Research List On Board

Richard Buckminster Fuller
was an american architect, system theorist, author, designer, and inventor.
In his lifetime he worked in the modernist period and almost all of the the major events of human history in the 1900s.

Haha Walls
recessed walls these walls were constructed so as to be invisible from the house to give full view of estate. Can be found England. Hahas are part of English heritage

Parco del Mostri : Favorite picture.

Roman Forum- public square and market place reserved for the vending of goods.

I visited this site in 2010.

Boboli Garden- 

Construction started in 1550 in Florence, Italy. 

Jardin du Luxembourg- It is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, and began construction around 1612 by Marie de' Medici. 

Tivoli Gardens - Villa d'Este 16th century in the renaissance time period located in Tivoli, near Rome.

Berminis Four Rivers- Designed in 1651 by Bermini and is located in the Piazza Navona in Rome

Jean Dubuffet Jardin d'Émail - 

Made in 1974, in Otterlo, Netherlands

Stowe Garden -

In England Opened in 1683

Stourhead Gardens - is located in Wiltshire, England. And was opened in 1725

Washington D.C.  The Sculpture Garden was completed and opened in 1999 

I visited a few months ago. ( not my pics though)

Vizcaya Gardens -In Miami, Florida.  constructed in 1914

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden- 

located in Miami, Florida the Garden was opened in 1938.

Portrait & Propaganda, SmallWorks

Communication, Illustration, Interpretation

I had a misunderstanding when reading the A and B assignment post. For some reason I thought I had a choice between A and B.  I will bring B (propaganda) in on Thursday

this is my portrait

Creature/Other Assignment Documentation

Other 1 

This is what I brought into class today on Tuesday, October 4 2016. And the two pictures below were taken before I painted in the skin color of these interpreted peoples and creatures.

PAMM Visit- Outside Visits

A People's Art History of the United States - Response

I think that it is very hypocritical to have the desire to document a peoples tradition only after they begin to "vanish." With the title of "Vanishing" rather than taking a photograph appreciating the native Americans. If curtis appreciated natives his photographs would have more respect historically.  Many of these tribes do not exist anymore, but there are still some that are still out there surviving. Throssel photographed with respect to the Natives, photographing what was really happening politically, and terms of their social condition. Throssel's photograpsh do show us(anyone viewing it) that these natives were and are till this day, fighting to survive and to keep their religious views alive and certain traditions still practiced.

Curtis does not take his photographs supporting the natives. The photographs taken by Curtis do not depict as historical events but depict as a 'hollywood western film" like it says in the reading.

The Rhinoceros - Response

The fascination towards a new discovery is something that will always exist among interested humans. Even in the context of the present, with our technological advancements. Every time I am on facebook, and I see a post on a new fish that was discovered. I always stop and sit through the video very devoted to a video that talks about it and shows us a visual of it... Now take that fascination and triple it. The people of the time that were able to have access to Durers depiction were blown away by this animal.

Having only art as a method of depicting how this animal looks, is what gives it the magic or explosion you take in when you see something for the first time.. Durers art and the new animal put together created this explosion of curiosity. No one would know if he accurately depicted it. they would have to just judge this animal by what they saw in this depiction, unless they have seen one in person before. Had it been discovered with a photograph would people have reacted the same way? Durers depiction fed more to the curiosity because of how much he exaggerated it. Even though the realistic representation would shock someone the same way. The animal looks like a tank.

Wallpaper Project (With detail on why it is incomplete [and some things I pointed out to you guys about project])

Wallpaper
 Due Thursday, September 22

I want to apologize for uploading this so late into the night.
A current of events after class caused me to forget to do this... In-fact while I was working on the Motif project I remembered about this and got straight to it..

This is the wallpaper I brought to class today.
 Continue reading after each picture.

It is incomplete, and 75% analogue (when complete).
The quality of craft is not the best of my capability due to time.
I started the project after Kathleen's demonstration in class on tuesday. I have to admit I had no clue how to approach this project before that demonstration. After class I went to cvs later in the afternoon and got my pictures printed, and later that night designed my tile for the repeat of my wallpaper.
On Wednesday,  I continued working early in the morning until 12:55pm. I had an english course at 1pm and was extremely late.  I flew out of the house to make it in time without having lunch and without grabbing house keys...(poor time management acknowledged) My father leaves the house to pick up my brother and take him to soccer practice. He locks the door, locking me out. I had to wait for my mom to get home at around 6-6:30pm. This delayed me to Cut and paste my patterns into the wallpaper. I stayed up all night working.

The wallpaper is analogue because I physically cut and pasted one tile(the lighter tone yellow tile)
took a picture of the completed tile and printed 9 copies to complete the wallpaper by cutting and pasting each tile. What you see cost me $18 and truly did not have more money to spend. My moms income comes on friday and my dad is currently unemployed. I really could not afford it. Time was not on my side to go to walmart where it may have been a few dollars cheaper. at this point there is no difference.

     
        The Surface I am pasting on is actually poster paper that is  spray glued on card board. the dimensions are 24" (Vertically)x 20" (horizontally). Again, the application can be better.

In my perspective, this tile arrangement speaks more as a floor tile then a wallpaper. Because it is so stationary. The blue circles are tightening the space between my center square shape. Creating tension and not allowing your eye to move anywhere, making you feel like you're completely still. There is no sense of direction or movement. You are basically looking down and the patterns are vertical, horizontal, diagonal, but the ultimate feel is that you are still or securely standing still, looking down on what you're standing on (when you are looking at this on the wall).

The choice in pattern make it feel very NYC. The inner grid looks like a sewage drain in a downtown sidewalk, and the yellow curb crossing caution tile. Or the yellow strip on the metro station platforms. the blue pattern is actually a cup matte... like those little ikea cup pads.

One of the many Sketch ideas for my motif project inspired the choices for this tile(wallpaper assignment) I presented.

The picture below shows a more developed layout plan (pencil drawing).

This sketch is actually what I will be using to create the silhouette that is ultimately inspiring our Cardboard sculpture.
Before pasting on to the board, I drew a layout plan like this one and pasted over it.


..and below, the final product.

I am trying really Hard to meet criteria presented, and to successfully have everything by its due date.
I hope I can still receive partial credit due to it being incomplete for critique. Reasons why it is the way it is were presented carefully. I do highly respect and love every assignment because I am learning. Mr. Lambert said in class the other day about how he loves learning. Well that is how im aiming to approach life. Thank you.