ORGANIC VS. INDUSTRIAL
ARTIST INSPIRATION
For this artwork that I elaborated with different types of materials as metal, plastic, and flowers it was kind of hard to make connections and have an inspirations from an specific artist, but at the end I found the artist that inspired my while I was elaborating my sculpture. The artists that I was inspired was Henri Matisse and André Derain, they were my two inspirations because of their unique way of using colors and brush strokes in each of their artworks. In addition, how both artist develop great mixtures between the colors and how they were able to transmit their own emotions thought each part of their paintings and at the same time their own thoughts and point of views that were my principal inspirations towards my own project and ways that I could express with it and talk about it later.
ART MOVEMENT INSPIRATION
FAUVISM
I was inspired by this art movement because of how in this movement, they use the technique with seemingly wild brush strokes and the use of strident colors which were similar to the colors that I use on my piece. Also how this movement has a matter of simplification but on my piece there were a lot of details, on base on the flowers, and the rest of the materials that I was able to use to create it. |
Abstract Expressionism
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ARTWORK INSPIRATION
CULTURE INSPIRATION
Folklore Culture
I was inspired by the folklore culture because of how in this culture is demonstrate the different types of beliefs. the customs that each of the countries have to tell a story from generation to generation. So as for the use of traditional customs to show their appreciation towards their community, their people, and their own culture. Also how in this diverse activities the use of colors and abstract expression on the different types of materials that at the same time show the fauvism in them that inspired me to used as one of my inspirations for my art project. |
MATERIALS
SKETCHES
PROCESS
1. I took a plastic battle and then I cut it into two different parts with the use of scissors.
2. Later I took the hot glue gun and I plugged in to start its power and warm the hot glue up.
3. Then I took the metal and with the scissors cut different lengths.
4. Then I took the hot glue gun and I start to paste the metals around the plastic bottle and I started to move around the metals around to make a shape of a skirt.
5. Later I took different types of flowers (with different colors), and I took the scissors and cut the stems from the flowers.
6. First I took the smallest flowers (the one's with white color) and began to paste them around the top of the battle.
7. Second, I took the bigger flowers (the one's that were yellow and the one's that had a light yellow and pink mixture as their color) and I started to paste them around the bottom of the plastic battle.
8. Then, I took the red roses and I started to paste them below and around the small white flowers.
9. Later I took four types of flowers, which had different shapes and colors (one was light pink, other was a dark pink, another was blue, and the last one was a combination of blue and yellow color).
10. After worse, I took other big flowers (that were pink and yellow) and paste them into the sides.
11. Then, I took violet flowers and paste them above the middle flowers that are around the skirt.
12. Later, I took other small flowers (that were pink, yellow, and a light green) and paste them on the edges of the top part of the skirt.
13. Finally I took the rest of the small white flowers and paste them together, so I form the torso part of the dress and then on the top of the white small flowers I paste the flowers that I put on the edges of the skirt.
2. Later I took the hot glue gun and I plugged in to start its power and warm the hot glue up.
3. Then I took the metal and with the scissors cut different lengths.
4. Then I took the hot glue gun and I start to paste the metals around the plastic bottle and I started to move around the metals around to make a shape of a skirt.
5. Later I took different types of flowers (with different colors), and I took the scissors and cut the stems from the flowers.
6. First I took the smallest flowers (the one's with white color) and began to paste them around the top of the battle.
7. Second, I took the bigger flowers (the one's that were yellow and the one's that had a light yellow and pink mixture as their color) and I started to paste them around the bottom of the plastic battle.
8. Then, I took the red roses and I started to paste them below and around the small white flowers.
9. Later I took four types of flowers, which had different shapes and colors (one was light pink, other was a dark pink, another was blue, and the last one was a combination of blue and yellow color).
10. After worse, I took other big flowers (that were pink and yellow) and paste them into the sides.
11. Then, I took violet flowers and paste them above the middle flowers that are around the skirt.
12. Later, I took other small flowers (that were pink, yellow, and a light green) and paste them on the edges of the top part of the skirt.
13. Finally I took the rest of the small white flowers and paste them together, so I form the torso part of the dress and then on the top of the white small flowers I paste the flowers that I put on the edges of the skirt.
CHALLENGES AND ADVANTAGES
CHALLENGES:
The challenges that I face throughout the elaboration of my art project were not as much, but they weren't to little. The first challenge that I face was "what I was going to make?", I saw many examples of sculptures but they did not give me as much ideas to develop and inspired me to do something. The second challenge that I face was my sketches, because while I was developing them I didn't know how I was going to do the structure of the dress that I was going to make or the hat that was in my mind. Also because I wanted to develop them by adding different types of flowers. The third challenge that I was facing was when I was going to cut the battle that I was going to use as by base, it was so hard that I need some help (my mom help me cut it). Another challenge was to manipulate the metal strings around the battle, because they would be really bendable and the metal wouldn't change the figure that I wanted. While I was pasting the metal strings with the hot glue it was kind of hard because at first when I would but it, in the place that I wanted it would move so I needed to hold it and sometimes I would burn my self, and as for the flowers sometimes they were kind of hard to paste on the battle and the metal strings. |
ADVANTAGES:
The advantages that I went through the process of elaboration were kind of a few. The first advantage that I face during the elaboration of my piece was choosing the types of skirt design and how I wanted it to be, if it was either open, close, tall or short. The second advantage that I went through was the time that I choose the different types of flowers that I was going to use to elaborate the type of design that I wanted to see in the bottom and the top part of the dress. A third advantage that I face was using the hot glue gun to paste all the flowers and the metals to the plastic battle. Also that I was able to cut the metal strings pretty easy ( because I thought that I was going to have a pretty hard time doing it) by using scissors. In addition, the mixture of the flower colors throughout the whole skirt itself, and the types of designs that I was able to develop around the sculpture. At the same time, I was able to elaborate a great sculpture of the little white flowers to develop the torso part and then putting other types of flowers around the white flowers but on the top part of the dress, and making a great design in the top for the dress design. Also I was able to make my whole piece very colorful. |
THE MEANING BEHIND MY PIECE
The meaning behind my piece was to express the happiness by adding the different flowers to get the to see the different types of colors and how my customs and the cheerfulness of my own culture. Also how the mixtures of colors around the whole dress represented at the same time the different emotions and the dreams because of the patterns that I was able to develop throughout the whole process of putting together all the materials. At the same time that I was able to develop great impression while seeing those beautiful colors all around the dress.
REFLECTION
To get to the point of inspiration, to develop the sketches and what materials would I used to develop my sculpture were base of a lot of thought and comments and advices from my family, my teacher, and my friends. Right now going back to the process I would change the way some flowers were place over the plastic battle and to make more metal strings around the plastic battle to develop a better structure that would have been a little bit more bigger to add more flowers to make sure it had a good volume as a whole structure itself. In addition, the ideas that I got from the video help to elaborate the skirt look and how it would fall and be able to look like a dress.
RESEARCH
- HOW TO SEW T-SHIRT FOR BEGINNERS - PART 1. (n.d.). Retrieved February 28, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhwhYVjbKSU