SCULPTURE 1--NEWMAN UNIVERSITY++a Hack.Art.Lab production.

Time

2009-05-10T09:35:00.000-07:00

My focus was on time this week. I wanted to tie into the final project theme, so I scanned some of the photos and found some that represent the progression of time. Faded blue jeans and the "wrinkles" from the folds of the fabric suggest progression of time ...."wearing on all of us". My son actually took the photo of the glasses and clock which I love. Children do such a great job of not overthinking things and often get a much more interesting focus of an image. The glasses and section of the clock immediately made me think of time marching onward....glasses meaning aging to me and the clock's image of the mortality of us all. The image of the side mirror on our car as we drove through the rain is one of my favorites also because of the combination of the sleepy, dreamy state created by the rain, the message on the mirror of "things my be closer than they appear", and the image of the pavement markings projecting movement forward.

chandeliers

2009-05-09T22:29:00.000-07:00

I just thought this image of a chandelier was cool and pretty. Kind of reminded me of a dandelion.

Reading

2009-05-04T07:41:00.000-07:00

I had the great good fortune to have some time to read some escapism stuff and decided to take a random picture of the book pages themselves. I love the way the picture draws the viewer into the book even though the whole book is not in frame. The line of the text and angles of the book created an interesting, slightly diagonal plane. The words vary in size and seem distorted. It is a view from the reader's perspective.

More shadows!

2009-05-03T17:06:00.001-07:00

a few pictures of bubbly water and shadows that i thought were cool!

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2009-04-30T05:24:00.001-07:00

2009-04-28T09:10:00.000-07:00

I took this picture down town on the side of a building. The rays of light that come out of the center and make a continuous patter is really cool.

Water Spout

2009-04-28T09:07:00.000-07:00

I took this picture in Branson. There was a coulorful fountain tht shot up water in a row and I wanted to try to get the water in the air. As you can see it worked. Whats cool, is that even thought water is clear we can still see it in mid air.

Fire and Lights

2009-04-28T09:05:00.000-07:00

I took this picture by the Keeper of the Plains Statue when the fire was light up. I thought it was really cool how the lights on the left look like they alomost jump off of the page. The fire puts a haze on the picture but some of the lights pop out of it.

Lights on the River

2009-04-28T08:54:00.000-07:00

I took these pictures on the river and I waited for the traffic lights to change. I thought the reflections were really cool so I took a pick of what the water looked like when the lights were green, red and yellow.

friday's performance....

2009-04-27T21:08:00.001-07:00

Lost Dog

2009-04-27T07:42:00.000-07:00

I'm sure all of us have seen posters or flyers of missing pets taped to light poles, etc. but seeing a lost dog flyer under water just gave me a whole other feeling. I always feel sorry for pets that are missing and wonder why they are lost but I also feel some hope that the animal will be found and returned. This photo brought on a whole different feel. It made me feel that the dog was somehow dead and the situation was hopeless just from seeing it in a different environment.....under water. It felt like the dog was forgotten....truly lost. Of course, as I looked throughout the neighborhood, I also saw the same flyer on posts, so it was just an extra that got away. I hope the dog was found. It's funny how the presentation of an object can affect its meaning and feeling.

What is it?

2009-04-21T10:01:00.001-07:00

I have to say, one of the best things about the camera is the negative feature that it has; it makes everything so much more weird than it would normally be when seen in the regular view. I also like how it can make things the opposite of what they really are, like white turns black and black white...etc. I always enjoy this feature. Can you guess what some of these are?

2009-04-19T18:00:00.000-07:00

More shadows and light, but this time in color!
These were taken at the Picasso museum in Paris. I really liked the intensity of the colors and the way it bends at the corner of the floors and walls.

Beyond Us

2009-04-17T20:43:00.000-07:00

Enlightenment comes at the strangest and most unexpected of moments sometimes. While walking my dogs and the neighbor child that I watch, we started a game of I Spy. When it came to the girl's turn, she picked yellow. I guessed all the yellow objects that I could see and then gave up, asking her what the object was. She replied that it was the sun. I told her that I couldn't consider the sun because it wasn't something that I could look at without hurting me eyes. It was true that it was in my range of sight as we walked, but it wasn't something I considered to be an object in my field of vision. I never thought to look up....just wasn't within my idea of space to search. I realized that my viewpoint was quite limited and that, in the scheme of things, what we consider to be our focus can be quite limited in every sense. I decided to take a picture of the sun with the camera...to let it do what my eyes couldn't. The resulting images were quite beautiful and reminded me that humans are such a miniscule piece of existence in relationship to the infiniteness of what is beyond us.

