Friday, December 9, 2011
mobile studio
Now that the pack is complete-- with brushes, dyes, chalks, stencils, and seed bombs-- it was time to use it! After all, you can only say so much about a project that can exist only in motion before it's been thrown into motion.
Katie and I braved the cold, rainy weather to plant seed bombs and make our art.
We relied mostly on the mud-mix, the moss-paint for most surfaces, and the turmeric mix and clay mix for darker, brick wall surfaces.
We used all the stencils and used our own hands to finger-paint primitive images of human hunters and animals.
We marked outside of the FAB, outside Parker, and made a mural on the walls by these stairs near the SUB that are pretty known for waves of random graffiti.
It was surprising that almost no one gave any indication of noticing what we were doing. Or even questioned the fact that we were in a way vandalizing... however temporarily.
The fire inspector however at least did a double take-- which was funny cuz he totally should recognize me and katie, as we both had our troubles with him this semester. (katie for having taxidermy stuff, me for the location of my entire studio space). But, Katie and I didn't want to reallyyy ask him his opinion so we scooted away before he could say anything.
Makes me wonder what people are thinking as they see these paintings. We're making an obvious reference to street graffiti and highlighting the parallel between the primitive and contemporary world. The idea was that we were making a sort of gentle reminder of our closeness to nature, even being in an urban setting.
Katie and I braved the cold, rainy weather to plant seed bombs and make our art.
We relied mostly on the mud-mix, the moss-paint for most surfaces, and the turmeric mix and clay mix for darker, brick wall surfaces.
We used all the stencils and used our own hands to finger-paint primitive images of human hunters and animals.
We marked outside of the FAB, outside Parker, and made a mural on the walls by these stairs near the SUB that are pretty known for waves of random graffiti.
It was surprising that almost no one gave any indication of noticing what we were doing. Or even questioned the fact that we were in a way vandalizing... however temporarily.
The fire inspector however at least did a double take-- which was funny cuz he totally should recognize me and katie, as we both had our troubles with him this semester. (katie for having taxidermy stuff, me for the location of my entire studio space). But, Katie and I didn't want to reallyyy ask him his opinion so we scooted away before he could say anything.
Makes me wonder what people are thinking as they see these paintings. We're making an obvious reference to street graffiti and highlighting the parallel between the primitive and contemporary world. The idea was that we were making a sort of gentle reminder of our closeness to nature, even being in an urban setting.
Monday, December 5, 2011
mobile studio
Turns out... I really didn't have time to think about constructing a propane forge. My mind was plagued by my independent study in puppetmaking with the Theater Dept., I could not conceive halting in order to make a studio I knew I wasn't going to use or have fun trying to pull together.
I was disappointed in myself for not being able to take the opportunity to make something really tangible for this class, but I came up with a quicker and more exciting idea to replace it.
Since highschool, I've kept this little book called The Guerilla Art Kit, a how-to book on crafts related to graffiti and such street art. I read through it a lot, but never really allowed myself to actually take the time to do the little crafts. With big sculpture projects and papers to write all the time, taking the time to do a stupid little craft can make me feel pretty guilty. But now the time seemed opportune...
...to make a guerilla art backpack!
for street art on the go!
I was talking to Katie about all my work anxiety and how I was going to change my mobile studio project even though it seemed late in the game, and it turned out she was struggling to keep afloat too. So, we decided to work together on this street art pack to keep the anxiety down and get more work done faster. We would make our art pack earth-based, like how our own independent sculpture is (katie works in taxidermy, I work in plant-like and animal forms), but more literal instead of representational.
Our street art backpack includes stencils with images taken from ancient cave art, "paints" made from vegetables and clays, clay and charcoal drawing chalks, and seed bombs (a seed pack to plant in corporate gardens).
Let the gardening anarchy begin!
I was disappointed in myself for not being able to take the opportunity to make something really tangible for this class, but I came up with a quicker and more exciting idea to replace it.
Since highschool, I've kept this little book called The Guerilla Art Kit, a how-to book on crafts related to graffiti and such street art. I read through it a lot, but never really allowed myself to actually take the time to do the little crafts. With big sculpture projects and papers to write all the time, taking the time to do a stupid little craft can make me feel pretty guilty. But now the time seemed opportune...
...to make a guerilla art backpack!
for street art on the go!
I was talking to Katie about all my work anxiety and how I was going to change my mobile studio project even though it seemed late in the game, and it turned out she was struggling to keep afloat too. So, we decided to work together on this street art pack to keep the anxiety down and get more work done faster. We would make our art pack earth-based, like how our own independent sculpture is (katie works in taxidermy, I work in plant-like and animal forms), but more literal instead of representational.
Our street art backpack includes stencils with images taken from ancient cave art, "paints" made from vegetables and clays, clay and charcoal drawing chalks, and seed bombs (a seed pack to plant in corporate gardens).
Let the gardening anarchy begin!
mobile studio
So originally, I read the assignment of making a mobile studio as almost a pure utilitarian project. Because of this, it was hard to come up with something that I actually wanted to make.
Why would I want to make a mobile studio when I had a really good one right in front of me? I scrounged around for some kind of craft that I knew I couldn't do within the walls of the Sculpture Department.
I thought of blacksmithing, and how sculpture only has oxy-acetylene torches and some abandoned coal forges. I thought it'd be nice to make a propane box forge. And then might as well fix up my stick welder. And then might as well put everything on wheels to make it mobile.
Project done? ....
Why would I want to make a mobile studio when I had a really good one right in front of me? I scrounged around for some kind of craft that I knew I couldn't do within the walls of the Sculpture Department.
I thought of blacksmithing, and how sculpture only has oxy-acetylene torches and some abandoned coal forges. I thought it'd be nice to make a propane box forge. And then might as well fix up my stick welder. And then might as well put everything on wheels to make it mobile.
Project done? ....
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