Andy Goldsworthy

•  Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist, who creates, and photographs works that consist of thing he finds in nature. A lot of the time his pieces only exist for short periods of time, for example his sand art, or snow Art. "All of Goldsworthy's artwork is created by responding to natural surroundings and he creates no work that is preconceived. He explores and experiments with a variety of materials which he finds on site such as grass, leaves, stone, wood, clay, ice and snow. Most of his sculpture work is only temporary, or semi-permanent, so he captures many of them with photographs." When creating his work he wants the viewer to become aware of the change that occurs in nature. "I have become aware of how nature is in a state of change and how that change is the key to understanding. I want my art to be sensitive and alert to changes in material, season and weather."
• Andy is successful in portraying this idea of change, by him changing the nature around him, then natural forces change it back, and it shows the beauty of how nature is constantly changing.
  
  
  
  • The form in this peice highlights change in nature by the gradual fade from dark to light leaves, representing changing of the seasons. Andy also just lays the leaves on the ground without any thing holding them down so a simple breeze would create change to his piece.
  
  •  The artists material choice is that of an easily changed medium, Ice. we know that this piece is extremely subject to change because of the fact that it is ice and will soon change from a solid to liquid. This again shows how nature will change the change he has already made.
  
  • This artist intrigues me because of his view on he change of nature, and how he exposes it. I love how he just wanders around until something comes to his mind, and that his work is not preconceived.
  • I would want to work with this artist because who wouldn't want to be able to hang out in nature all day and be able to create art; although it would be hard to create art because I would be so intrigued by what he is doing.
  sources
  
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy
  • http://www.greenmuseum.org/c/aen/Issues/goldsworthy.php
  •  http://www.morning-earth.org/ARTISTNATURALISTS/AN_Goldsworthy.html

Project #3

• The Idea of this piece was to represent my physical existence in this world. I created an piece that interacts with wind, by harnessing it and propelling me on my long board. 
• I wanted the viewer to get the feel of flying,a winged being, even though it is not meant for flying. I also wanted the wings to resemble A ships sails. I also wanted to entice the viewer with feeling the uncontrollable crazy side of flying by throwing in the psychedelic Jimi shirt.
• I used sky blue throughout the piece in order to make the connection of being in the sky and flying. And i used a sail like design by connecting the "wings" in view spots creating the loops.
• the main thing that I learned making this piece was how to sew. I had never sewn anything in my life before this project, and I hit some speed bumps  but I'm glad to finally know how. i also learned that sewing machines would make projects like this a hell of a lot easier.
• If I made it again I would add something that further interacted with the wind like streamers or something.

Sketches

Casa Bonita

Casa Bonita Cliff Structure

Run Down Mine

 Run Down Mine

Minde Shaft

Run Down Mine

Run Down Mine

Snow Board Half Pipe

 Structure Near 

Fire Hydrant 

 AV

Bathrooms By IM

 Light Pole

 Rec center

 Loral Village

 Basketball Stadium

 Durell Tower

 Edwards Hall

Clock Tower in Front of AV

Light Pole

Similar themes that I found were new, and aged structures.  For example the Yankee Boy mine in Ouray has a rustic old timey look, because it is old as dirt. Although these structures are old they are visually appealing in a different way than the newer structures around campus. The ones around Campus are a more modern and stable look.

Some artistic ramifications that I got from the pictures that I took in Ouray were a rustic aged look that I really enjoy. I have incorporated this in other pieces that I have created, with aged barn wood. From the fire hydrant picture I get the same aged feel from the original red paint showing through the yellow paint, although its not as old as the Yankee Boy Mine structure. The third picture that i learned from was there newer more modern rounded look of the basketball stadium. I don't find this stadium as appealing as the other aged ones although i can learn from the artistic shape.

Rob Bohlman is a steamboat artist that works with aged wood to create furniture. His beautiful carpentry captures the elegance of aged wood, he uses wood that resembles the wood that is used in the Yankee Boy Mine Structure.