Where are all the comments?

2009-04-13T12:15:00.001-07:00

Just wondering why I'm not seeing any responses to photos. Am I missing something? I've been commenting but not seeing many responses to any student work. I miss reading them! Tag; you're all it!

Dale

Friend or Foe

2009-04-13T11:56:00.000-07:00

There is such a controversy in the areas of the country where wind turbines are now being used. Some people love the idea behind the harnessing of naturally available resources and some claim that it produces headaches and illness. I decided to snap some photos on our trip to Hays as they have a large grouping of them outside of town a few miles. Although they are innocuous looking at a glance, the longer and closer you look at them, they take on a new look. As the weather changed from sunlight to heavy showers, they began to look more and more imposing, alien-like, and sinister. When they were partially covered by clouds, they reminded me of a cluster of crucifixes. They made me feel uncomfortable but I think they are a good thing. I just wouldn't want to live by them....kind of creepy!

Americana

2009-04-13T09:00:00.000-07:00

My family and I went to Hays this weekend for family time at Easter and ended up following a CNN Express bus. I wanted to get a photo of the license plate and insignias around it but my timing wasn't the best. So, I ended up with this photo which still proved to be very interesting. It reminds me of a map of the midwest portion of the U.S. and the colors and lettering move the eyes around the image. It's kind of disorienting but very vibrant.

Art?

2009-04-05T21:57:00.001-07:00

These were taken downtown, I was fascinated at how the runway lights reflect on the bridge so I decided to play around with the negative effects and the different rotations of the picture because it looks interesting from all angles.

Frozen Spring

2009-04-05T21:49:00.000-07:00

I was very interested in how the branches and pipe had the frozen water on it. They had this glossy layering appeal to them and I found it quite beautiful. Like everything was somehow frozen in time.

Had a Bad Day?

2009-04-05T16:48:00.000-07:00

My son's first full blown black eye happened recently. As a mother, you have to understand that a call from the nurse's office alerts you immediately but, after you're old like me, age adds a buffer of calmness to the reaction which actually helps you be more effective when you arrive to deal with the adults and your child who only wants to be reassured that you are there and going to make sure they are taken care of.....in summation...they will not be dieing that day. I assure you, it is an honor to be in that type of position and elevates your worth for your 15 minutes of total fame to your loved one. This is a documentation of that first black eye for my son who, along with another vivacious boy, never saw the "train wreck" until it was too late on the Maize playground. I was a hero for a day.

window shadows

2009-04-04T23:05:00.000-07:00

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I don't know why but I always find shadows very interesting. Probably because of all the different and interesting shapes they make. The first one I really liked because it was pattern from the light on top of the pattern on the floor. The second one I thought was cool because it looked like it as bending.

2009-03-29T19:39:00.000-07:00

I was at the zoo with my kids when I was caught by this site. All of the flamingos in one group lined up, head down, with this fantastic abstract distortion of color and image in the reflection. I just couln't resist it ....

Sparkles

2009-03-29T18:15:00.000-07:00

This wall was so cool, in a very overpriced cafe in Paris. I was trying to figure out how they did it exactly, but all I know is that they are Christmas lights behind what I"m thinking to be a glass wall. Anyway, the effect was really cool. I like how the lights are just random and seem to sparkle.

Woohoo! Got some posts up there!

2009-03-23T18:12:00.000-07:00

Port in a Storm

2009-03-09T06:49:00.000-07:00

I lost my previous blog and am now attempting to replicate it. I was trying to capture lightening bolts during this weekend's storm but had no luck with my digital. So, I began to focus on the contrast between the darkness of the stormy night and the porch light across the street. It seemed to sum up the feeling of the evening....rather foreboding with just the one bright area of the door.....an escape from the darkness.

Shadows

2009-03-08T21:36:00.000-07:00

Randomly taking pics one day I became interested in the shadows the sun cast on everything especially my own (which has been known to scare me from time to time) because of how long they become. I think it's cool how the shadow of something can appear totally different than the object itself.

