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The Unexpected

Rushing to my Head

Initially upon being assigned this project, I was unsure of how to approach it. Viewing the selected inspired works for the project I decided to choose something moderately up-surd to "collect" and create my sculpture from.

I chose dust. Now came the hard part... how was I going to form this dust into the likeness of myself, and a little bird-y suggested that I make a packaging tape form mold of my head, I had seen the process done many a time by peers but had never made one myself.

As the process continued, after collecting my dust, and making the tape mold I needed to find some way to seal the dust in. Originally I was just going to use hot glue, but discovered the wax station and began to experiment.



The end result I believe is successful, but has caused a sort of conundrum with in me. When looking at it I feel it has the potential for a deeper conceptual feeling. I can find connections to the piece. There are feelings and expressions within me that are conceptually realized by this piece, but the question I am now asking myself is, can I actually call upon these stoic after thoughts? Is it okay for me to say this piece is representational of something it wasn't created to express?

Hence these thoughts have left me with two titles. The first of which being Rushing to my Head, though I do feel that if I were to display it as such I would also require an artist statement to properly depict my thoughts of the work. On the other hand the second title is true a depiction of what it is, an Untitled Experimentation. I feel more inclined towards the second because I have found that I feel art should be displayed for what it is in essence. I generally prefer to leave my work untitled because I want the viewer to take the work as they see it. After all what does the work become when the artist is not present to defend it? Do my ideas of it matter at all, I would say they do if it was created with an intention, but seeing as this wasn't; Where does that leave me the artist, and the titlist?

Where We Stand

Dimensions: 6' x 3' x 2'
Found Objects, Black Paint.

A Self Portrait In Creation of Destruction

"A Self Portrait in Creation of Destruction" focuses on the exploration of the studio space in relation to the college studio setting and how, as students we struggle against time. Furthermore it explores the aspect that normally, we endure through this struggle creating objects we rarely can keep but have put ourselves entirely into.

To explore this concept I gave myself two days, one in which to create an object, and the second to destroy it. Because this piece is geared towards the self I decided the object to be created would be a self portrait from clay. I chose to work with 150 lbs of clay and on the first day, through the practice of creating several small portraits I would then create a larger one. On the second day, in order to create a parallel to the time it took to make it, I destroyed it in the same time frame. My days started at 12:30pm and ended at 8:30pm.

I chose to embellish my "studio" with several clocks and mirrors. As I worked I had alarm clocks going off through out the day, sounding closer and closer as my deadline neared. I used the space as I would a studio, drawing on the walls to help aid my thought process.

Day 1:

Day 2: