ASSIGNMENTS

Questions based on Ryan Horvath's work:
1. Why did you choose to use a tongue as the heel of the foot?
2.  How long did the “trans-passage” photos take you to complete?
3. Did the bus drivers ever get annoyed when you sat/stood near the stop and never got on?
4. Which sculpture are you most proud of?
5.Your resume shows many places you have done exhibits, which was your favorite city or state to have your work shown in?

 Observations based on Ryan Horvath's work:
1.  Many of your pictures contain different types of texture as a main element.
2.   Your sculptures also contain many different types of texture, including the edges around the sculptures. It adds a rough feel to them.
3. Many of your sculptures do not contain colors; they often are shades unless they are contrasting colors.
4. Many of your photos look as if they were taken in passing, which gives an interesting effect to the photo.
5. Lighting also plays a major role in your photos and in certain sculptures it looks as if you added color to make it seem as if light is hitting a section of it. 

Notes on other groups links (Art of Seeing)

Group 2

Their proportion, texture and movement pictures were all very good. They also had a very interesting choice for emphasis.

Group 3

We used a similar picture for variety. Their rhythm picture is hard to relate to.

Group 4

Their space and texture pictures are interesting and unique. Their variety picture could also pass for proportion.

Group 5

We used a similar picture for variety. Their emphasis picture was very nice. Their balance picture of the chapel seemed to be a reoccurring idea in many of the groups.

Group 6

The use of the flags for color was a very different and interesting picture for color. Their emphasis and variety are both nice pictures.

Group 7

The unity picture was the same as our variety picture, using it as unity is an interesting take on it. Their texture picture was nice.

Group 8

Their photos started off dull yet gradually became very colorful and unique. Their harmony, variety and unity pictures are all very interesting. 

Notice What You Notice (50 Things)

1.      Has a strong, pungent smell

2.      It is brown

3.      It can be different shades of brown

4.      It can be sweet

5.      It can be bitter

6.      It can be creamy

7.      It can be rich

8.      It can be smooth

9.      It can be silky

10.   It can be spicy

11.   It can be bland

12.   It can be burnt

13.   It can be nutty

14.   It can be muddy

15.   It can be blonde

16.   It can be watery

17.   It can be put into a mug

18.   It is usually in a paper to-go cup

19.   Is made in a pot

20.   Or made in a Keurig

21.   It is ground

22.   It comes from beans

23.   It has many different flavors

24.   it can be hot

25.   it can be cold

26.   it can be iced

27.   it can be caffeinated

28.   It can be decaf

29.   It can make you jittery

30.   It can upset your stomach

31.   It can come in a can

32.   College students drink me regularly

33.   Business professionals also drink me regularly

34.   It contains the most addictive drug

35.   There are many different variations of it

36.   Has an aftertaste that lingers once drank

37.   It can be icecream

38.   It can be purchased almost anywhere

39.   Some stores are dedicated to only selling it

40.   It is a common household item

41.   It is recognized worldwide

42.   It is a pallet cleanser

43.   There are many different sizes of it

44.   Whipped crème can be added as a nice topping

45.   The taste can be light, medium or strong

46.   It can be in the form of strong little “shots”

47.   It can be blended in an flavored iced drink

48.   It can be lethal in extreme amounts

49.   It is commonly had with breakfast or deserts

50.   It may be used to cure a hangover 

 

Coffee 

Color:

 

This shade of purple is my favorite color. It has been my favorite color since I was a little girl. When I first saw my grandfather's purple heart I fell in love with the color purple. It felt like the color had so much meaning in it. The Purple Heart is a much darker purple, however, I always believed it should be a lighter color since I found it prettier. My grandfather would always laugh when I told him that and we would compare his metal's color to my favorite purple beach chair. 

