For my collage project, I made use of some old cyanotype photographs and paper, other blue hued papers found in the lost and found box, magazine paper, and oil pastels. I began by cutting the cyanotype photographs into small, random shapes and later doing the same with the rest of blue hued papers. When I began laying the blue pieces down i started with one color (as you can see the darker blues are all together, the lighter ones together and so one) overlapping each other because I love textured art so I knew I wanted to have these random shapes over lapping one another. When I followed with the lighter pieces of blue I still didn’t really know what I was going to create… was it going to be a sky (it was giving sky)? A wave? Add a wave it was. I drew an outline of a wave and continued filling it in with the little cut pieces of textured blue paper. I wanted the textures and different colors of blue in the wave to be uniformed and have some form of harmony so I tried adding different colors of blue (light, dark, textured, not so textured) here and there to tie them all together. To add a one pint perspective I added rectangular pieces of magazine paper inside the wave creating a tunnel-like effect. The surrounding areas were also covered in magazine paper which I then colored over with warm oil pastel colors to allude to a sunset sky. Some magazines I had used as scrap paper where i would test the color of pastels by coloring on the magazine paper. I utilized these scrap pieces in my background as well. Overall, this collage was created using recycled pieces of art.

Our idea for this project was to create a story through a hand “controlling” a puppet. The puppet figure is sculpted to be falling down with some strings cut from the hand. This demonstrates the puppet escaping from their controller. We wanted to use line both in the strings as well as the wire figures. We went with a continuous line sort of blind contour style for the figures to give it more “line” qualities. We had initially wanted to install this just laying on a surface with a counter weight in the arm. We then had some help coming to the conclusion that it would look better coming out of the wall. We reinforced it with fishing string holding it from the ceiling, as well as thumbtacks holding it to the wall.

“We have forgotten we are of the planet — Made of minerals and inhaling the breath of trees. A liveable future is contingent upon healing this illusion of separateness. My art offers spaces for reconnection and alignment.“ – Clare Celeste

Berlin based collage artist, Clare Celeste Borsch is not only an artist but also an environmentalist. Her installations show great appreciation for our planet’s ecosystems and biodiversity. Through this appreciation she also hopes to bring awareness to the topics of climate change and the prevention of more biodiversity going extinct. In an interview she states that her artwork is a reflection of her love for nature. Fascinated by “the connections between organisms, the intricacies of ecosystems, and the complexity of nature…” she has created her most recent work of art and installation: Biodiversity. This is an immersive art installation made of hand cut paper images of flora and fauna. Borsch states that flora and fauna are reminders that we are “inextricably connected to the larger web of life”. Her ideas stem from having grown up all over the world. She adds that because of this, her life has been a collage of sorts: “For me, it makes sense to collage a Brazilian butterfly next to a North American flower. In my mind, they are intrinsically connected.”

https://www.clareceleste.com

https://mymodernmet.com/clare-borsch-collage-installation-art/

My idea came from a photograph I took of these traditional Mexican dolls known as “Marías’ or most commonly ‘rag dolls’.

This photo was taken using a 5o mm camera lens which allowed for the deep depth of field. I thought this photo was perfect for this atmospheric perspective project because of how in focus the dolls are. I chose oil pastels as my medium because of the softness, variety of colors, and easy smudge effects used to create the blur effect. I began with a thumbnail sketch. I later outlined the drawing on a red piece of paper using a white colored pencil and finally, I went in with the oil pastels. I used q-tips to blend colors, especially in small detailed areas such as the bows.

Sarah Sze, an American born artist, works with various different mediums such as painting, sculpture, video, and installations while also incorporating everyday materials into her work. These may range from found objects to photographs to handmade sculptures and living plants; creating comprehensive and accumulative landscapes that take over walls and stretch across museums. Her works of art take up and transform space through extensive shifts of scale or making use of overlooked and peripheral spaces. Her works also reference the scientific instruments of measurements in an attempt to try and organize the universe by attributing them to a personal system of order. Overall, her works become both a piece for organizing and taking apart information while also serving as a mechanism in locating ourselves to time and space. Her artwork basically alters our sense of time, place, and memory by transforming our experience of the physical world around us all.

https://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/artists/62-sarah-sze/

https://www.sarahsze.com/

For our line project we knew we wanted to work with yarn and light fixtures. Our original plan was to use balloons to cast molds of yarn dipped in glue, to then create a cage-like fixture around a light source. The yarn cast didn’t turn out like we hoped, so we then decided to create a wireframe and string yarn from. We used yellow and orange yarn in a random pattern and then trimmed then roughly to even lengths. We wanted it to engage with the light, space and each person that walks underneath it.

work by Sydney C. Sofia R.

This piece like a lot of my previous is focused on the female figure. I knew I wanted to use tracing paper to layer the figures behind with slits cut in the paper. I then drew figures on upo paper, cut them out, and tucked them behind the slits in the tracing paper. Some of the slits were horizontal and others vertical with the figure woven in between. I also outlined the figure with an ink pen that I knew I could smear and create interesting textures and marks on the figure. I didn’t have a particular vision when placing them I just puzzled them together.

Olafur Eliasson is a multi-media artist who makes works that could possible inspire somebody group project pitch– which is why I decided to talk about him this week. He makes large scale installations, drawings, painting, sculptures and even does photography and film. Born in 1967, Eliasson are up in Denmark where he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1997, he’s had solo exhibition in major museums all over the world.

I find these pieces really inspiring when thinking about the group project proposal. He uses handblown colored glass to make his work, so we wouldn’t be able to use those materials but I like what he achieves when he plays with light, color and reflections.

Sources:

https://olafureliasson.net/artworks/

https://olafureliasson.net/biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olafur_Eliasson

Our line art project started with brainstorming ideas and browsing Pinterest. We were drawn to the idea of incorporating a tree into our project, inspired by a green wire that resembled glass. After stumbling upon an image of a wire tree house, we decided to create something similar. We used the green wire as a base, laying it flat to represent the ground, and then used silver wire to form the trunk of the tree. To create the tree tops, we bunched up the green wire. However, we encountered a problem when the tree became too heavy for the flat wire base to support it. To solve this, we decided to hang the tree, which gave it a slightly crooked look that we liked. Ultimately, we decided to abandon the tree house idea and instead created a swing set.

As we continued to work on our project, it took on a darker theme. We added swings underneath the tree and incorporated roots emerging from the base, which gave the impression of an underworld. Our desire to add a creepy doll to one of the swings led us to craft one from sticks and twine. As we continued to work on the project, the dark theme became more prominent.

For my collage I wanted to focus on the female figure. I took lots of images related to the female figure found in magazines and some of my own sketches. I also took pieces of work I made that were painted and were of other objects like candles and a heart. I wasn’t sure what narrative I wanted to create but I started by using the xacto knife to cut all the images of the figures. I then placed them out on a red piece of paper and played around with different combinations. I ended up deciding I wanted the heart to be at the center and having the middle with the figures surrounding it. My goal was to have the figures interact with each other and connect with their surroundings.