table of contents & title page

revised cover

BOOK COVER IDEAS

revised spread.

table of contents ideas

i really hate wood glue.

vessel models

project summary

This project helped me to learn patience. After building this chair and attempting to improve my ability at perspective drawing, I had to become a very patient person. I learned how to manipulate cardboard, think about more than aesthetics and focus on durability and how to construct something. Never in my life have I “built” a piece of furniture so this was definitely a new and challenging obstacle for me.

The most difficult part of this project was thinking of ways to get the chair to support me. I had to keep adding and adding layers to the chair and figuring out the most practical way to get this thing to hold me up and not crumble to the ground. After I finally thought I had succeeded, I sat on my chair and the center buckled and slightly caved in; this was an ongoing issue for me.

If I could change something, I would have put more time on the aesthetics of my chair; I spent all my time and focus on the durability that I didn’t leave much time left for the details. 

Overall, even though this was a stressful project, I enjoyed it. It was fun doing something that wouldn’t normally do and I like how we got to use SketchUp for the final drawings. I feel like I actually learned a lot from this assignment.

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http://www.artlastudents.com/index.cfm/search/detail/entry/1572

model

For this project, we are required to a build a chair out of nothing but cardboard. The rules and goals are:

1. Focus on 3-dimensional design as function and form.  
2. Building two cardboard chairs, you will explore material and functionality as a constraints, as well as prototyping, mock-ups, and 3D drawing/designing.  

Primary Emphasis - Content / Materials focused design / Prototyping and mock-ups within the design process

Secondary Emphasis- Ergonomics / Structure / Design as problem solving / craft

Materials:  Drawing supplies (paper, pencils, erasers, 18" straight edge), corrugated cardboard, utility knife, glue (wood glue)

prototypes

chair models

Kendal Buster

After viewing the previous website, this one is a bit less interesting in comparison. However, I still find her to be a great artist and I like the way there are paragraphs of information next to every photo of her work, it really helps me understand better. I also like how simple the page is, it makes it very easy to navigate. I think her work is beautiful and after reading through this, I'd love to go see it in person sometime.

Martin Puryear

At first, I was a bit confused when it came to navigating this site. However, once I adjusted to it, I realized that I really like the layout. I think it's a brilliant idea how the designer has all of his work organized chronologically, or if that's not your style, you can view it in index format. It's great how it is so visual and versatile. My favorite part of the website is the "Walk Through Video" of his exhibition, I love how they included this. This way, people who might be interested in his work, but who don't have the means to physically be there, can get the chance to feel like they were actually experiencing it.

CAMERA LUCIDA

Roland Barthes believes it was chemists who invented photography. As a scientific circumstance, images are extracted by the action of light, producing one of kind photographs. “Photographs don’t call up the past, they prove that what you see has existed,” says Barthes. I agree, photographs offer immediate presence to the world and say what has been; they are the ultimate proof that something happened. Unlike language, which can’t be authenticated, photos are an evidential force. According to Barthes, the power of authentication exceeds the power of representation, and I agree. It’s always better to view/believe something with verification than a depiction. As a photographer, I believe in the power of photographs. 

MASTERS OF ILLUSION

The video Masters of Illusion uses state-of-the-art computer graphics to demonstrate how scientific linear perspective was used by Renaissance artists to create the illusion of three-dimensional space. Italian artist Giotto, was believed to be the first to achieve true linear perspective. A famous example of linear perspective is “The Trinity”, which shows true perspective. This technique appeared in sculptures, paintings and drawings and is now used in all kinds of art.

I think the power of optical illusion is fascinating; it’s amazing how the simple placement of lines can impact the way we view things. Without the discovery of linear perspective and many other great artistic techniques, the world would not have all the famous, incredible art that we enjoy today. 

THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S EYE

Throughout art history, paintings and drawings were the main art form used to depict human nature, beauty, etc. After the invention of the camera, people were skeptical and didn’t understand how a “mindless mechanical machine” could produce significant art for people to enjoy. Many artists even thought of photography as art’s mortal enemy. This left the photographer with lots of explaining to do in order to save the new art. “The invention of photography provided a radically new picture-making process—a process based not on synthesis but on selection,” said author John Szarkowski.

            Overtime, people began to take notice to how the camera actually could reproduce memorable photographs and capture meaningful life moments at a faster rate than paintings. “Painting was difficult, expensive, and precious, and it recorded what was known to be important. Photography was easy, cheap and ubiquitous, and it recorded anything,” says Szarkowski.

            I can definitely understand why many people in the beginning did not think so highly of the camera; it was the start to change and was foreign machinery. However, as a current photographer, I am so glad it became accepted and understood. It made way for new, efficient art and has greatly impacted the world.

ON PHOTOGRAPHY

Photographs educate us. Since the invention of the camera, we are no longer confined to just what is in front of us, but have access to see anything and everything. Susan Sontag states, “…In teaching us a new visual code, photographs alter and enlarge our notions of what is worth looking at and what we have a right to observe.” I agree; looking at photographs is an experience in which people get to live vicariously through a camera. Sights that were once a dream for people to see are now possible due to cameras; they show us the beauty of the world and allow us to feel like we are actually seeing it. “To collect photographs is to collect the world,” said Sontag. Although some photographs are capable of deception, most are a form of proof; proof that something happened.

Overall, I agree with her statements and also believe that photography is an art form that provides truth, beauty, and opportunity. 

WAYS OF SEEING VIDEO

            Ways of seeing depend largely on habit and convention, the main convention being perspective. This allows for the eye to be the center of the visual world, says the video’s narrator.

            According the narrator, the camera is a version of a “mechanical eye” that has changed everything. “Cameras are free from the boundaries of time and space” and have impacted how humans view things. For example, paintings were displayed in buildings that were a part of how the museum/church was designed, everything around the painting was part of its meaning. Now, thanks to photographs, you can’t feel the authenticity of artwork when looking at a photo of it. We don’t travel to images; we expect them to come to us.

            Not only do photographs influence how we see, but also so does the noise around us or perhaps something else we saw earlier that day. Everything we encounter can affect our perception of sight and feeling. 

project 1 montage ideas