3D to 2D

Overview

For this image, I manipulated the image of my tape shoes in Photoshop. This pattern design reflects the recurring pattern of the soles on my shoes. Pattern designs can be used for various functions such as pillow designs, wallpaper art, book covers, and much more. This image has a focus on repetition with a slight emphasis on muted colors. The design of the shoes in the repeating pattern is more simple compared to my actual tape shoe design. Many pattern designers take on a more simplified approach. I was very inspired by my Mother's art because her focus is on pattern design. 

My Mother's Pattern Designs
http://gmarchdesign.com/patterns-1/

Momento

Overview
The definition of a momento is anything serving as a reminder or warning. For this project, I based my momento off of a memory of mine from this Summer. This Summer I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, which is an auto-immune disease that targets the large joints in your body and causes those joints to fill up with liquid fluid. There isn't much research on this disease but it was a crucial reality check for me. I chose clay, fabric, and thread as my three items to use. The clay serves as the joint and is the heaviest material used. The weight of this momento is very important for the success of this piece. The shape of the clay serves as one of the main elements in this piece. The fabric represents the skin wrapped around the hard liquid fluid in my elbow joint. 

Dimensions
1.5" x 2.5"

Materials 
- Clay
- Fabric 
- Red Thread

Final Deliverables

Research Sources

Knee Joint Image
http://pennstatehershey.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=115&pid=10&gid=000035

The Sun Huichol
by aapshophttps://society6.com/product/the-sun-huichol-art_framed-print?sku=s6-6137728p21a12v65a13v54

A toy Statue of Liberty
by Eli Meir Kaplanhttp://foundations3ddesign.blogspot.com/search/label/Memento%20Reading%20Selections

Fluxus Box

Overview
Fluxus began as a small but international network of artists and composers, and was characterised as a shared attitude rather than a movement. The movement lasted until the end of the 1970's. Many Fluxus artists created more plastic forms of art, such as boxes filled with various items (often called Fluxkits), prints, and Fluxus films.
I used the elements of color and space in my Fluxus Box, specifically in the use of pattern design. For the outside of the box I created various floral patterns with paint to emphasize the happy ending of the movie 27 Dresses. In the movie, the main character Jane had many roadblocks such as her sister coming to visit and falling in love the Jane's boss who she had loved for years. Jane had a dark red planner book, which was an object I recreated in this box and her sister Tess wore a bight yellow dress the first night her and Jane's boss met. The objects in the box are very light and beachy-themed to resemble the last scene in the movie where Jane gets married on the beach. 

Dimensions
7.5" x 11"

Materials 
- Wood
- Feathers 
- Felt
- Wood paint
- Shell
- Wire
- Spaghetti
- Chalk 
- Paper

Process Photograph

Final Deliverables

Research Sources

Collage Bathroom
by Myself

27 Dresses Movie Cover
https://medium.com/@frankiegbaby/re-the-27-dresses-cinematic-universe-78e3bfea2495

Sunshine x Stripes Bar Stool
by Leah Flores
https://society6.com/product/sunshine-x-stripes_bar-stools?sku=s6-2841400p77a224v779

Soap Carving Sculpture

Dimensions

3.5" x 1.2"

Materials

- Bar soap

- Carving Tools

Process Photograph

Final Deliverables

Balsa Wood & Paper Sculptures

Overview
This project was more open-ended in terms of requirements. I used balsa wood and wood glue for the balsa wood sculpture to create a repetitive work of art. The principle of design shows in the rhythm and the movement of the balsa wood squares on the balsa wood base. It also shows in the dried wood glue in between each wood panel. To create texture I used a push pin on each of the squares. Space is an important element of design in this piece because it helps to emphasize the dried wood glue. For the paper sculpture I used letter paper and masking tape to create another sculpture. I utilized texture for this piece by crumpling the paper and cutting the edges. This sculpture can be presented on a wall or in the middle of a table as a decorative piece.

Balsa Wood Sculpture

Dimensions  
19" x 5.5"

Materials
- Balsa Wood
- Wood glue
- Masking Tape

Paper Sculpture

Dimensions 
8" x 5"

Materials
- White paper
- Masking Tape

Process Photograph

Balsa Wood Final Deliverables

Paper Sculpture Final Deliverables

Masking Tape Shoes

Overview
For this project, each student in Laura Mongiovi's 3D Class was asked to make shoes primarily out of tape. This project was very straight forward and turned out to be very mathematical. To make the shoes true to size, I traced the outside fabric, the soles, and the tongue on paper first. I decided to make each layer of tape on the soles of the shoes the same width throughout. This helped to emphasize the realistic texture on the soles of my converse shoes. The soles were the most important part because they are the strongest part of the shoe and they usually have the most detailed design as opposed to the rest of the shoe. For protection, I covered them in clear packaging tape. 

