Ashlie

Ceramics as well as sculpture.. for it is honestly just becoming one!
I am pleased to say that for our next crit I will be presenting all of my work thus far in it's incomplete/ complete versions. Hopefully this will allow for everyone to give me some feedback, and finally give everyone a better visual as to what I am working towards. As I stated in my self assessment to Abby, I am quite pleased with where this body of work is going. I have art ADD so I am jumping all around but I feel as if a lot is being accomplished.

Some new stuff I am looking at:



Yeah that is bread.. bread that takes the form of lotus flowers. I was really intrigued by the way the piece was presented. It was reminiscent of my bugs... I plan on showing them on the floor similarly. I have been looking into the way artists display their work (environment, set up, display, etc..) this piece really stuck out, and was somewhat humorous.



Also fluffy pills. I am working with a lot of different media (video, seating/sewing, ceramics, I think a plush aspect would be interesting. I only know how to crotchet though.. we will see, I already have a full plate.

Another thing I plan on doing (next semester) is to document my semester in a journal form through coloring books. At some point of everyday for a full semester I want to sit down and color, be it 3 hours on one pic or 5 minutes. I want to see if the way I color says something about my mood, like attention to detail color choice. Just a little experiment I want to work with.

Besides all that jazz I am in a British Literature class and find myself rapped up in the Romantic poets.
http://www.poetseers.org/the_romantics

I'm really enjoying, Shelley, Blake, Wordsworth, and Keats. Blake especially. I think I can relate to his work and the destruction of innocence through experience. It also helps to know that Blake dabbled in the visual arts himself. If you like to read, (especially about transcendence, nature, and emotions) check out some of the work by these guys.

Also for Christmas if anyone would like to get me "The Bipolar Dementia Art Chronicles" ( a book I have been eyeing) that would be great.. (joking of course). I was looking to find some more info on bipolar artists... but that didn't pan out the good news is that I found this book. Now I just have to get my hands on it and find some time to sit and read it!

I guess that is sort of it. I plan to keep working on the 3.5 pieces I have now and just keep going. Hopefully I get to the plush and coloring book part of the installation soon. I also hope that this all makes more sense to everyone after seeing my crit!

emily

i want to make sure i get the most out of myself in this opportunity to work amongst you all, in our fantastic class. Abby says push, create, think, take advantage of the situation: the people I’m involved with/the opportunity to work in this specific setting.
I’m finding that I really enjoy collaboration. With the video we’re (Jason, Brittany and I) working on, ideas flow well between three heads, and actions happen more quickly through three sets of hands. I like the honesty in real time footage of unplanned actions. The process is freeing—lots of room for experimentation. I can't imagine an end. I’m really excited about this.

what else:
1. the slouch.
what happens when you remove tables and chairs, computers and books, coffee and tea? what does that look like?
2. glass box.

I’ve been consumed by the idea of a glass/plexi-glass box.
I want to make this and put it in a field, and be in it. I’m constantly trying to think of the right language to illustrate a movement. I want to just trace. I want to film the act of fast, desperate tracing. Exist on the fringe and let this whole entity—box and me, cramped---exist quietly below a flock of birds. An eyeball in a field.


this is my blog: www.emilyjohannabunker.blogspot.com

I’ve been working on expressing emotion in a static piece through form. That’s why I made the pillow-y tentacles with pinch pots attached. After sitting with the piece I found it needed something and created a fence. It helped tie the whole piece together with motion and spoke more about anxiety than before.
Next I’m continuing my exploration of fabric and fabric like things. I plan to create a form out of thrown cylinders, then I’m knitting little sweaters for different sections of the structure. I think this piece with create a lot of really interesting juxtapositions between materials.

I’ve been researching different artists that work with fabric and Ernesto Neto is really great. He uses fabric and form to transform spaces, which is my basically the two biggest themes I’m interested in expressing through my art. Also just in general I love Christo because he transforms natural spaces with fabric. Which is just fabulous!

little monsters go bump

so far this semester i have been working on my little monsters. i really enjoy this process and letting the monsters be made as i go along its really relieving. i am also really looking forward to the whole family being together as a big group covered in wax and hanging out. lately i have been thinking about where these creatures would live.
maybe here


or here

i have also been working on making the candles for the larger monsters and working on making the wax drip.

i found this website
http://www.creaturesinmyhead.com/creature.php?date=102308
this is a little off topic but i really like the images on the site and the old movies
http://www.horror-wood.com/wax.htm

i have been thinking about what spices to use and i am thinking about going it to more of seeds or something of the sort

In my head... In my head... In my head...

So as of now I feel like I have been a huge slacker. But then again I am working carefully through a delicate process. A decent bump happened tonight while I was molding and I thought I lost one of my positives. (Which would have caused me to have a major BF if I did thank god it didnt happen) So as for process I have a video that you all can watch about how I am working right now to kind of get insight on this appliance making technique.



So yeah a pain in the ass with mold making basically.

I need to just keep moving forward at a more steady pace and I think that this is going to lead me to a place where I and this "mask" will end the semester with performance. It is very interesting to start off with a block of clay and then start making yourself into a different entity. This going along with my semester theme of suspension of disbelief I think is pretty cool. So hopefully I can suspend some disbelief through a live performance or a captured performance.

