Double-Decker Pier

I'm making a double-decker pier. It's going to be like a shopping center thing on a pier. At the end of the pier there is an aquarium that goes underwater. Down the center of the pier are two large rectangular holes which will become two large buildings (possibly a Target and Macy's). In the front, there will be a stair case and in the back there will probably be another stair case but I need to think through how I will do it. I have also constructed small square (2inx2in.) that are like the atriums in popeii. I'm going to put a bunch of detail all over the place...eventually. This was made with Foam core, Paper, and something called Basswood.

Shake It......Again

Here are some more Shake It photos taken exclusively from my iPhone. They are all taken at different times at different places so they are merely a random assortment of pictures that have no connected quality at all.

Teapot

I made a teapot. It was made out of clay with the slab method (just to be technical). I also found out that you can use vinegar instead of slip so I decided to try that out (it works well). The objects I sculpted onto it were not planned or related in any way but now I feel like the teapot demonstrates the absurdity and childishness of violence. I see this with the whimsy in the tongues and the violence depicted through, the soon to be, brass knuckles.  I think I will paint it/ glaze it in a way that emulates that idea. Also, I plan on having it stand on something war like but I'm not sure yet; however, I want the structure to be made from metal or look like metal. I will post more pictures when its complete. 

Mon-e

I made this thing out of one dollar bills and fishing line. I put this thing on a lamp and it made a sculpture and it took ten-ish minutes to make. It obviously not my most favorite work but it will do. This could either be a cool photography piece or a cool sculpture; you decide. Either way the name will be "Mon-e".

iPhone: Shake It

I saw some really cool work by Mark Leet where he took a bunch of amazing photos with an iPhone camera (specifically, "Shake It" which converts photos into Polaroids). I tried it out for myself and I found that the colors are much richer and the light seems to become more contrasted; this is what I came up with:

"Herbert"

iPhone photo done with "Shake It"

"Painter: Enter Here"

iPhone photo done with "Shake It" 

-Untitled-

iPhone photo done with "Shake It"

Self Portraits

 Last night, I could barely sleep for some reason, so I made a sculpture out of aluminum wire. The sculpture was a piece that was an amorphous thing that really couldn't stand on its own, so I decided to use it for a photography piece instead as a sculpture. I thought it could really interesting to use it for a self portrait and this it what my camera came up with:

I just put all of them on here because I could easily change them if I want to but some are a little too blurry for me. It seems to focus on the ideas surrounding entrapment-- at least, that's what I just decided. I think I could edit them if i wanted to use them but its going to be a lot of work.

House (Breadth 1)

House

Popsicle Sticks; Aluminum; Acrylic Medium; Hot Glue; (and love...just kidding....there is no love -__-)

I don't know the actual size of this thing so lets just say its the size of two heads

This is a house I made out of Popsicle sticks that are held together with hot glue and I covered it in a acrylic molding paste so the hot glue is no longer ruining visual aesthetic of this thing. Also, I decided to activate the space by using a long sheet of aluminum to make it more "AP-ish." Lets just say that this is conceptual for the hell of it; it could make things interesting. I think that I can still work on it but it depends on the time I have.

Sketch Book #4

I have just recently finished my fourth sketch book from the past two years. I don't have too much to say about the things I did except that this shows my new found love for gouache and I tried to experiment with different styles and mediums.

Ink, Gouache, Watercolor 

Pastel 

Charcoal, Pastel 

Gouache 

Colored Pencil, Pastel, Gouache 

 Gouache

Charcoal, Pastel 

Charcoal 

Ink, Pastel Pencil 

Gouache, Ink 

Graphite 

Charcoal, Gouache, Ink 

Graphite, Ink, Gouache 

Gouache, Ink 

Collage, Graphite, Pastel 

Gouache, Charcoal, Pastel 

Ink 

Colored Pencil, Charcoal, Ink 

Gouache 

Pen, Gouache 

Ink, Colored Pencil, Chalk Pastel 

Gouache