Master Copy

John Singer Sargent master copy

Portrait of Marius Alexander Sorchan 
1884
21 x 17.5 in
Oil on Canvas 

Original

Master Copy

Humanoid

Real Fake Knobs

The objective of this assignment was to create a series of ceramic pieces. I chose to replicate door knobs and door handles and then place them accordingly around campus. With a little heavy duty double sided tape, I was able to fasten them to entryways that the general public would assume came equipped with a door knob. 

Its About Time

The objective of It's About Time was to create life forms out of bars of soap through means of subtraction. The next step in the process was to make 8 changes of addition and subtraction. 

Ficticious Dishes

For this assignment, inspired directly from the work of Dinah Fried and her book Fictitious Dishes, I chose the short story The Lottery Ticket by Anton Pavlovich Chekhovs. 

The Lottery Ticket by Anton Pavlovich Chekhovs

Materials:

newspaper 

Elements from the story:

Lime

Numbers

Newspaper

Noose

Fish

Mushrooms

Paper Stacking: Fruit Inventive

FRUIT

The objective of this assignment was to stack paper in a fashion that would resemble the fruit of choice. I chose a coconut for its wood like texture and its ability to keep good for a while. The process involved stacking cut circles, wood gluing, and sanding. The biggest challenge was, to keep the original texture of stacked paper or to sand down to the approximate size, shape, and atrributes of the chosen coconut. 

Materials:

Rives Gray Paper

Wood Glue 

INVENTIVE

The process of my inventive paper stacking involved using the scraps from the cut circles of the coconut stacking. I wanted to somehow use the excess paper to create an object that would oppose the shape of the coconut yet still have an organic origin. Creating two organic shapes that are visually opposing yet made from the same paper and bezier curve was fascinating to me.

Materials:

Rives Gray Paper

Wood Glue