Exam Artist Statement & Portfolio

Through the trimester I feel that I have grown into the artist i wan to be. in this class i have got to create the projects,   experimenting as the class went to create things that I enjoyed. With my projects I have realized that art never have to be perfect. their are people that only classify art as a pictuer hanging in a museum or a perfect sculpture. But art is so much more it can be anything and exposing people to this non perfect side of art is what I  try to accomplish  through my pieces. I try not to limit myself as to how something is supposed to be. My inspiration comes from the environment L have grown up in. Living in  a rural community has allowed me to connect with nature and organic materials easier. my surroundings are not hard and sharp, like one would find in the city. my surroundings are soft and flowing. I try to recreate this flowing nature in my artwork. my art is not perfect, but through the imperfections emotion is easier conveyed and the artwork becomes more relatable.  In this trimester my art has grown, and I have grown. I have learned to not be afraid to take chances.

Week 10 Projects

This week I worked on creating lanterns, the lanterns are made out of pages I did not use for my visual journal. each one is different and special. my lanterns are very meaningful to me because each one expresses my feelings and ideas. This may have been one of my favorite projects  to create . Sometimes my favorite things are the less than perfect ones. Some people may look at these and see a hanging piece of junk. But when I look at them I see beauty.

Mod Podge Nest

These are birds nest I completed last week. Each nest has a center created from mod podged yarn. Colorful yarn is added ion top to create a "bedding" for the pearl eggs. Feathers give the birds nest a realistic touch and add color to the piece. I originally started this project experimenting with the yarn to make bowls with the mod podge and yarn. Through that process it evolved until it looked something like a nest.  Figuring out how something will come together and evolving it into a piece that is appealing. With all my pieces this trimester I have just started out with a basic idea and changes things along the way. I am awful at planning things out and having a set idea that I follow the whole way through. I find it so much more fun and exciting to just flow with the creativity and come up with it as you go. Sometime things don't turn out, but when these projects do turn out they are my favorite pieces.

Week 8 Projects

                                                          Visual Journal Box
This week I finally completed my box! I have been working on it since the end of December so it feels relay good to finally have it done. my box is based off the ideas of visual journaling. Each side is designed so it has its own personality and is unique. The inside is a light peach color to match the stitching around the box. The box is covered with modg podge to give it a shiny finish and to make it more stable. After working on a my box for such a long time and putting so much creativity and effort into it I want to love it and be satisfied with the outcome. But somehow I am not. I feel the box turned out to big and it is acquired, the lid on the top dose not allow for movement as their would be if their was no lid, but without the lid it looks incomplete. I am disappointed that my vision of a journaled box could not be transferred into a reality.

                                                                     Journaled  Box

Box Sides

Box Lid

Handmade Paper Bowls

I also completed a few bowls. these are made out of handmade paper and set in a mold to create their shape and covered with modg podge to add strength.

                                                                   Leaf Bowl
This bowl is made out of green paper pulp with yarn pieces in it. I covered it with modg podeg mixed with tea and add some dried leaves to the bottom for decoration

                                                            Feather Tray
This bowl was made out of white paper pulp and tea leaves, I molded the pulp in a square baking dish to give it its shape. Feathers where stuck to the bowl with modg podge  for decoration

                                                                      Tea Cup
To form this bowl i took pieces of handmade paper and wrapped them around a small cup. On the inside are plastic flowers covered with modgepodeg to give this cup a interesting surprise.

                                                               Floppy Bowl
To create this unique shape i molded Orange parer pulp around a bowl I created  out of clay.

                                                               Pink Bowl
This bowl was created out of pink paper pulp and  molded inside a small bowl. It has  modge podged flower pictures covering the outside

felting web site

Just found the most amazing website ever. This has amazing felting ideas and great tutorials that walk you through each process step by step!!
 http://felting.craftgossip.com/

Felted Scarves

Hear are my latest completed projects! Both of these scarves are hand felted with dyed wool. The light green one is accented with needel felted flowers And the dark green and grey one is accented with tiny beads, this scarf also has two needle felted stripes running through it. I am so happy that I finally got these two projects out of the way. The beaded scarf  took the longest and kind of tested my patience. I spent hours sewing those little beads onto the end and from this experienc I think I will opt for bigger beads the next time I do this.

work in progress

Right now I have no completed projects, for the last few weeks i have been working on multiple things, I am constructing my visual box, the only thing I have left to do is sew the sides together. I also have two felted s carves made I am just putting finishing touches on them. The last project I am working on is my handmade bowls. hopefully by the end of the week I can have some of these projects completed.