2009-03-08T21:01:00.000-07:00

So... I thought this image was kind of interesting. I like all the blackness surrounded by the fuzzy looking light it the center. I took the picture at night of one of the warning lights that kept flashing in my car.

SHADOWS

2009-03-08T12:02:00.001-07:00

this is enjoyable to look at because i think the plant itself is an interesting shape so the shadow cast an interesting shape on the wall. the amazing thing about this plant is that its hard to kill too! you only water it once a month and it lives forever and grows like a weed so thats why its kind of sloped over to the side.

Water on Fire!

2009-03-01T22:11:00.000-08:00

While driving around I noticed the way that the lights shone off the water. I looked so pretty so I just had to take a picture of it and it turned out much better on camera. There were two different lights next to eachother so the first picture is from an off-white lamp. The second is from another orange one but not as intense as the third, and the third is from the same orange one just close up to show the intensity. I enjoy the way that these turned out very much.

2009-03-01T21:49:00.000-08:00

I saw this house in a neighborhood behind the arts district and it made me think of beauty because it looks as if the house possibly thrived in it's hayday, but now it's falling apart. It kind of reminds me of the movie Monster House, especially seeing it up close.

Up Close and Personal

2009-03-01T18:45:00.000-08:00

It has been mentioned to me that I seem to always take pictures of close up images. I guess I do because, to me, no one really processes the whole picture; we just pick an area of focus. So, for this blog, I have "focused" on some close ups of various things and the emotional impact that can have on the viewer....from my sock monkey slippers in the snow, to the view when watering a plant, to my dog's nose (this must be how they see most things), to my rear view mirror on a rainy day (the past or what's following you....depending on how you think). What do you think? That's it for me tonight as I am stressed out and "all done in".

Swirly Landscape

2009-03-01T14:23:00.000-08:00

You'll have to excuse the blurryness (although I don't mind it so much - kinda gives it a cool texture and grunge feel). I just liked the swirly lines and all the stuff going on in the background. It's actually a perfume bottle. It's really not so dark, its just the background making it look that way.

Lava Lamp

2009-02-24T09:30:00.000-08:00

I took this pic of my lava lamp only because I thought it looked cool in the dark with the different shades of red and pink. I took the pic right when the lamp was in the process of heating back up so you get that sense of movement within the pic.

Purdy Colors

2009-02-22T20:01:00.000-08:00

I just really love this image, in the abstraction going on as well as the colors and the way the light reflects. Believe it or not it's a shopping bag! To me, kind of looks like it could be a painting. But I'm pretty much obsessed with the color blue so I'm just really drawn to this image.

Layers

2009-02-22T16:02:00.000-08:00

I love looking past the surface of things and one of my dogs has the most wonderful skin and fur that I couldn't resist pushing around on it to get lots of furrows that I could take close-ups of. The color and texture are so interesting to me and I think they lend themselves to the creation/imagination of other objects or landscapes. The lasagna I had to add because it lends itself so well to the topic of layers. Although my husband makes a "mean" lasagna, it looks rather repugnant close up. I guess the perspective from which an object is viewed can certainly change the feeling about that object both in the identification of what the object is and how it makes you feel.

Trouble

2009-02-21T22:38:00.000-08:00

I'm still having problems uploading my video and pics to the blog

underneath it all....

2009-02-18T17:37:00.000-08:00

I find these photos facinating because from one angle you really don't know what on earth it is! is it a parasite? is it a creature of some sort? nope it is the human hand! this is a lateral view of the hand taken by xray and the other is just a close up of the flat lay of the hand. The human structure is amazing in its own way and nobody has the same shape or structure, but the fact the the bones and joints are all ajoined the same is what makes these interesting.

Windows to the Soul

2009-02-15T20:57:00.000-08:00

Have you heard about eyes being the "windows to the soul"? Eyes can tell, more than any other feature, the intent or emotion of a person or animal. I often find myself having difficulty looking at people eye to eye. It almost seems like an invasion.....very intimate. There is a communication that can occur in a very pure state when looking into the eyes of another being. I am fascinated with this type of encounter and have tried to capture the potential feelings that it can create with a few pictures.