Picture Assignment 

The picture is taken in some sort of convenient store of super market. It has a wide variety of different goods shown in the picture that range from cereal, soda, medicine, laundry detergent, and whole different number of items and brands. When looking at the picture, there were a couple of different feelings that were conveyed. The first and the biggest feeling that was conveyed was overwhelmed. There is a lot of going on with the different items, colors, and it looks like everything is bunched together.  Then looking more closely at the picture, you see that there are two people in one of the isles looking at items. The feeling that seems to being portrayed when looking at the people is indecisive. They are just standing there not moving and staring at what they want to decide to buy. The things that seemed to happen before the picture is that there seems to be some sort of spill in one of the aisles. There is a wet floor sign. Also it seems to be either early in the morning or late at night because there are vey few people in the picture and those are probably the times when it is least active in the store. The overall meaning of the photograph I believe is that the world is all about overabundance. There are so many items and goods in this picture and there is only two people shown actually buying them. All of the rest are just sitting there and there is no purpose to them. 
5 questions and observations based on Tim Roda's Art
1. The use of black and white in almost every photograph highlights the shadows very interestingly. Is this why you chose to use black and white as opposed to color? 
2. There are many kids in your photographs, do you use them for a specific reason to highlight things in your pictures or just because they are your kids? 
3. Your photographs use everyday objects found in a home for the most part, is this to give it a more at home feeling for your audience?
4. Where does your inspiration come from? 
5. Does putting together a set for you photos take a while? Some of the photographs have a lot of objects in it. 
Observations:
1. The people in the photographs are all the same. 
2. Many of the photographs do not have titles. 
3. Many of your photos seem to have a sexual undertone to it.
4. When first visiting the website, navigating the site is a little awkward. 
5. In one of your photographs, you have an armadillo which looks like the one Ryan Horvath made.  

Reaction to talking to Tim Roda

After skyping with Tim Roda, I feel I have a much better idea of his work and reasoning behind the work. To find out his beginning works are based on his past and gradually he has moved toward creating a new life and experiences for his family. I also learned that many of his shadows are actually painted onto the walls, which surprised me yet I found very interesting. Being able to talk to an artist and gain insight into their mind is very interesting. 

5 questions and observations based on Jason Hackett's work

Questions:

1. Where do your ideas come from?
2. Do you have a reason for blocking out the faces of the people in your work?
3. Why do so many of your pieces include body parts (feet and hands in particular)?
4. Why do you include so many religious figures?
5. How did you think to layer the three plates that all had a similar idea to them?
Observations: 
1. Many of your plates are focused around love or religion.
2. The mount behind the plates usually has a similar color that ties in with the piece. 
3. There are a lot of ceramic body parts covering faces or parts of a persons body. 
4. There is a lot of gold added into the pieces. 
5. The series "gone with the wind" not only relates to the movie but also has an almost literal look to it. 

Feedback from interviewing with Jason Hackett

After speaking with Jason Hackett, I feel I have a much better understanding of his work. To just look at his work without getting a chance to speak with him would have made fully understanding his work hard. I would never have known the materials he uses or the reasons behind him using them. It was very interesting to learn why he stays in the same medium rather than changing it up. Talking to Jason Hackett definitely helped me understand his work and insight into his mind.

5 and 5 from viewing Claire Sherwood 

1. Why frosting?

2. How hard is it to work with frosting?

3. Dos it complicate where you work using frosting? For example does the temperature have to be at a certain point for it to get hard and work better? 

4. What was your idea surrounding the photographs of the women with the icing covering their faces? 

5. What's your favorite medium? 

1. Your photographs are much more explained through the captions compared to the other artists who we have had to view for this class. 

2. There are a lot of images with nature involved. 

3. Almost every piece includes hard elements covered in a soft element like lace or frosting. 

4. Your work seems to include motherly aspects in a good way, not screaming motherly but there is definitely a hint of it. 

5. The icing you use is not just vanilla or chocolate, you take the time to color it which gives an appealing look to it. 

Feedback 

Skyping with Claire was much more interesting than skyping with the other two artists. Claire had faced many struggles with her being a woman artist and you can clearly see that through her work. Hearing her experiences and going back to look at her work changed the way I looked and interpreted her work. It was very interesting to hear that she was a welder and then continued on to use her knowledge of using heavy objects like cement for work to prove her point. Women artists are not taken as serious and she has overcome that and shows her strength through her work in interesting ways.