We started  the process to the wire sculpture, I twisted a lot of wire and Javier worked on the nose, I’m a bit concerned that it might be too big, but I’m sure he has a plan, also a bit concerned that we wont be able to produce enough wire in time,I’ll keep doing my best, hopefully we can finish this by Saturday night, maybe that way I can have some free time in the break.

Before I left, Javier told me he had a new Idea he wanted to implement,I personally like it, but we agreed that we should talk to the rest of the group. I’m still not sold on the drawing thing though, not sure if we’ll have time for that,and it doesn’t seem to be too connected to the head in my opinion.

I attended the opening at the McColl center,not only that but I also drove Woody there,you can ask him, we almost got hit by a bus on the way there. The exhibition was cool,even though I recall being uneasy for some reason,also the shrimp wasn’t that good ( maybe that was it?!). Some lady took a photo of me and my girlfriend, right by the paintings that looked like collages. Here are the photos I took  as proof that I was there.

Look, There is even one of me pointing! Thank you Woody, if you ever read this post, thank you.

As me and Woody  had found the window as the place for our project, it was clear that we both wanted to work on a piece that would utilize both the outside and the inside, and connect them in some way that we both found interesting, preferably using the window.

We went through more or less an hour worth of ideas, with ideas ranging from creating a fish tank illustration on the glass, to apocalyptic scenarios,ocean vistas,freeze frames, photo recreation, perspective lines (almost study like) and others I can’t really recall. as we discussed, we both agreed that we had an opportunity to focus on perspective,and perception. We wanted to play with the image outside in a unique way, something that would be difficult to recreate in any other way.we landed on the idea of simplifying the forms of buildings and scenery with lines from multiple perspective.

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The idea was interesting enough, and more realistic than most others, given the time we had and the materials available, sure it was watered down mostly due to time, but the more we worked on it, the better I felt about it.As we worked, we saw the sun slowly move, and the shadows with it,I believe it was Woody who first took notice of it, since he was the one being blinded by the light.

Most of the challenge after figuring out what to do was to stay put while putting the lines which were further from our bodies,and that challenge created an interesting aspect for the piece, since I was afraid to move , my lines ( The yellow ones) were mostly focused on on my reach, while Woodys lines were much further, but lost continuity much more often. This gave both colors distinctive personalities, which delighted me.

The week of installation slowly progressed from confusing to exciting. On Monday, we came in thinking that the yarn installation would be much more clear cut and simple than we had anticipated. I think we were all a little frustrated, since we were not exactly sure what we had gotten ourselves into. Personally, I was frustrated since I thought working with yarn would be much easier, and I couldn’t even make  a simple braid in under 30 minutes.

However, by the end of the day, our I think we worked really well together by expressing our opinions with the group, and eliminating and providing our ideas. By Wednesday, we had a much more clear cut idea with incorporating the hoop, and from there, it was simply installing and attaching the strings to the ceilings, walls, and hoops. Ultimately, I was incredibly impressed with how our group meshed and what the installation grew to be. I really loved how the concept were captured and that each group member played their part.

This Korean sculpture’s are something to be marvelled. His work seems to have an existentialist kind of thematic. He studies how all parts of something as a whole makes up the actual object. For example, one of his pieces is a grand piano beautifully covered in aluminum wired. This questions whether the piano is still a piano if it is not able to do it’s function.

My main focus with Mo Park is his work with wire mesh. His wire mesh portraits and landscapes are a force to be reckon. This work have an ethereal aspect to it. The different layers of mesh are placed in such a matter that it created a very intricate crosshatching. After that, he substract little by little to bring the whole image  out.

I ended up very pleased with our final product. It came together very nicely with our color choices and the way we brought colors from one piece to another. We made it so no yarn end was clearly visible and everything was draped as loops or pulled straight but it was very uniform and I believe all of us were quite satisfied with the final result. It was a wonderfully fun group project and I got to learn about how to work better as a team with all my group members and watch as our efforts bloomed into a beautiful collaborative piece. The work itself showed both literally and metaphorically how we all came together and came out of our personal comfort zones in order to work as a team using all of our individual strengths. As a first gallery installation and exhibition I have definitely taken a lot of good learning experiences from it and and glad I was able to be part of it in such a meaningful way.

Week of the show/week after:

Monday was spent working on the installation yarn piece, which we were able to set up the base for the installation. We were unsure, as a group however as to what the installation should look like. By the end of Monday Rachael and Hollis had started the design, which gave us an easy day on Wednesday in order to work together as a team and put up our yarn installation. I believe that our time management was really successful, as a team we knew what we wanted to do and we worked hard during our class time.

Week 2 of project:

This week I began to use a projector in order to outline all the objects in my room. On Monday I was able to complete 50% of the drawing and then Wednesday I completed the outlines and began the detailing.

Spring Break: This was spring break week so I spent Monday and Tuesday working on finishing with the lithograph crayon in order to add more mid-tones to the drawing.

Week 1 of project:

I began my project with preliminary drawings and sketches, before renting a projector from Storrs and then projecting a grey scale image of my bedroom onto the drafting mylar which I will talk about in my second week. So my first step was to do some sketches to draw out conceptually what the piece would look like.

Composition VII

Yellow, Red, Blue

Wassily Kandinsky is one of my favorite painters and the one I draw a lot of my inspiration for color, composition and style. His paintings for one explore a vast array of colors that I hope to use and explore myself as I advance in the Painting BFA program. He also creates such engaging spaces with dynamic uses of simple lines and shapes. It is the nonobjective that I find personally stimulating, it is something that can engage me as a viewer without relying on a preconceived notion of what it is. The painting on the left really makes use of a chaotic order that builds and builds upon itself while filling the space and almost leaping out towards the viewer. The openness in the background is created by a tactful use of an yellow ochre tint that gives the viewer the crucial areas of rest for their eyes. This is something that I wish to emulate in my own paintings to come. The painting on the right is an example of some of his more regimented and ordered works. It still is open and nonobjective but it has more clearly defined shapes in more recognizable geometric patterns. However he is still able to create an open floating space with perspective lines and open moments for the canvas and the viewer to breathe. I hope to be able to see one of his works in real life so that I can really experience his work.