Cappel-Small World Refined

Progress update: February 20th

I have installed the structure inside the clock as well as a remote controlled puck light installed in the top to cascade light down through the piece and create shadow. I also brought the origami piece closer to the laser cut piece so the viewer could view the bottom a little better.

Progress update: February 13th, 2023.

I have completed the structure. All I really have left to do is to install lights into the top of the clock space. I would like to get one of those kits that Ashley has and wire it in. With the light shining downward from above, it will cast shadows down through the laser cut pieces, which I think will have a very interesting effect on the "floor" of the clock and potentially even the "walls". I then need to figure out how to mount this into the top of the clock's "ceiling.". I had an idea of cutting two small, square shaped pieces of thin wood to give some structure and drilling holes into it for the top rods to be fixed into with glue. Then I would be able to mount the system to the "ceiling" more easily and hopefully it would hold up better than trying to glue the rods to the "ceiling."

I was considering cutting a piece of paper to be fixed in-between the two laser cut planes. It would help conceal the tops of the rods that stick out in-between here. I am not sure how necessary this is. As the actual viewer, it may be seen from the opening in the clock, however, the ideal viewer in the sense of this being a gallery space, would view this from the "floor" looking upward and these mechanisms would not be seen from this perspective. For the sake of the true viewer, I think it may be a good idea to conceal this, and for the sake of a finished and clean look.

My concept of this was to implement light into this. However, after fiddling with my design a bit. I decided to ultimately omit the drilled holes in my original design and instead used the laser cutter to create more intricate cut outs in the planes. This opened up the idea to instead install lights in the top to create cast shadows. My idea was to create an abstract and angular sort of chandelier. While assembling the design, I opted to hang the origami (mock chandelier) piece lower than in my sketches. I think this allows for more cast shadows from above, and it just had a better visual aesthetic placing it below the chime rods that encircle it. As the ideal viewer, I think this would bring the piece much closer to them, making the origami feel bigger and more profound. I would also like to get a small figurine/figurines to place on the "floor" of the space to give reference to scale but also to show the viewer the ideal perspective of this installation.

I was really happy with how the spray paint application turned out here. My only qualm with the paint job was that the laser cut pieces were cut from chipboard so there is so texture that I think pulls these pieces away from the illusion of this structure being metal. It's not super noticeable, but if anyone has any suggestions on how to make the surface smoother, I would be open to trying them. If not, its a very minor flaw and doesn't distract from the piece too much. You honestly have to be looking quite closely to notice a pilling sort of texture on it.

 For this piece I drew off of a piece by Cildo Meiereles called Mission/Missions or Missao/Missoes. 

What is this piece about?

I really loved the golden aura it exudes. I wanted to implement this into my own piece and play with light in a similar way to this.

What does this piece communicate?

Here is my general design. It features a sheet of cut metal with cutouts and drilled holes which will be used to install the fairy lights into. What could you use besides fairy lights? This cheapens the design/form.  There will also be drilled holes to install the rods I recovered from the chime mechanism that I removed from the inside of the clock. I thought it would be interesting to include these as a found object. 

The sheet will be cut from 24 gauge copper. The origami figure is a modular piece fit together using 4 different modules and structures. Two of the 4 would be colored a different darker color for contrast. I would like to spray paint the other pieces to look copper and blend with the sheet metal. and spray paint the others to look like a metallic black.

The piece will be suspended from the "ceiling" with copper wires and the origami suspended from the sheet metal with copper wiring as well.

I plan to make the origami figure much smaller. this was just a prototype and for experimental purposes to find a form I liked.

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 For this project, I explored the concept of time, due to my object being a clock. I wanted to run with this to create a narrative.

My concept follows this idea that while time continues on, I feel that we as humans perceive and recount time through written record. History has been accounted through many forms: i.e. hieroglyphs, cave paintings, scrolls, tablets, books, and more. I decided to run with books for two reasons.