Exit Sign

2009-02-15T20:47:00.001-08:00

I know everyone has seen an exit sign before, but I thought the way the word looked as I moved was pretty cool.

Reflections

2009-02-15T18:55:00.000-08:00

Was just looking around my room and thought the edge of a bunch of glass frames pushed all together looked kinda cool, as well as the reflection of them on the glass below.

Radio in the Night

2009-02-10T11:26:00.000-08:00

I took this in my room when the lights were off...i thought it was interesting how everything looks blurred. I didn't move the camera and it still turned out blurred. It must have just had to with the distance I was away from the stereo.

LADIES!

2009-02-09T06:54:00.000-08:00

Fantastic blog entries this week! great job!

Where am I?

2009-02-08T15:09:00.000-08:00

This is a picture taken while i was driving home i was actually trying to capture the sunset but instead i captured the lights from the near by sonic, steet lights and cars infront of me. The angle that it was taken is very interesting to me beause it has a focal point and directs you to the right side of the picture and the blurry lights and it is impressive to me because you can't tell exactly what it is I took a picture of other than these magificent lights in motion.

Perspective

2009-02-08T11:54:00.000-08:00

Shock, awe, beauty, or repulsion.........

How do you come to terms with what you see? Is it relative to the experiences you have had, indoctrination from others, or some standard that we all culturally share? Do we base our interpretations upon a superficial glance or do we look "beneath the surface", taking into account other aspects of the evolution and meaning behind our observations.

These images may be impossible to relate to for some while beautiful to others, markers of significance not obvious to all.

View of Nature from a Plane

2009-02-07T22:11:00.000-08:00

I took this pic on my way back from Las Vegas. I thought it was a great way to capture the mountains and I like the shadow that's being cast over them by the clouds. It almost takes the shape of the plane itself though we are pretty far away. The mountians look beautiful from this angle.

Oddity/Interesting

2009-02-07T21:45:00.000-08:00

I was hanging with some friends at their house and was taking some pics and my friend Christine was messing with some traffic cones that they have. Anyone with a camera could have gotten this picture but I think it is very interesting and just cool to look at. Usually when I come up to a traffic cone while driving I never see them illuminated this way, so I enjoy this one very much.

Let there be light....

2009-02-07T10:34:00.000-08:00

The light on the wall made my think of they way light looks on the wall of a swimming pool. Isn't it interesting that glass and water share the similar characteristics that allow for this kind of result when light passes through both of them. I think it would be a wothwhile experiment to use in perhaps displaying an underwater painting. By shining light through textured glass, could you make the painting look almost "life-like"?

Fireworks? More like a lamp!

2009-02-07T10:25:00.000-08:00

Here are my two images that I could not get to load last week. They are of my fiber-optic lamp. They remind me of fireworks and I think the way that the light in motion is captured is pretty darn fantastic!

More shadows and patterns

2009-02-07T09:55:00.000-08:00

Not to seem redundant with all my shadows and pattern blogs, but I really liked the patterns in this one and how it all seems to bend around the corner. I like how there are strips on the actual blinds but then I also love the lines the blinds make on the wall. It seems to have pretty good eye movement. I feel like the way the lines are composed really lead you around. The lines on the blinds lead you down to the corner, then the lines on the wall direct you back up to the blinds.

This thing won't work!!!

2009-02-01T21:37:00.003-08:00

I tried to upload my images, but the system isn't letting me at the time. I will try again first thing in the morning, but wanted to go ahead and post this just to let you all know that I really did try. I have two images of my fiber optic lamp and the patterns and movement the lights create.

fish tank

2009-02-01T20:06:00.000-08:00

I think the way the reflection of the fish and the rock are reflected on the top of the water is really cool. The bubbles are the top of the water are pretty neat too.

Repetition/Pattern

2009-02-01T19:20:00.000-08:00

The first picture was taken while I was working on some painting for class and was just looking around and noticed the blinds leaving their shadow across Casey's painting and liked the way it looked.
The second one was taken at a friend's house. I know it's nothing real special because it's a regular thing that everyone can notice easily if you have blinds but I enjoy the way the picture turned out, especially since the blinds look smaller as they progress into the lower right corner.