I may do some sculptural work and apply the crystalline glaze to it just to see what happens. The only problem is that it is a very obnoxious glaze so I have to think about the proper application. I saw some more sculptural vessels done by an artist named Bill Campbell which I think may be a good starting point for me to take further. Unfortunately I cannot find his sculptural work images so I'll link his website for you...



http://www.campbellpottery.com/index.html

Almost finished my experiments with materials. Ive done the crystalline glaze and screen printed on clay and now all I have to do is the foam latex!!!

So as the semester wraps up expect me to not sleep and go crazy as normal!!

In my head... In my head... In my head...

The project that never ended...

So after a semester and a half of "working" on this project, Tracy and I finally finished! HOORAY!!

Here are some pictures incase you missed it.


Cupcakes!!


The "fake" fight.




The Aftermath


I am pretty pleased with how crit went and I am happy that we decided to do a performance at the last minute. I think it was one of those things that would either make or break the piece, no pun intended! haha


As for our next collab piece we want to work with conversation recordings and sound and maybe throw in some projection up in there. I'm in the processes of looking up artists that do this so if anyone knows of any interesting ones, let us know!

Samantha Grandy's Self-Assessment Blog

I finally finished putting holes in all 38 pots. That took me about a week. I did not realize how time consuming it would be to do that. I want to have a good project that I actually like, but I finally got all my pots into the klin yesturday, so hopefully they will be done by tomorrow so I can start glazing them. To finish off the project, I actually bought some tea lights to go under the pots so it can create cool shadows. This is all an experiment and im hoping it works.

I looked up Lucie Rie and loved her work. It is very simple but with a touch of her own flare. Her pieces look very delicate. I like how she experiments with different type of shapes and creates new forms. I want to do this in my next project. I really love the colors she uses, white, pale blue, pinks, bronze, and tans(Very natural). Her pieces are not overwhelming kind of like mine first project. I do not want them to be crazy out there. Simple is a good way to go sometimes. 

My next project I do want to create bigger forms but for this first project I wanted do to something small and something I could repeat over and over again so I get the hang of throwing. And so far I feel like I accomplished that.

Samantha Kelly Grandy

clarification: blogs due 9 PM Friday 10/31

these mid-term blogs should be about where you've been and where you're going; a REpresentation of your mid-term self-assessment but adding links to new artists you're looking at.

see original assignment below for more particular requirements

XTRA XTRA XTRA CREDIT

DUE DATE: postings must be up by 9 PM Tuesday, November 4th.

post an image of yourself at a voting place and get extra credit!! it's really that easy!!! so so so so so so easy, all you have to do is exercise your privileges as an American citizen! never again will I use so many exclamation points in a class document.

color changing chemical

I dont know if this helps at all but i found it online:

Self-indicating silica gel is the only thing I know which changes
color depending on whether is wet (pink) or dry (blue). It's just
regular silica gel with a cobalt chloride indicator added, which is a
very toxic stuff by the way.
There are other less dangerous silicas (check here 
http://www.geejaychemicals.co.uk/cobaltchloride.htm  )
I've worked with these substances for years and the process can be
reversed anytime and as often as you want, but I really don't think
they can be used as additives in a paint.

Publish Post

wow - changes color!

So, I want to apply some sort of material or chemical that will only be visible when wet. I want to put it outside so you can only see it on rainy days - something to look forward to when you're soggy-footed. Mattel/Barbie has this technology. It can exist. Anyone have any suggestions for me for any chemicals/pigments/substances that appear when wet?

P.S. - I started my own blog last week.

FALL 2008 3rd blog assignment

DUE DATE: postings must be up by 9 PM Monday, October 27th.
postings must be at least 200 words, include at least 2 different images, and at least 2 links to different websites related to the content.

THE 3RD STUFF: this posting should present a distilled version of the dialogue that you and I have had about the mid-term state of things in your studio head. so give a synopsis of your own self eval, what I responded and contributed to your assessment, and where you want to go from there.

Esteban's brilliant idea

is to have you all post images and observations about your first project. or somebody else's! a good way to keep dialogue going....go to it!

SAM GRRRRRR-ADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Sam,

ebullient

(ĭ-bʊl'yənt, ĭ-bŭl'-)

adj.

1. Zestfully enthusiastic.
2. Boiling or seeming to boil; bubbling.

Had just been thinking that, during your presentation, I had started laughing because your excitement for the things that you love became stronger than the actual objects of your affection. You are excited about excitement, I think; drunk on vague, implacable and beautiful life.

for Liz from Abby Wolfe

For Liz -

Liz is doing her first ceramics project using flat 4 inch by 4 inch slabs of clay in the shape of puzzle pieces. She plans on suspending each piece by the ceiling in the ceramics studio critique room, using heavy fishing line. Instead of putting up each puzzle piece randomly, she plans on making a 3 piece by 3 piece square with 9 puzzle pieces, with 4 big blocks altogether. Liz explained to me that she wants to explore the shadows that the puzzle pieces create when light hits them. She will use black under glaze, finishing it off with clear shiny glaze that will contrast with the white walls, but shine with minimal light in the dark. She also stated that she does not want the puzzle pieces to interlock, but look like they could fit together.

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I really like Liz’s idea of playing with the shadow concept, but would maybe suggest putting the puzzle pieces in different fields…not all in one block like a two-dimensional piece suspended in the air.