Joseph Pierce once said, “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” I completely agree with this quote and got inspiration from it. I used to really enjoy art classes but always got nervous when people looked at my work and critiqued it. I did not like talking about it, only enjoyed making it. Then I learned that to be a good artist, you need to be confident while making art and while other people examine it. I’ve also discovered how to be helpful with other flourishing artists. I know now that I need to listen to what others say to me to help me improve along with give advice to them as well.
I believe that creativity is being able to come up with new, original ideas with little help from others. I learned early in my life that I was full of inspiration and creativity when it came to artwork. This is why I decided to pursue a career in a field of art.
The first assignment we had for the Spring Semester was “anything but a box.” We had to use a cardboard box to create a three dimensional form that completely changed from a structure of a box to something new. I struggled with looking for an image to make a box out of. I knew we had to make sure the box no longer looked like a box, so tried to stay away from any object that seemed box-like. You also had to use just about the entire box so I had to think of how to approach the image I was going to choose. I was looking around my room then saw my hands and thought that could be pretty interesting. I began by measuring my left hand and fingers to make the image look life-size. I then thought of the idea to make layer after layer so that I would use the whole box and my figure would be thick. After I got all my concepts down, I started cutting and hot gluing.
From this project, I learned how to sketch and write down ideas to go over all the things you need to accomplish. For instance, I knew we had to use the whole box, so instead of making the hand extremely large, I decided to layer the cardboard. This make have been more time-consuming, but it was worth it. And I also understood that art is not a quick process. It could take a long time and be tedious, but everything will come out better in the end.
One of the things I find most interesting in the development of these blogs, is that they offer a very unique form of dialogue. I appreciate the fact that, although they have the potential to be visited by more people than in a class’ critique, we are able to articulate thoughts in writing, than we are not able- or perhaps don’t feel are worth it at the moment -to express in public life. Through them I learn more about each one of you and your approach to creativity, art and your process to make things happen.
ReplyDeleteYou solved the problem creatively and effectively. Your approach was quite unique in the sense of how you explored the concept of mass in your piece. You introduced also the concept of “serial planes” without knowing it was the one to come!
Good written and visual documentation of the process. However, you need to find better focus in the images, and turn them all 90 degrees for a proper flow of the narrative.
Also, for future projects remember to document your final piece from different perspectives and use the infinite backgrounds and lighting provided in the classroom for a better reading of your piece.
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