Garment Tests

Core Studio Concepts : End of Semester Evaluation

            My very first project was the easiest, yet most meaningful.  My favorite piece was my pocket shrine because it held special meaning and was very personal to me.  My most successful piece was my garment prosthesis because it had to be completely thought out and have a final product ready to present and perform with.  It was costly and challenging, but well worth the overall effort that went into it.

            During this semester, I learned what materials I enjoyed using and working with.  I like working with paper, textiles, products from bees (honey and wax), flowers, and a good portion of my works focused on human and animal anatomy.  I’ve really enjoyed learning more about sculpture and feel this is a focus area in my future.

             The most challenging assignment for me was the object space relationship assignment.  In the end I wasn’t very happy with my final product.  It was very simple, not in a good way.  If I was going to redo the project I would come up with a completely different idea.  To make the project presentation better, I would have used wire and sewed it into the garments to create the illusion of the hanger instead of using only paint.

            The guest and faculty speakers always had something interesting to say whether I agreed or not with it.  Each person shared new thoughts that will in various ways shape the way I think as an artist.  My favorite speaker was Anthony Sonnenberg as well as the Degenerate Art Ensemble.  I found all of then captured my attention.

            In this class I have had to learn what I can handle in relationship to time restraints. But honestly I know I could have pushed myself further in this class.  I do however feel I fulfilled the assignments.  I learned new processes that I enjoy using to develop my work.  I have learned that I like building things and how sometimes the materials dictate what my final piece looks like.

Degenerate Art Ensemble

On Thursday we had visitors from the Degenerate Art Ensemble who shared information about their combined efforts of using music, art, and performance to create a performance production.  Their productions are a collaboration of many people from each genre to create a final work of art.

I was especially interested in how the costumes they showed us made noises and sounds that were incorporated into the overall piece.  I also liked how the clothing (art pieces) that was worn impacted what the actors and actresses could or could not do.  The ability to freely move about was constrictive at times.  Clothing that we wear in our day to day lives is simple compared to the nature of the art worn in their productions.  Some pieces were limiting in movement.