Container and Text Proposal: Comfort Pack

Small Work #2

The words that I chose from the story-building exercise were: intrigue, significant other, and escape.

Narrative: Small Works #1

The Garden

For this small work assignment I decided to visit Vizcaya because I've heard many great things about it. It was a windy overcast day and Vizcaya was tranquil space; I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. Towards the back of the garden I saw a piece of reflective mylar hanging among the vines. Its placement seemed intentional and caught my attention so I incorporated it into my final piece (it read more like flowing drapery in critique).

Poetry: "The Garden"

                                                                                                                            Nguyen Vu
                    The Garden

     Winds blowing, pushing the surface
     of the crystal clear pool,
     I went to the renaissance-styled garden,
     where the scent of the ocean
     and the billowing gray clouds
     cloaked the manicured terrain.

     The structures of marble, and stone
     stand sturdy; the sun raises
     the green luscious vines.
     The carved angels frolic about
     in white, loveliness flaunting. Along the paths
     the palms danced--
     ethereal beings, lightening the landscape.
     Through the storms, subsequent delicacies
     will remain.

         

The Street/ "a SoFlo afternoon"

During critique my peers identified that my color usage to convey mood was a strength; I plan on using color to convey mood for The Garden as well.

Portrait/Propaganda

 For the portrait I chose to depict my little brother as an admirable young man.


 For the propaganda piece I thought it'd only be appropriate to depict my brother as a teenage delinquent.

Creature/Other

Creature #2

Other #1

 Re-touched this piece and took out the yellow streak at the top that didn't read like I intended it to and made the others' skin more "red" like the reading described.

Small Works: Geometric Motives

Wallpaper Assignment

Small Works

 Shapes in my sketchbook
 


My "quilt"

Small Works Continued

  Being assigned mediums that I'm not used to making work with really pushed me to take a chance and continue experimenting without a complete sense of direction. I began working with my new materials immediately in class and was able to (almost) complete one of the pieces (the abstract one). I wanted to continue research and make these pieces more "me". So I did some research on the history of women in my country (Vietnam). During the research, I found out that Vietnam was once a matriarchal society until new leaderships took over and a new patriarchal society was introduced. These pieces depict observations of gender roles in my country and the perseverance and grace of the Vietnamese woman.

Small Works: Female Energy

Thought process:

This candle is what I initially based my three small works on. Although it isn't considered a handmade piece of folk art, I do see artistic aspects in the illustration on the candle and it did trigger my aesthetic emotion. The image of Mary, to me, represents a strong female presence and the roses surrounding her gave me the idea to utilize real roses in my three pieces. I chose to depict caryatids and the female greek bust because
to me they're literally iconic female figures in human history.

Labels Help You Organize

All blog posts must be labeled with two keywords, which blogger calls Labels. When faculty visits your blog for evaluation purposes, we will use the labels to quickly find your work. If you do not use the keywords properly, we will not be able to find your work. Proper set-up and maintenance of your blog falls under the Research and Participation part of your grade which counts for 30% of the overall semester grade. 

Topical Keywords

The first set of keywords correspond to the module we are working in. We will refer to these as topical keywords since they correspond to the topic we are exploring over the two-week periods. Your first group of posts will be labeled under Topic: Creative Impulse since this is the first topic (Topic #1). Here are the topical keywords you will use through out the semester:

Topic: Creative Impulse

Topic: Pattern and Ornament

Topic: Rhinoceros

Topic: Narrative

Topic: Landscape

Topic: Zine

Categorical Keywords

The second set of keywords will organize your posts according to kind. Here are the Keywords you will use for Labels:

Exercises - tag for posts documenting all assigned exercises. The first one will be the paper folding exercise from the first class. 

Readings - tag for posts containing your two paragraph responses to the assigned readings. The first ones will be for "The White Bird" and the Jerry Saltz article from Vulture.com. 

Small Works - tag for posts documenting all assigned small works. The first blog post labeled Small Works will contain images and accompanying descriptions of the three small works you complete for the Creative Impulse Module (Topic #1). 

In-Depth Projects - tag for posts documenting all assigned In-Depth projects. The first blog post labeled In-Depth Projects will contain images (or video if appropriate) and accompanying descriptions of the more robust work you produce in response to the Creative Impulse Module (Topic #1).

Outside Visits - tag for posts containing your two paragraph responses to all required visits outside of the classroom. These include visits we do together as a class [during class time] or individually outside of class time. 

Please be sure to use both a topical and categorical keyword when labeling your posts.

Next Steps

1. After copying and pasting this text into your first blog post, create your labels from the keywords we listed above. In the Edit post window you will find an area titles Labels where you can add your own custom labels to your blog. This is where you will add the keywords we listed above. Please be sure to add all keywords to the Labels window for this first blog post. 

The easiest way to do this is by copying and pasting the following text into the Labels window for this blog post:

Topic: Creative Impulse, Topic: Pattern and Ornament, Topic: Rhinoceros, Topic: Narrative, Topic: Landscape, Topic: Zine, Exercises, Readings, Small Works, In-Depth Projects, Outside Visits