Dimensions
10.5" x 2.7" 

Materials
Masking Tape, Clear Packaging Tape (for the soles)

Process Photographs 

Final Deliverables

On Longing Post 1

"Capacity of objects to serve as traces of authentic experience."- Susan Stewart

For this quote, I chose to display this image because this picture has a story behind it. When I was riding my bike to my physcial therapist this past August, I got lost on my way and I had no idea how to get back home. When I went on the side of the road to take a break from being lost I saw these pretty flowers. Stopping to take this picture led me to realize how important it is to "stop and smell the roses."

On Longing Post 2

"The souvenir reduces the public, the monumental, and the three dimensional into the miniature, that which can be enveloped by the body." - Susan Stewart

Having a souvenir allows one to hold a memory in their hand. You don't need to have the object to experience joy but the thought of it brings comfort. Memories can be forgotten but a souvenir serves as a refresher. The addition of buildings in a city makes the world seem so much bigger, but if the buildings are taken away the space will seem so small. 

On Longing Post 3

"The body is the primary mode of percieving scale." - Susan Stewart

When I painted this in high school it felt so big on canvas. If the image included some of the background of the wall I took it on it would have a larger sense of depth. But, on the screen of my laptop, this painting appears flat. The amount of time it took me to make this painting increases its scale of importance to me. If I had made this in a week it's scale of importance would decrease.

On Longing Post 4

"The place of origin must remain unavailable in order for desire to be generated."- Susan Stewart

My place of origin used to be New Canaan, Connecticut. Life was easy and my family was wealthy when my parents were together. I had no idea that going to college and living on my own with no money and limited food would change my life so much. Now I wonder am I really from Connecticut or am I now from wherever my life is in this moment? Desire is not only positive if it's attainable. 

On Longing Post 5

"Nostalgia cannot be sustained without loss."- Susan Stewart

This summer I went through a lot with multiple doctor visits every week and I didn't have much time to enjoy myself because I was constantly in pain. My rheumatologist thought I wouldn't be able to go back to school. He thought I had Rheumatoid Arthritis at first but after a few months, and over ten viles of blood taken the doctors discovered that I had Ankylosing Spondilits, which is an auto immune disease that attacks the large joints in your body. During this long summer before my Junior year of college I thought back to when I was younger and had no care in the world. I could climb trees and run without being in pain. I could draw for hours without my right elbow telling me to stop. I could brush my hair and lift a spoon without thinking anything of it. All these things hurt to do over the summer and I felt useless. I literally felt nostalgia and the loss of my ability to control my joints. Recently, a few months ago I started taking HUMIRA, and although my joints aren't 100% I feel a greater apprecitaion for being able to do the things I couldn't do before.

Touch Chapter - The Feeling Bubble

The Feeling Bubble by Diane Ackerman

      "Years ago, I read about a boy who had to live in a bubble (designed by Nasa) because of the weakness of his immune system and his susceptibility to disease. We are all that boy. The bubble is our skin. But the skin is also alive, breathing and excreting, shielding us from harmful rays and microbial attack, metabolizing vitamin D, insulating us from heat and cool, repairing itself when necessary, regulating blood flow, acting as a frame for our sense of touch, aiding us in sexual attraction, defining our individuality, holding all the thick red jams and jellies inside us where they belong," (page 67).

      For my response to this chapter I wanted to focus on color as the main focus for design. When the author describes the little boy who had to live in a bubble I imagined that his world was stripped of color. That's why I chose to emphasize nude colors and black in my design. I took four pictures of this image to show that it can be seen from multipe angles. I wanted to create various elements to contrast with the various elements described in the passage.

Touch Chapter - Pain

Pain by Diane Ackerman

"Heart attacks frequently produce a pain in the stomach, the left arm, or the shoulder when this happens, the brain can't figure out exactly where the message is coming from. In the classic phenomenon of phantom-limb pain, the brain gets faulty signals and continues to feel pain in a limb that has been amputated; such pain in a limb that has been amputated; such pain in a limb can be torturous, perverse, and maddening since there is nothing physically present to hurt," (page 104).

For my response to this chapter I wanted to make something that resembled pain and something that looked imcomplete. I wanted to actually create something that would poke out at the edges and be painful to touch. As you can see, in the first image of the closeup the object looks dark and in high contrast with the white wall. My goal was to make this object look crooked and out of place, just as pain can be.