Project #2

• The basic idea of this piece is a sound box for two mini speakers that has an attached I-phone holder. I built this box to help concentrate the the output sound of the two speakers, and to hold my I- Phone while I use it. Be fore this box these speakers were a hassel to carry around while I skated around campus, the box that I created amplifies the speakers, and makes it easier to use on the go. 
• When the viewer experiences this piece, I intended for them to make the connection of a retro boombox. I tried to give it the basic feel of a boombox, with the I- phone holder in front. Although for this project I focused more on the functionality of the piece.
• Some design decisions I made to achieve the boom box look was the rectange shape, the placement of the speakers, and the handle on top.
• The material choice wasn't really my choice because the project required we used wood, but I did use some other materials. I used the rubber phone case I order to secure the phone in the wooden holder, and I used the plexi glass so you could see the guts of the peice, and expose my solution to turning the two individual speakers on and off from the outside.
• I learned alot during this project because I've never made something out of wood before. This was a great experience, and I learned how much I love working with this material.
• If I did this project again, I would  focus more on smaller details like covering nail holes, and putting a finish on before the critique.

Sketches

Walter De Maria

·      Walter is a “reclusive” American Artist, sculptor, illustrator and composer but I am most interested in his installations. A lot of his work was only achievable with precise measurements.

·       One of the pieces he is most known for is the lightning Field In the New Mexico desert.

·      “He realized Land art projects in the deserts of the southwest US, with the aim of creating situations where the landscape and nature, light and weather would become an intense, physical and psychic experience.”

·      “It consists of 400 stainless steel posts arranged in a calculated grid over an area of 1 mile × 1 km. The time of day and weather change the optical effects. It also lights up during thunderstorms. The field is commissioned and maintained by Dia Art Foundation, which he was the founding director of.”

·      “The possibility that lightning would strike the poles was rarely fulfilled, but the piece could look glorious at dawn or sunset, and its hard-won perfection (all the points of the poles were at the same level) brought a striking sense of order to the desert.”

·      His Use of stainless stele allows him to attract and ground the lightning to the earth.

·      He said that this installation is supposed to make the viewer think about the earth and how it connects with the universe.

·      This piece was really successful in making viewers feel the connection between the two, and I think that is why this is his best piece.

·      I love this artist’s work, because of how successfully he communicated the connection between the universe and the earth, and how he brings order to the chaotic desert in his art.

·      “The 2000 Sculpture” (1992), by Walter De Maria, an example of his groupings of ordered elements using precise measurements

·      He showed me a new way to look at art by, harnessing uncontrollable elements like lightning.

·      He shows the unpredictable side of art that I am not familiar with.

·      Studding his works of art allows me to look at art through a perspective that I am not used to.

Sources

·      http://www.diaart.org/sites/page/56/1375

·      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_De_Maria

·      http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/27/arts/design/walter-de-maria-artist-on-grand-scale-dies-at-77.html?_r=0

·      http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081203304.html

Walter De Maria

·      Walter is a “reclusive” American Artist, sculptor, illustrator and composer but I am most interested in his installations. A lot of his work was only achievable with precise measurements.

·       One of the pieces he is most known for is the lightning Field In the New Mexico desert.

·      “He realized Land art projects in the deserts of the southwest US, with the aim of creating situations where the landscape and nature, light and weather would become an intense, physical and psychic experience.”

·      “It consists of 400 stainless steel posts arranged in a calculated grid over an area of 1 mile × 1 km. The time of day and weather change the optical effects. It also lights up during thunderstorms. The field is commissioned and maintained by Dia Art Foundation, which he was the founding director of.”

·      “The possibility that lightning would strike the poles was rarely fulfilled, but the piece could look glorious at dawn or sunset, and its hard-won perfection (all the points of the poles were at the same level) brought a striking sense of order to the desert.”

·      His Use of stainless stele allows him to attract and ground the lightning to the earth.

·      He said that this installation is supposed to make the viewer think about the earth and how it connects with the universe.

·      This piece was really successful in making viewers feel the connection between the two, and I think that is why this is his best piece.

·      I love this artist’s work, because of how successfully he communicated the connection between the universe and the earth, and how he brings order to the chaotic desert in his art.

·      “The 2000 Sculpture” (1992), by Walter De Maria, an example of his groupings of ordered elements using precise measurements

·      He showed me a new way to look at art by, harnessing uncontrollable elements like lightning.

·      He shows the unpredictable side of art that I am not familiar with.

·      Studding his works of art allows me to look at art through a perspective that I am not used to.

Sources

·      http://www.diaart.org/sites/page/56/1375

·      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_De_Maria

·      http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/27/arts/design/walter-de-maria-artist-on-grand-scale-dies-at-77.html?_r=0

·      http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081203304.html