weekly sculpture 3. Martin

For the 3rd sculpture I wanted to use the rest of the found materials i had, as tuttle would often do. I found a large amount of twine and rectangular chunks of wood and simply wanted to put them together in a package. When I first found these materials the wood was hanging from the long ropes dragging on the ground.

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I just grabbed a chunk of wood for this project and sanded it down. I wanted to cut lines across it's center throughout the whole piece so that when held it would wiggle and not really feel like wood. The main piece rests against the stand with the support of a screw. This is probably my favorite sculpture I've made in this class so far. It somewhat resembles the side profile of someones face.

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Going with the same idea of making art with Richard Tuttle in mind, i just got a piece of wood and put some nails into one corner of it while accentuating the woodgrain with a brown marker pen. It was fun to put it together and nice to come up with a minimalist piece with a nice shadow cast by the wood and the nails.

Tuttle Project. marty

I really enjoyed Tuttle's use of materials. He used objects and materials that were familiar to him that he often encountered in his every day life. I wanted to do something similar by using two materials that I often see in my every day life, or that i have had a lot of experience with. I work at farms over summers and deal with a lot of chicken wire, so i found the green netting very familiar. I used the blue foam with the lettering Dow because my father used to work for them. His clothing would often say "Dow" on a sleeve for the few years he was working there. 

At first I wasn't very in to Tuttle's work but after seeing the film about him and reading/looking at more of his work I found it all very enticing.

Thomas Bartlett weekly sculpture 1

casting project

for this project i was thinking about the historical escalation of violence, and was also exploring themes of identity.

Display project

festival wundercabinet

week 12

Still trying to up my wire work.  Decided to try to make something even smaller but still having the same detail.  working on making them tighter.  decided to try to make this one more clearly referencing a classic jewelry size and shape.

Week 11

Still trying to approach a higher level of "art" in my wire work.  experimenting with smaller stones and new settings.  Also Using  smaller wire to get high detail without making something enormous.  Using higher quality materials as well, Brazilian watermelon tourmaline, ethiopian opals, faceted gemstones and solid silver. 

Week 10

For this piece i decided to to try approach my wire jewelry with an even more sculptural approach.  I made the piece fully three dimensional and able to be hung from any way you choose, even the chain is made into a part of the piece.

Week 9

For this sculpture i was using scraps from art projects.  I was thinking about how the artistic process produces unique things that can be interesting materials to work with.  I used broken fingers from my was hand cast that broke and arranged them referencing a cluster of mushrooms

Week 8

This sculpture is kind of just a casual pop culture joke, in homage to bender from Futurama.  Had the butt casts laying around and some metallic paint and it just kind of seemed like the thing to do.  Not a whole lot to say here.

Week 7

This sculpture Is about balance and logic for me and the physical properties of materials.  Because the paper is soft and extends past the metal cube the more it bends the more it wants to push the cube up and fall off the other side, acting like a spring.  The top cube, being made out of aluminum is deceptively light and is tipped in a way that would normally cause it to fall.  

Week 5 Sculpture

this sculpture I see as more of a ready made.  I was considering how a readymade might still be considered so even if you made it if you change the intention.  This was a piece of wire jewelry I made which i flipped around to expose the "guts" of the piece.  I think by flipping it it becomes more about the process and i think its interesting that it gives away that there isn't really a trick to the construction.  In some ways I think the backs are often more beautiful than the fronts.

Week 4 Sculpture

For this sculpture I was really just trying to respond to the things around me and figure out the connections later.   I think sometimes our intuition has logic behind it before we realize it.  For example both of the pieces of wood have a clear connection but the wire even has a visual connection to the grooves in the wood from insects.  Im really attracted to how this arrangement references a phone.

week 3 sculpture/pedestal project

for this sculpture I used polymer clay encasing a steel box i had made in the past and wood scraps.  I have been thinking a lot about the function of the human body and how it relates to mechanical function and vise versa.  To me there seem to be clear connections that I'm interested in exploring.  I was also thinking about how using found materials can inspire original and unexpected forms and content.  formally I was very attracted to the contrast of the sexuality/sensuality of the skin and lips versus the industrial feel of a simple wooden crate paired with the mimicking of form.

For my second sculpture I wanted to make something casual and thinking more like a sketch.  I thought about how i could use found objects and modified objects to create something that is both representational and actual.  starting from the bottom it comes at you in veering degrees of actuality as if receding into a picture plane and becoming an image.  I am very interested right now in the space of the picture plane, depth, flatness, illusion, and actual.

For my sculpture I thought a lot about Tuttle's formal approach to less formal materials.  Most of my considerations involved formal color relationships and spacial relationships.  I tried to be very loose and open the entire time to cultivate the honesty that Tuttle's work seems to exude.  At the same time I was trying to make an object that didn't seem to make sense while simultaneously giving away everything.  The materials I used were wood scraps, nails, acrylic paint, an alligator clip, and a broken rubber band. 

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First weekly sculpture inspired by Richard Tuttle's work. Made with found objects that were at hand at the moment, it was intuitive, fun to put together and very interesting to see how the object fit together at the end with practically no effort. Seen from a distance it almost blends in with the wall because of its size but also catches the viewers attention and draws them in. 

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2ND PROJECT: MATERIAL AS MEANING

   

   With this project I made around 10-12 locks and hooked them onto the lockers outside of class as my presentation. I used the brown wax to crate these locks. I put small pieces of wiring inside the U of the locks to make sure that it can hold up and seal the detachable piece. When it came time to critique my project and we headed outside, I guess I was wrong about the metal wiring holding up the locks. They started slanting and falling off. Other than that, I thought my pieces were pretty cool and fun make. Wax was really easy to work with but to delicate.

