3D to 2D

For this project I printed out the picture of me in the mask and cut them out. Then I set up a scene of stacked books and scattered the cut outs amongst them.

Poetic Metamorphosis

I wanted these objects to be very simple and to look worn, like someone had been living in them for a long time. I also wanted to use darker colors and lots of browns and greens.

Momento

This summer I traveled through Europe and it really created a Travel Bug within me. I made this momenta as a reminder of my desire to travel at this time in my life. I also added some memories from St.Augustine because I know that I will be moving when I graduate. 

Expressive Forms

 This design represents Danger. I created a dangerous setting by having pointed edges and having something hanging above them 

 This represents Anger. I thought about how some people will put up walls and walls to hide their anger and sometimes you are only scratching the surface. 

This represents Determination.  The pieces of wood, to me, are determined to get out of the enclosed surface. 

Paper Stacking

At first I thought this project was going to be fairly easy, we were just stacking paper right? But as I began to stack paper, I realized how hard it was actually going to be. I think that this was the most difficult project for me. Creating an onion by stacking one paper on top of the other turned out to be quite difficult.

My other paper stacking form turned out the way I had hoed. I wanted to have something that looked like it was balancing on each other. 

Masked Identity

I got the inspiration for my mask from Harry Potter. I picked a scene from the first book, when Harry sees a cloaked figure feeding on unicorn blood. The act of drinking unicorn blood can prolong your life but in return a piece of your humanity dies because a Unicorn posses pure blood. I interpret this moment in the book as the moment Harry witness the corruption evil has upon good in the world. I decided to combine the two characters in this scene, good and evil. I created a cloak like hood with a unicorn horn coming out of the top. Overall I believe I succeeded in what I had imagined the mask to turn out as.

Drawings

Mask # 1

Mask #2

 Paper Stacking #1

 Expressive Form #1

 Poetic Metamorphosis #1

 Expressive Form #2

 Expressive Form #3

 Inventive form #1

 Poetic Metamorphosis # 2

 Poetic Metamorphosis #3

 Memento #1

 Paper Stacking #2

 Paper Stacking # 3

 Inventive Form # 2

 Inventive Form # 3

 Its about time # 1

 Its about time #2

 Its about time #3

 Memento #2

 Memento #3

Mask #3

It's About time

I added sprinkles 

I cut off the tail and put it in the microwave for 1 minute

I then put the soap in a blender

and added honey

I added this soda to make a more liquid concoction 

Then I added baking soda and put the soap in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer overnight 

Additions:

1.sprinkles

2.honey

3.soda

4.baking soda

Subtractions:

1.tail

2.melted in microwave

3.blended the form 

4.put in the freezer

It's about time video response

Janine Antoni has some really fascinating pieces of artwork. A lot of her work is really thought provoked and and a lot of meaning to it. I really like the rope that she built to go through out her whole exhibit and how the rope consisted of different material and was not only made by her but by people in her life that are important to her. I noticed that through working on all her pieces of art, she learned so many new things, such as spinning thread to make rope or the act of tight roping. It was really inspiring to see her achieve all of these things.
One of my favorite pieces was the one of her waling the tightrope over the horizon of the beach that she grew up on. It was really amazing how when the rope dipped as she walked across it, it looked as if she was walking on the horizon itself. That was a really cool video.
Another factor that was really interesting about her art was the fact that she used herself in all of it. She used her hair as a brush in one, and she body in the rest. She really projected herself in her art and made it very very personal it that way.

Paper Project

Bed:
When beginning to create the bed I knew that I did not want the bed to look new or perfect. I wanted it to look old and come across as if someone had been living in it their whole lives. When adding the color, I decided to use darker browns and greens. (These were the colors that I pictured while reading the story). I made the mattress and box spring and light shade of brown and I added some green streaks and lines to represent the slime that followed the bug.

Chest:
The chest is a simple rectangular box. It is also brown and has a tie closing. I got the feeling that in the story the family wasn't very wealthy and therefore wouldn't have fancy things.

Bug:
I represented the bug as being curled up in a ball. When I think of the bug I go back to the points in the story when he was hiding under the sheet. I Egan to add legs to it but then took them away because the just didn't seem to it well with my vision. The color of the bug is a "sickly" yellow/green color . I picked this color because I imagines a man with an illness, which in his case was becoming a bug.

The Metamorphosis

Vocabulary:

1.Verminous-Very offensive or repulsive
2.Gilt- gold leaf
3.Arbitrary-based on random choice or personal whim
4.Diminutive-extremely small
5.Concede-admit something is true
6.Fretwork-ornamental design in wood
7.Amelioration-the act of revealing ills and changing for the better
8.Asphyxiation-suffication
9.Protruding-extend above the surface
10.Ascertain-to make sure of
11.Invocation-the act of invoking someone of assistance as an authority
12.Scrupulous-Diligent, thorough
13.Frugality-prudence in avoiding waste
14.Derive-abtain something from
15.Perceptible-able to be seen or noticed
16.Endorsed-declared one's public approval


Summary

At the beginning of this short story you are introduced to a man, Gregory, who is a salesman and takes care of his family (Mother, Father and Sister) financially. He notices some change about him as he tries to get out of bed and as it is revealed that he has transformed in a bug of some sorts, you begin to realize how unhappy Gregory was with his life. The first struggle he faces is getting out of bed. The adjustment to his new body takes longer then he expected and his family begins to worry when they realize that he had not left for work yet. Eventually he makes his way to the door and is confronted by his parents, sister and boss who all see what has become of Gregory and are terrified. He is fired from him job and is shut back in his room. For the coming months, his sister takes the responsibility of Gregory. Sooner or later his sister, Grete, realizes that Gregory is no longer her brother but is a "monster" now and she recruits her mother to help move all the furniture out of the room so that he can crawl and roam as his kind does. In this process Gregory tries to cling onto his old self as much as he can and become frightened as they move all of his furniture out of his room, including his chest and writing desk which were very important to him. Eventually Grete convinces her parents that Gregory is gone and that they need to get rid of the monster that is living in their house because she believe it is "killing" her parents. They agree but there is no need to get rid of him because Gregory dies on him own. After his death, the new family of three leave the apartment and begin to dream again of future prospects and finally start to live a new life.

Overall I thought this was a very interesting short story. I think that the point of the story was that Gregory's parents and sister were relying to much on him for financial support and he ultimately became a father figure in the house. The metamorphosis was not only one of Gregory changing from man to bug but his family learning out to live on their own and support themselves as well, which is evident in the closing paragraph. The author used great description of texture at the beginning when Gregory was realizing that he was no longer a man. I really like the authors use of time through out the story, but especially in the beginning when he is laying in bed.