Dale Chihuly in Bellagio Hotel

2009-02-01T19:15:00.000-08:00

I noticed this Dale Chihuly piece while I was at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. I think it represents beauty because you walk into this great room and when you look up at the ceiling there is a small portion lined with all of this colorful glass. It reminded me of a kid goin into a candy store with all of the flamboyant colors.

Shadows

2009-02-01T19:03:00.000-08:00

My fascination with shadows shows in this photo that I took while walking my two dogs. Shadows offer simplistic form and yet are not always static or obvious in nature, giving themselves up for interpretation as to the nature of the situation and/or the object itself. I frequently use silhouettes in my paintings because they play off of detailed images so well and offer repetition, depth, and a kind of mystery to the picture. It makes people take another look at the images and think a little more. I remembered us talking in class about making art/sculpture draw the viewer in to look and then look again..not just to glance at the surface or obvious features but to actually engage them in the activity of digging deeper and reflecting upon its meaning to them on a personal level. I think shadows lend themselves well to this type of exploration.

As I walked along that afternoon with my dogs, I started to notice the flow of the shadows alongside us and how the images changed according to the lighting and direction of our path. I particularly like the composition of this one because of the linear connection between the forms made by the leashes and the tilted perspective that the shadow gives. It very much feels "in motion" to me when I look at it.....kind of an energy too in the picture.

fire

2009-02-01T13:50:00.000-08:00

Im no pyro mainiac or anything but, i do enjoy the way fire burns and the different shapes it makes, this one happen to catch my eye because it takes on the shape of a heart and you can see the intensity of the heat comming from the candle.

Patterns

2009-02-01T01:36:00.000-08:00

As I was driving home a couple Saturdays ago, I noticed the pattern made of the shadows from a fence. I just thought it looked so cool and loved the pattern it created. Just please excuse the dirty window haha.

on track!

2009-01-28T06:40:00.000-08:00

Well done ladies. Be sure to comment on your classmates posts(2 per week) and dont use found images. You have to capture the photo yourself-a new one each week.

Water Wonders!

2009-01-25T20:14:00.000-08:00

My friend was holding up her glass of water and I noticed that what I saw through the glass was the opposite of what she was really doing. The optical illusion was an inverted view. I just thought this was so interesting and something I have never noticed! Happy Day!

Images for Sculpture 1

2009-01-25T20:11:00.000-08:00

Here are three images I hope will be interesting...what do you think?
Dale

Excess during dinner

2009-01-25T19:30:00.000-08:00

I eat in the cafeteria with a group of friends every day and no matter how many napkins we use there are always too many napkins overflowing in the basket. I guess that they think there will be someone that feels the need to use every single napkin they can get their hands on. Or the crew just dont want to have to reload the baskets every time there's a group coming in.

Glowing light on a building

2009-01-25T16:56:00.000-08:00

I was driving down Main street downtown this weekend, and was stopped at a light. I noticed light reflected off of windows onto the side of a building. The picture honestly doesn't do it justice because in person it looked so cool. The light made the building look like parts of it were glowing, and it was a warm glow (warmer than what you can see in the picture). One thing I didn't notice until I looked at the image on the computer was the reflection of the windows in the windows. They look all twisted and distorted which I found fascinating. I would classify this maybe in the 'oddity' category, because of the funky shape the light reflects in as well as the distorted window reflections.

Bubbles

2009-01-25T10:51:00.000-08:00

I have always had a fish tank and never really paid any attention to the motion of the water or the air bubbles the filter creates until today, the motion of the water and how it reacts to some kind of force creates these tiny bubbles and how the shimmer in the water.

Light Patterns

2009-01-24T21:57:00.001-08:00

I was just sitting at my friends house watching tv when I looked over and noticed the really unique patterns that this light left on the ceiling. The pattern just really caught my eye and made me look at it for a while so I capture the right angle for the picture. I just really like the random way that the light and the shadow connect.

Dinner in Cafe

2009-01-23T09:09:00.000-08:00

When I saw the silverware my first thought was order because of how each place on the row has its own name tag, then I also thought of excess because of the extra forks and spoons bulging out of their cups. I see this same setup everyday when I go to the cafe, but when I take the time to actually think of what category it may fit in, it all seems to make sense.

Location: Mabee Dining Hall