Thursday, September 23, 2021

Touch Response

 

An Expert's Touch
Kneaded erasure
Final solution is a digital photograph

“Feeling doesn’t take place in the topmost layer of skin, but in the second layer. The top layer of skin is dead, sloughs off easily, and contributes to that ring around the bathtub. This is why safecrackers are sometimes shown sandpapering their fingertips, making the top layer of skin thinner so that the touch receptors will be closer to the surface. A carpenter looking for rough patches may run a thumb over the plank of wood he has just planed. A cook may roll a bit of dough between a thumb and forefinger to test its consistency.” - Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses, p. 68 

Statement:

Experts and professionals within their field work with similar materials all the time which builds this comforting bond to the senses. Like an artist adding water to their paint to adjust the consistency or nurses being able to identify medicines without having to read a label, their touch having been fine tuned to notice the difference in the viscosity between medications. I chose to use a kneaded erasure because artists who use charcoal are constantly kneading their erasures to the consistency that they like. 

Skin and It's Textures
Toilet paper and cotton ovals on mixed media paper 
9" x 12"
Many touch receptors combine to produce what we call a twinge. Consider all the varieties of pain, irritation, abrasion; all the textures of lick, pat, wipe, fondle, knead; all the prickling, bruising, tingling, brushing, scratching, banging, fumbling, kissing, nudging. Chalking your hands before you climb onto uneven parallel bars. A plunge into an icy farm pond on a summer day when the air temperature and body temperature are the same. The feel of a sweat bee delicately licking moist beads from your ankle.” - Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses, p. 80 

Statement:

The idea for this piece was inspired by the complex way our body’s receptors interpret sensations and the varying differences in them all. I used paper products to demonstrate the many textures, bumps, and scars skin has; how one part of the body not only feels texturally different from others but also experiences sensations different.

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Elements and Principles

 

Griffin Torrey

Line

Daniela Acevedo

Pattern

Keeley Smith, Personal Photo

Color

A Few of my Favorite Things

 


Hydroflask it’s been with me through some really great adventures and experiences with it by my side. I’ve placed quite a few stickers on it that showcase a few of the things I like or find funny.  

 

Perfume Sweet Like Candy perfume by Ariana Grande has become my favorite scent to personally use. The way I smell is important to me because people enjoy things or people that smell good, recognize scents with memories of that person. 

 

Rider-Waite Tarot Cards I began practicing tarot cards last year during COVID. My cards give me guidance and allows me to connect with God and find strength through my everyday life.  

 

Black Tourmaline Necklace I bought this necklace on a trip with my sister and some 
friends in New Orleans, one of my favorite cities ever. We were planning on going out that night and I wanted to pick some things up for protection. Black tourmaline is a stone of protection which I wear every day since I’ve bought it. 


From Blood and Ash this book by Jennifer L. Armentrout contains a forbidden love story set within a fantasy kingdom. This book is one of my favorites from the Adult Fantasy genres; it’s constantly a wild ride for the main characters to right what has been done wrong. 

 

Orange Blanket the orange blanket which I have placed the items on top of is one of my favorite things. Orange is my favorite color especially for its warmth and comfort. 


ART21 Response

Louise Bourgeois

Art21 Louise Bourgeois in "Identity"

Heavy yet tender, peaceful.

http://modearte.com/louis-bourgeois/louisebourgeois-art-modearte/ 

Value the light shining on the sculpture creates lights and shadows on the surface, slightly altering the perception of the piece. 

https://www.designmuseum.me/artists/design-museum-contemporary-art-by-louise-bourgeois/ 

Texture and Balance the material, which was used has a shiny, metallic finish and is also very smooth to the touch. The shape and curvature of the figure creates a very balanced look, it successfully has your eyes follow its form throughout the piece. 

Figurative Sculptures

Sculpture 1   (left) I AM WORTHY "I AM WORTHY" Materials: air-dry clay, acrylic paint, rose gold metallic paint. Dimensions of bus...