Some thoughts so far is how difficult could this be and how
much time do I have. As well as creating the nature part and how I am going to
do that.
Artist Inspiration:
Yayoi Kusama
Andy Goldsworthy
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
James Turrell
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