The piece is finished! I learned a lot about creating a "body" of work from this piece. I feel like the pieces are too different from each other to be a cohesive series, but everyone I mentioned that to said exactly the opposite. Over all though I'm glad with how the final piece turned out, and I'm really proud of the fact that I actually finished! If I was to do this project again, I think I would just go with my first piece and work on refining it and making it larger, but I'm still glad I have a series piece in my portfolio. The pink didn't turn out exactly like I had imagined it in my head, but it does the job of emphasizing the negative space in the piece.
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My home project is coming along more slowly than I would have liked because I'm really trying to take my time with the underdrawing of the piece before jumping into the color because I know that with a realistic piece, proportions end up being really important. I'm not sure about how much detail I should go into with the flowers because I know that drawing too dark or being too specific may make it harder to color over later. To be honest, I'm also kind of just scared to start the colored pencil because I feel like I won't know where to start. I've watched a few videos but I think I need to do a little more practice blending colors in my sketchbook before diving in. I'm also not sure about if I want to keep the intercom box in the top right corner of the piece or use my artistic liberties and just ignore it. I'll ask the class about it tomorrow during the pre-critique.
Marc Quinn, born in 1964, is a British contemporary artist who specializes in sculpting, installation, and painting. His father was a physicist, and at an early age Quinn was fascinated by his father’s scientific instruments. His work addresses the question of what it means to be human through his use of materials and subjects. He uses a variety of materials from marble and stainless steel to his own blood. Click on the links for more info! Website CV Key Works Sculpture, 2005, Ten pink marble sculptures, Dimensions variable This piece struck me as particularly interesting because of both its size and multitudes. The sculpture depicts a fetus each month of development- an example of how Quinn's work brings science into art. I love this piece; it's so simply beautiful, and I'm sure the magnitude of these individual pieces and the sense of them together adds to the pieces significantly. According to Quinn this piece is about "bringing matter to life", which makes sense since the embryo seems to be developing from the marble itself- an interesting connection that goes back to how humans developed as a species. I also thought it was interesting that Quinn didn't make these pieces himself. Instead, he hired traditional stonemasons from Italy who worked under his instruction alongside the use of real ultrasounds. Quinn's main contribution was the idea itself, which surprised me but I later realized shouldn't have, considering how renowned of an artist he is. This piece makes me want to create a series of sculptures even more than I already did. Marc Quinn's Self Portrait Series
I thought this series was so interesting, especially since it is an ongoing one. I love the way Quinn brings together art and science, and in this series particularly I understand how the science adds meaning to the piece. The fact that the sculptures are made out of his own blood are so astonishing to me. Not only do they connect the piece to his experiences at the time the blood was taken but they also communicate a sense of his what his personality is: daring, adventurous, and creative. It also approaches a self-portrait in a much more literal way; since the frozen sculpture needs machinery to stay frozen, it is also a commentary on how man depends on structure to keep himself together and in Quinn's case, also alludes to his history with addiction. I'll be the first to say I've been slacking on the progress posts but I promise progress is still being made! Studio days flew by and I finished the first piece and I really love how it turned out. The idea of filling the crevices with little rocks has grown on me and I think that's what I'm going to do now; I'll go to AC Moore today. I'm almost done with the second piece, all I have left to do is coat it with the fun sculpting material. With the experience from the first piece, the second piece has definitely gone by a lot faster. It's due on Monday and we technically don't have any studio days left but I really really REALLY want this to be a 3 part piece, so I think I'm going to make one part completely at home. I don't think it will take too long especially with the other two made and all the technical kinks worked out. I'm really excited for this piece to be complete! oct. 23, 2019 oct. 24, 2019 For my home project, the goal is to make a realistic portfolio piece. I'm drawing this picture I took in Italy on a larger scale in colored pencil. I'm kind of nervous about actually using color pencil, since I've never used it to do realistic drawings, but I think our little unit on color last year will be really useful- I've already pulled out my notes. I'm still in the process of sketching the image though. I'm taking my time with this step because I know the accuracy of the proportions will play a large role in how realistic the piece looks later on.
For my first in-class project of the year, I wanted to continue with the sculpture idea I was working on over the summer. Instead of figuring out the paper clay, I bought a material that seemed similar at the arts supply store and experimented with it. Surprisingly, it was exactly what I wanted! You mix it with water, and the texture is almost soft-looking while the material is still lightweight and dries hard. Right now, I've been working on creating the wire armature for the piece. I want to create 3 pieces to be displayed together, and even though the first piece took me a while to plan out, I think the later iterations are just going to be different combinations of the architectural elements I used in the first one, so they shouldn't take too long. My process is create the wire structure, cover it in strips of plaster to give it strength, and then coat it in the "fuzzy" material. I'm still not sure If i want to cover the inside of the piece, or leave the wire structure a little exposed.
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