Senior Pieces

Now that I have pics of them here of some of the pieces that I've done this year as a senior. These aren't all of them so there will be more later on. Oh and I needed to have two views of each piece so that's why u r kinda seeing double--don't worry u r not crazy. :3

Apple of Your Eye (Summer Assignment) 7 3/4" x 7 3/4" x 8 3/4"

Styrofoam, Paint, and a Toothpick

This was one of the assignments i had to do the summer of my senior year. One we could do whatever we wanted so long as it was 3D. So i took one of the examples my teacher gave which was to do a saying like "Pig in a blanket" and instead did "Apple of your eye". This piece was pretty easy to make, the trickiest part was carving up the apple shape and the groove in the iris cause the excess foam got all over everything. Ack!

Foil Christmas Tree (Summer Assignment)

Foil, Plastic Hangers, Green Spraypaint, and Duct Tape

Now this one i'd been playing around with the idea and finally decided to try it. At first i was planning for it to be able to stand on its own but the hangers weren't sturdy enough to hold the whole thing up so it's become a hanging piece (In the left pic of the tree i had to photoshop my hand out of the pic lol). My favorite part with working with this piece was spray painting it. Never got to work with spray paint before and it was alot of fun! hee hee :3

Giant Toothpick (Summer Assignment) 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 27 1/2"

Over 1600 toothpicks and glue

Actually the 1600 is a rough estimation cause i wasn't really counting how many i was using till my sister pointed out that i probably should. The boxes of toothpicks i had were 800 in each so this is a rough idea of how many toothpicks i used. The BFT (big friggin toothpick) is not hollow, it is solid toothpick, i had to work on this from the inside out--which wasn't really hard to do since the shape stays pretty much the same. i had to start cutting the toothpicks in half though when i started getting to the points. It was a very sticky business (no pun intended) lol.

Balance 10 1/8" x 7 3/4" x 8 1/2"

Wood and Paint

With this piece i had no idea what i was gonna do at first. I pretty much just gathered a bunch of little bits of spare wood at school and started playing around with them to see what i got. Finally i decided i wanted to do something that curves and moves but still balances thus the name. Then when it was all glued together i painted it blue because i thought the blue was a nice color and i wanted the piece to look real mellow and smooth. And cause i like blue.

My Artist Statement

I think I needed to put my artist statement on here too so here it is. :3

Artist Statement

Things that interest me create a sense of life in my work. In my direct observation pieces that sense is almost exact; I try to draw the subject as realistically as possible, almost like I’m trying to draw a photograph. In other drawings and ceramic work, that sense of life also exists but less realistically. The messages portrayed in my work differ with each piece. It’s in my direct observation pieces that the message is pretty straightforward. I drew what seemed interesting to me so that the audience could see the subject through my eyes. I want the viewer to wonder about the message, to guess the meaning of the piece.

I feel that art states an opinion or even tells a story by using images instead of words. In my work each piece tells a story, and sometimes states an opinion, using imagery.