For this assignment, we were required to take the 16 cylinders we made for project one and create six handled objects and one stacked object. The purpose was also to explore different textures, and techniques. I started we my original 16 cylinders and picked out some of the less polished ones. I used these for…
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The Hush Seating Pod I was drawn to this chair mainly due to its color and texture. The softness of the fabric and the warm colors have a connotation of safety and home. The organic shape that is mostly round also has very non-threatening connections. While the shape is more round its not so round…
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Chairs are something that those who live in western culture use every day. Yet they are often something constantly overlooked, at most some people may have a favorite chair, or think certain kinds are more comfortable over others. But why do chairs look the way they do? How long have humans used them? How is…
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Learning to wheel throw has always been something I was determined to do. Growing up, it seemed that everyone told me it was something for naturally born artists. That some just sat down at the wheel and after the first couple of attempts they had it. I was not one of those people, so the…
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There is a time in every art student’s pursuit of skill and knowledge that they come upon the age-old division of art and craft. These words have been tools used to separate and explain different pieces throughout history. Some put more value in one category vs the other, some considering the two equally important. Some…
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“The forms of art are inexhaustible; but all lead by the same road of aesthetic emotion to the same world of aesthetic ecstasy.” –Clive Bell For Clive Bell, the determination of a good art piece was not in its technical skill, or in its ability to invoke emotions by connotation, but instead by the emotions…
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