think about it.

living for more than just a funeral.

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Studio Project #3: Found Object Sculpture

Title: Class of 2020

Materials: crayons and hot glue

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Question of the Week Fourteen

What research do you do as an artist?

As an artist, the kind of research I’d say I do is when I am looking to learn a specific skill and youtube is typically my go to. I enjoy searching and watching wedding videos for inspiration in my free time. If I see something on instagram or the internet in general that catches my eye, I’ll tend to look more into it and usually end up saving it so I can come back to it.

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Question of the Week Thirteen

What specific artworks or artists have been meaningful to your art practice development?

My friend who is a videographer for weddings is motivating and inspiring because that’s the direction I would love to go in. As for my mosaics, my granny has been a blessing in being there, encouraging me, teaching me, and challenging me to create new ideas. As for my photography, I suppose I just follow photographers whose photographs are also admiring to my eye and what I am striving for when it comes to my work.  

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Question of the Week Twelve

Do you see your work as relating to any current movement or direction in visual art or culture?

When I think of my art relating to any current movement or direction in visual art or culture, I don't think my work as of right now does. As for my photography, I think the type of photography I do, can be put into a common category called lifestyle photography. As for my mosaics I hope to move in a direction of creating pieces of work that people haven’t seen before.  

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Fun Easter Cards

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Artist Research Project, on Isaiah Zagar. 

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Question of the Week Eleven

What is the most indispensable object in your studio?

I have a work area in my garage where I have all my mosaics supplies, so I guess that is my studio for that. My studio for my digital artwork can really be anywhere, I just need my hard drive and laptop with me, so those would have to be my most indispensable objects. As for my mosaics, the most indispensable object would have to be my cutters, I wouldn’t be able to control how little, big, or rounded my pieces are if I didn’t have those. I could use a hammer to break plates, but there’s not as much control using a hammer.

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Question of the Week Ten

Are there any particular activities that you do everyday as an artist?

This is a great question that I haven’t really thought about in my daily life. As a photographer, videographer I don’t really carry my camera everywhere I go, I do have my phone that’s usually always on me, but I tend to take pictures more with my camera. When I’m out and either visit a new place or pass by it I think of “this would be a fun place to take pictures” then I write down the location. I tend to go on pinterest at least once or four times a day, I follow poses so if I see one I love I usually save it for future shoots. Sometimes a random idea will pop into my head about a video I’d like to make. I write it in my notes on my phone. I think if I thought of something I’d do everyday as an artist is finding an outfit that matches a color scheme of some kind, or re-decorate my living space or just ponder about what my next project should be.

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Question of the Week Nine

What do you expect from your art education?

When I think about what I should expect from my art education, I think whatever medium you choose to chase after you should be educated on that specific medium. You should know it inside and out, whether that’s being taught by someone, or teaching yourself. I think it is wise to branch out and try new mediums, because you might discover something you can use for another medium. For example, I love mosaics and want to continue gaining knowledge and bettering my skills. When I was taking color theory, I thought what the heck, what am I going to learn that will be useful in that class. I ended up loving that class, but I didn’t realize how much I gained until I was creating a new mosaic piece. Another key thing to expect from your art education is how to put yourself out there, and how to maintain your business if you are hoping to have your own business. I think this is something that is holding art students back because it can be daunting to put yourself out there.

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My first studio project, titled Flowers in a Vase. I really enjoyed this project, it reminds me of home. I’ve always love wired flowers and wanted to attempt them when we were studying wire, but thought they were too complicated. Turns out they aren’t too complicated and quite fun to make. I pictured them to take place of typical flowers on a kitchen table. My mom loves them and has them on a window seal along with another vase of flowers that she bought a while ago. (Picture above) I ended up taking out the green and silver ones and leaving the copper ones, I’m slowly in the process of making more copper ones. I definitely enjoy the look of the copper ones more, though they aren’t as easy to bend as the silver and green wire. The vase is a found object my mom gave to me, when I saw it I was like “this is perfect”. 

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question of the week seven

A commonly held conception is that artists often make their best work during periods of personal turmoil, have you found this to be true?

I do not believe that artists make their best work during periods of personal turmoil, but I can understand why people might think that they do. From the article listed below, it quotes, “From Vincent van Gogh to Mark Rothko, the image of tortured artists producing their best work when suffering emotional turmoil has endured, but new research suggests it could be a myth”. From the two artists came wonderful pieces of work, but that doesn’t mean artists can not make their best work if they do not go through trial and turmoil. Beautiful pieces can come out of being through hardship, but there are millions of best works from artists who do not go through turmoil. This conception may give off the wrong idea, that in order to produce one’s best work, one must go through the deaths of despair to get there. I don’t think this is the way to go about it, yes people go through trials, but I don’t think that should be your aim just so you can produce your best work.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/painters-did-not-produce-best-work-when-suffering-emotional-turmoil-research-says-a6783706.html  

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Object study newspaper sunglasses 

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Who is the primary or original audience for your work?

When it comes to the primary audience for my work, I think the ages range from 12-108. I think my mosaics lean more towards females, rather than males, but females of all ages can enjoy my work. As of right now I think young people are more drawn to it, because of the work I’ve done so far. People who love garden work may be drawn to it more because a good chunk of what I’m hoping to make might go in someone’s garden and hopefully house.For my photography/videography I think both genders enjoy viewing my photographs and watching my videos. From my experience so far, people around my age watch my videos because they include some type of adventure, and people seem to like it.

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What do you think is a reasonable amount of time for an artist to spend in his or her studio? Do you have a certain standard?

I don’t think I should have a say on how much someone else should spend time in the studio, I think they have to make that decision for themselves. In general I believe an artist who is completely 100% focused on their art work, should spend most of their time thinking, and working on their work. Of course bills need to be paid, so they might have another occupation that takes their time, but any other time they have should be spent on their work if they truly want to get better, or broaden their collection. When it comes to how much I spend in the studio, I wish I could spend more time in the studio for my mosaics because it is an activity I could spend all day doing. Yet, being a full time student, who works, I do have a hard time finding time to sit down and persistently work on a project. After I graduate college, I hope to be spending a good amount of time during the week in the studio, as well as perfecting my other art studies.

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On my texture walk, walls caught my attention. In the first photo, I couldn’t feel the blinds but if I could, it would be an experience, looks like they’ve been through a lot. The middle picture is of a brick wall, the texture was rough, bumpy, and in some areas breakable. In the far right picture, the texture of this building is different than any other building. I ran my hand up and down it, probably looked weird doing it but I had to. I was hard and bumpy in some areas and smooth in others. 

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Object study Tape casting I chose to do my hand because I’m random, and just went for it. It sounded like a fun thing to try out, and it was. I very much enjoyed  tape casting. 

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my uncompleted, unfinished, sad wire project.