1) I was inspired by Sue Blackwell's incorporation of books in her work.

I found her work whimsical and that it created a narrative of a book coming to life.

2) I picked up bookmaking as an art form while living in Salt Lake City. So, I was draw to this idea as a form of sculpture and installation.

For my first piece, I wanted to create a tree out of wire, preferably to match the hue of the metal in the clock. And I wanted to do a sort of reverse of Sue Blackwell's work by having a tree with books for the leaves. As if the tree is growing them. 

I also liked the idea of the tree because trees take so long to grow and this would support my concept of time.

I am drawn to this idea more as I'd get to work with a new material, wire, and multiple materials.

I also considered running lights through it to create shadow.

For my second design, I drew a vortex if books with the books becoming larger on the outside.

I would want to illuminate the center and behind it to create a glowing effect. 

I also enjoy the layering this creates and visual movement.

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Blog Requirements

 Making art does not happen in a bubble-we need that which is happening around us and done before us to help us clarify what we want to communicate. We do this by using a sourcebook for notes and research, a sketchbook to work through ideas, and a blog and wyocourse page discussions to communicate these ideas with our peers. As artists working in 3D, you need to think like an engineer or architect.

Log/write/draw as you go. This aids us to help each other as well as keep us informed about what you are thinking.

Write down artists names/ processes, ideas as you complete this course.

You are also expected to participate in discussions on our course page during the entire semester. 

Each Post:

Please label posts Name: Project Name

This entails:

* Including sketches for each project. Quality of images is important.

* Uploading to discussion posts: the day before class by 5pm. Life happens so I am allowing you a grace period, which is

the day before class by midnight, but only when needed.

* Attaching artist images- the artists must be from the list given in this syllabus and from the given powerpoints.

* You researching into those artists that interest you from slideshows of past and contemporary artists utilizing installation art as communication. Also by sharing new findings with the class.

* Writing about your ideas - At least 500 words required to describe each project.

Paint a picture in words of what your installation will strive to express. You do not need to speak about how you will make it.

* For projects, think of this as journaling online about the process and include sketches that make sense to share.

We are always focused on improving drawing form.

* Leaving enough time to comment on your peers’ work. You should comment on at least 2 peers posts each time. Comments only functions while using chrome.

Site-- Naomi

For my site specific I really want to focus on the dying bird population around the wind turbines. I went to school for a while for wind technology and one of the worst problems environmentally was the effect that they have on birds and bats. Around 140,000 to 328,000 birds and bats are killed a year just because of their migration patterns into these turbine blades. Although this was a known problem there really isn't much done about it. I want to bring awareness to the fact that its happening. I would make the dead birds, probably out of wax, and take a mold of it. I want to do as many as I can in just plaster. I want to keep them white because it matches the turbine color and follows the irony that they cant see the blades or are literally sucked into the blade while its moving. I think it would be easier and get the point across more with just dead birds. the bat population also hurts but it might confuse the audience. I think the photos of this will be the important part. Itll be hard to get the actual wind turbines and birds in scale to them but since most sites you have to have permission I think distance shots will help. Ill also be in contact with my old professor to see if I cant arrange to go on a site to take picture.

Alex- Site Specific

 

 

For me, this space I will be installing in has a lot of memories attached to it. This was a place I was able to explore and discover things growing up. I was able to touch and respond to this landscape. Having the tactile experience of this environment has left an impression on me and definitely my artwork. I want to portray the different experiences I've had with this environment through touch. I would like to cast a lot of plaster fingers that I paint in different playful colors or one uniform color. I would install them under a bridge that crosses over the river by my parents house. I want the fingers to look like they are touching the horizon line from the vantage point of standing in the river. It would represent my impression on the landscape, but also letting the horizon line layout how I install the fingers to show the relationship of my touch and the land itself. 

I am still trying to figure out the best way to convey with relationship in a playful way. I think colored fingers would be fun and something I would enjoy making, but I also don't want to be too literal? I know I want to run with this idea, but I'm still toying around with the idea of the fingers and what else I could do in this space as well. 