3RD PROJECT: PRESENTATION AS MEANING

 

   At first I wanted to use a coin I got from Las Vegas, one of those "make a coin" that you can make with a machine, but then I lost it. So I decided to use another souvenir I got from Las Vegas, which was a paper cutting done by a street artist. I gave him like five dollars as a donation, since he was working for free that time and was accepting tips. Making the box of that size seems easy, but it's actually really hard. One little mistake and you'll have a wonky square. I had to make like at least 2-3 frames. Overall I thought it was a really good lesson on wood cutting.

 4TH PROJECT: UNMONUMENTAL

   My first ideas for this project was to maybe work with stools or make more pedestals to work with, but it was hard acquiring pedestals and making extra pedestals would require more wood than I'd imagine, so I came up with this idea instead. I wanted to create this sort of boxy pixelated effect with the pedestal, so I cut a bunch of squares from foams to create it. Putting this project together was a pain in the butt. I'd say I spent at least more than 24 hours on this project. Painting it was also a pain in the butt, I ran out of white paint at a point and used white spray paint to cover some areas. Positioning the mini cubes was pretty tough, I had to redo some because it didn't look pixelated. With this project I've learned that you may need more materials than you think and so acquire an abundance before you start.

1ST SCULPTURE (1ST PROJECT: TUTTLE WEEKLY SCULPTURE)

   While researching Richard Tuttle, I noticed that a lot of his work was ordinary materials that had details that will absorb you into his work overtime. He uses a lot of manipulation of texture and size/shape. What I did with this project was an attempt to emulate his work process into my own. I glued two pieces of wood together, using wood glue and then painted over the two wood, in attempt to create this indention, which some of Tuttle's work showed. Then I used three pieces of wire to try to create this bending of mind effect, which Tuttle did, accordingly to how I saw him manipulate wires in his works. I threw in some painted mini chunks of cardboard pieces to create a sense of flow, which draws to a point, I sort of wanted a mesmerizing absorbing effect like how Tuttle did his. The red, blue and yellow paint was random. Overall I think a work that is simple with texture is the defining edge of Richard Tuttle.

 2ND SCULPTURE

 

   With this second sculpture, I wasn't sure what guidelines to follow other than Richard Tuttle's work. Using the limited materials I found and gathered, I created something I feel would be comparison. I didn't use any colors, because I wanted it to be as original as the materials were. Cutting these thick rolls was such a pain, took me about two hours to manipulate them to a curvature so that they can settle and go easy on the eyes. I used glue to hold them, but they were thick and heavy, so they wouldn't stay on. I had to use tape to hold them together. This second project had the feeling of being released and independence, sort of like being released from jail or final formation.

3RD SCULPTURE

 

   Still stuck on Tuttle's use of simplicity, I decided to use these 4 tubes to express my work. Nailing them on the wall was the hard part, all of them were really thick. After nailing them on the wall, deciding were each should be and arranging them, I grew to like it. It speaks metaphorcally of it's guise. It looks so dirty and shabby yet it shows texture and lighting.

4TH SCULPTURE

   Using small metal fragments I found on the wood shelf, I wanted to create an illusion of [X] flowing towards the viewer. I also arranged them together in a sort of pixel gesture, to suggest unity. I thought the shadow of the fragments added a ominous feeling to it, which I liked after seeing the picture but I didn't really like when when I was setting it up.

5TH SCULPTURE

  

   These are also some other small metal fragments I found on the free shelf. I wanted to create a sort of space, an environment of some sort, a place of unknowing, where only metal rods exists in a fixed position, through figurative sculpture.

6TH SCULPTURE

   I really liked the metal fragments and so I decided to use it again. From arranging the metal materials around, the child inside of me wanted to stack them together as if they were Lego blocks. After stacking them together, an idea popped in my head, I envisioned the "Emerald City" from the Wizard of Oz. So I tried to create that scene of the Emerald City in horizon afar.

7TH SCULPTURE

   I tried pulling these springs apart for a different display of work but they were really tight. So I decided to arrange them in pattern. Moving them around on the wall gave me an idea. It was an impression of computers and their circuits on the board. I wanted to make use of the idea and turn it into a patterned version of how each circuits serves a purpose on a computer's board.

8TH SCULPTURE

   Using the materials from the 4th and 6th sculptures I wanted to create a combination of the two. Setting up the piece gave me an idea, which reminded me of construction work on a building. So I wanted to show a recreation of the "process" of building. 

9TH SCULPTURE

   Using the extra mini boxes, I had left over from my pedestal project, I wanted to create something simple and try to re-achieve a Tuttle style. The final product, I don't think it's Tuttle's style, but I think it's simplicity is perfect. The texture of the foam's details and the curvature of the wire makes this piece simple yet sophisticated with the lighting.

10TH SCULPTURE

   I found this material way back in the semester and wanted to use it to see if I can create something. Before all the tangling, I had to think of how to place the ropes together to form a design. After 10 minutes of randomly looping the ropes back and fourth I decided that what I had was good. Overall I like the feel of this piece, it feels deranged!

11TH SCULPTURE

   These materials, I don't know what they're called, were discovered along with the ropes way back in the semester. I also wanted to do something with them instead of letting get in the dust. I didn't know what to do with them and so I wanted to approach it simply by hanging them. I thought wiring them would give them a sense of direction and motive.

12TH SCULPTURE

   As a little kid, I would make these in place of a toy. My family was poor and so my parents couldn't afford toys, primarily wrestling action figures that I wanted really bad! So one day, I just crunched up a piece of paper and from there I made sort of action figures to play with. Revisiting this work brought back memories. It is also a lot harder than I can remember.