Spamhenge: Journal Entry

For our mid-term we were given 2 products to choose from, either spam or soap to make any sculpture that we wanted to. I decided to go with the spam because i wasn't sure if i was going to be able to sculpt something out of the soap.  At first i didn't really know what to make out of spam and i thought it was going to be kind of difficult. I was thinking and since i am an art major i decided to make something that is in the art history. I sculpted the "stonehenge."

 It was hard at first because i was doing it on a plate and the plates round edges kept making the pieces of spam knock over. So, then i cut a piece of cardboard and covered it with paper to make a flat surface. I also was not sure how i was going to keep the pieces of spam stay up to represent the stone. So, i half baked them and they stuck to the paper and stayed up themselves! I was very pleased with the outcome of my project and it was kinda fun working with it.

Sweet Sensations: Journal Entry

I gave my project this title because it thought that it fit it very well. Candy is sweet and the sounds of music that come out of a guitar are sensational.

Starting this project I wasn’t really sure why I was using the materials I did and also the point of it. I wanted to do a mobile project and I thought that this would be a good idea. I knew for sure I also wanted to use candy.  

The process of putting together my project took a lot of time and commitment. I wanted to have a mobile project, at first i wanted to use the candy and made a wind chime out of it. I then realized that there would be no point in make a wind chime if it didn’t make noise. So, I came across using the candy and making a pinata out of it. I bought a guitar pinata and many different kinds and colors of candy. I bought M&M’s, sour patch kids, dots, gummy bears, and gummy sharks. I cut all the fringe things off the pinata and put them in the inside. I separated the candy into colors and glued them on the pinata on the appropriate places. I had to wait for each section to dry before I could continue onto the next.  

I don’t really know my intensions of choosing these materials for my project. After starting it and analyzing it, I started to connect with it. I love candy and especially the kinds I used, but also I love music, especially acoustic. It was something different from what I did last time. I really wanted to step up on this project and show that I worked harder and did a better job than my last one. I really feel confident in this project and feel good about it.

Armature: Journal Entry

This is my armature project. It is called "Ballon" which is a ballet term and means ability of a dancer to hold in air a pose of position. In ballet you have to be able to hold a position and show balance and strength. I tried to represent it as good as possible.

I used wire for the armature part and i used silk for the skin and to attach the skin i used thread and sewed in on. I cut 6 long pieces of the where and knotted and twisted them to make the "legs". I used another piece of wire and twisted it around the "legs" to make the box. I then cut pieces of the silk and sewed them on. I used two different colors (white and silver, though you can't really tell)

My intentions of this project was to show the elegant appearance of a ballet dancer. It is a simple armature structure with a unique meaning. I wanted to represent ballet in my armature not only because i have been performing since i was little, but also because it comes from a different history form's of art and with this assignment we built different forms of art.

I used to silk to represent the material of the costumes and the soft colors that show an elegant meaning. Silk shows elegance, beauty, and flexibility, also when it is shown in the light it shines just like the ballet dancers do on stage. The wire represent the flexible part as shown that they are twisted and the end. I went with the box in the middle because i feel that it shows the steadiness of posture you must maintain. You must be strong and a box is strong.