Aubree’s Site Specific Installation

Aubree’s Site Specific Installation

Bubble steps

Images:

Sketch of “poem layout”

Normal pyramid:

Bubble pyramids:

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Mind Map of Concept and Memory:

Context:

It was late August, the grass was green and full like a carpet. The summer had been a challenge but we were back in town. Preparing for the semester to start we tried to enjoy every moment we could. Coopers first birthday was less than a week away. We went to the park and had dinner in our favorite spot, I don’t remember what we ate. 

     Cooper was happy that night, full of energy and excitement, responding to the light buzz of sounds drifting over from the other people enjoying the beautiful dusk weather. Cooper loved bubbles. Perhaps it was their softness, or subtle iridescence that captures his interest. Whatever it was, he wanted to touch it. So, that night, in the magic of the setting light, he walked. Once he did it once he did it again and again. His first uneasy steps quickly steadied. With his goal in mind he chased the bubbles back and forth. The bubbles seemed like magic to him. There is still a magic about them, to me.

     We take this liquid, and we force it to stretch around this wand and force enough air at it until it breaks away from us and becomes units of floating iridescence. After they mesmerize the inevitably pop. Their fleeting beauty parallels our existence in several ways. The ephemerality of their making and their temporary nature is something that cannot be escaped. Our only option is to keep our eyes open and try to enjoy it as long as we can.

     Watching a child grow is much the same way. They change and take risks and learn. There is an iridescent energy about them, never just one color. Each moment is ephemeral, never being repeated or captured perfectly.

What I’m doing and why:

     My pyramids are my way of examining. With this installation I plan to examine concepts of memory, ephemerality, symbolism, and communication.  I don’t remember everything of that moment or evening, but I remember Coopers mesmerized, determine face. I remember the light, and the way the grass felt. I want to respond to this memory, taking my pyramid form and softening it and giving it an an iridescent surface to resemble the surface of a bubble. Laying them in the grass where Cooper took his first steps. Accompanying this piece will be a translated poem about the moment and space.

Update: The “Bubble” Pyramids are out of the kiln and I will be going to the park this weekend to see them in the space.  I have also make an extra 20 pyramids that are not finished yet but will be if there aren’t enough for the space.  I’ve been thinking about the best way to to the performance aspect of the piece.  I think will video the performance from an angle that obstructs a clear view of what’s going on.  But my thoughts are still in the works.  Here are some pictures of the pyramids!!!

Ismael Dominguez - Site Specific

For the site specific piece I am interested in getting back into ceramics and doing some slipcasting as well as integrating processes that maybe seen more as “craft” in an artistic way. For the site specific I plan to take a mold of a mannequin head that I then plan to cast in slip and clear glaze and then finish a small section of the face with a mirror surface. This head will be suspended in a handmade tubular fishing net out of a cotton cord. I plan to use this cord so that I can dye it later and add a little more to the finished piece. The concept of this piece is that anyone could hang this in an environment that has greatly influenced them and the surroundings will be reflected in the mirrored face. I think that this piece would be more migratory in that it could be placed in several places and still have the important connection to its surroundings. This is more of a question, but I was also thinking that I could project my home video onto the piece once it is hung in its environment and it would have another quality to it. I’m just not sure if this would be too much and take away from the piece rather than add to it.

Emily's Sight Specific

Sight Specific-

The public library has always been a special place for me where my imagination grew and parts of my personality were formed. So for me it was an obvious decision to do my sight specific there. My hope is to make 2D blob characters of many different colors that anyone can project a character onto. Each character will be walking towards the books in a bookshelf and pop into the 3D realm. Once there, the characters will come across an open book with a small object. The object will be related to the genre of book in that section of the library. So for an example the SciFi section will have an aluminum hat that the little character will then put on thus changing them like how a good book always changes me. <3