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100 Thumbtacks on a Chair

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100 Thumb Tacks in the Shower

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Dinner and a Movie Final

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 I wanted this place setting to convey the celebration of friendship. The movie I choose shows three girls bonding over a short period of time under the rouse of completing a mission. The silverware is meant to represent the romantic couple who were apart of the rouse. The 3 cupcakes are the girls united as one. Having water and salt together were used to represent the ocean which is a big componet in the story. 

Figurative Busts

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  This figurative bust tackles the social issue of preferred body type. The intention behind this bust was to crown all bodies, no shape or size, that all bodies are beautiful. I carved into the bust in the breasts and in the hips to represent stretch marks. Then I painted in the indentions with gold paint. I chose to not add arms onto the bust more of a stylistic choose rather than a social one. I used wire to create a unique crown on her and then I painted it gold. The most difficult part of this project was painting the stretch marks. I am still not happy with the way it looks. I was aiming for thin and delicate lines whiuch I did not achieve.  My favorite part of this bust was creating it out of clay, it was so fun to mold and shape it.  This figurative bust, isn’t a traditional bust. I chose to make an anatomical heart to better portray the issue I was attacking. The heart with the shards of glass sticking out is meant to represent anxiety and what it feels like to live with it. I

Masking Tape Shoes

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The guidelines for this assignment were to be able to recreate a shoes (with laces) entirely out of the masking tape. I was unable to finish my project due to poor time managment. The most challenging part of this project would have to be the dedication you had to have and constructing the top of the shoe. I am most proud of the bottom of my shoe. I dedicated a few hours to make the tread match.   

Gregor’s Room

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       When reading Metaphorisis, I was looking for key elements to display the room like, texture, color and associated objects. A texture that really stuck out to me was crunch. Everything throughout the story seemed crunchy, dirty and unmaintained. In my interpretation of Gregor’s room, I saw a lot of rust toned colors, along with nature based colors. The requirements for this assignment were bed frame, box spring, mattress, head board, 1 furniture piece, blanket, pillow and a representation of Gregor. I modified my room to accomadate the way I visualized the story. Intead of a bed frame, I added a chest at the foot of the bed. My extra furniture piece that I added was a trash can, I felt like this was able to capture the dirty feel. The representation of Gregor I made was a blue box with ripped black paper as soil with a mushroom in it. I splattered ink onto the box spring to mimmick bed bugs.