o
Application of watercolor and ink to different
substrates with various treatments (i.e., wood with stain)
2Feb2012
Overall Objectives
·
I want to explore the connection between media
and substrate (like a tattoo)
o
Is there meaning in forcing a cohesion or
allowing it to flow?
·
Focus on Preservation of Natural Resources
·
2D
o
I will be working with Elsie to learn about
watercolor and India ink as a medium
o
Large scale watercolor/ink pieces that show the
monumentality of trees
§ Focus
on one type of tree per piece
ú Research
the historical uses of the tree
ú Use
that research to develop effective compositions
o
On hand-made paper with pieces from that type of
tree as inclusions (i.e., leaves, bark, etc…)
·
Printmaking
o
Utilize reclaimed wood to create woodblock
prints
o
Maintain blocks after use to be displayed with
print
o
Oil-based ink
o
Hand-made paper
·
New Media
o
Create my personal rendition of street art (like
that of Shepard Fairey and Banksy)
o
Images affixed to trees in an ephemeral manner
with something like spray chalk
§ Once
complete, an e-mail/text will be sent out with coordinates so people can go
find the installation
§ This
process would force the viewers to interact with nature
§ The
entire process will be recorded on video and extensively documented with photos
Short Term Objectives (Midterm) (7 weeks)
·
2D
o
Production
§ Learn
how to use watercolor and ink in the most effective manner
ú Wet
or dry substrate
ú Application
techniques
§ Have
experimented enough to be confident in the production process
§ 1
piece complete
§ Sketches/plans
for 2 more
o
Research
§ Application
techniques
§ Tattoo
artists (i.e., Duke Riley & Chris Garver)
§ Reading
Water Margin (started the Japanese
tattooing frenzy)
§ Types
of trees and their uses/origins
§ Large-scale
papermaking
·
Printmaking
o
Production
§ Have
imagery locked down and plans made for set up
§ Experiment
enough to be confident in the best methods of printing
§ 4
blocks totally prepped
§ Paper
made (3 sheets)
§ Jig
made to ease printing with multiple blocks
§ Preparation
for next piece in progress
o
Research
§ Researching
Bodo Korsig and Mark Evans
§ Best
method of effectively printing with multiple blocks
·
New Media
o
Production
§ Experiment
and develop the best method for applying the images
§ Experiment
with video
§ Have
1 piece complete and broadcast
§ Plans
for 4 more
§ Be
developing a personal website with blog/vlog capabilities to document the installations
and have the coordinates and countdown timer
§ Get
a QR tag that takes the viewer to the website/paint it too
o
Research
§ How
to develop the website
§ Nature-based
installation artists (Goldsworthy, Smithson, Rogers, etc…)
§ Street
artists (Banksy, Fairey, etc…)
§ Geocaching
§ Video
documenting techniques
§ Best
methods of application
Long Term Objectives (Semester) (15 weeks)
·
2D
o
Production
§ Be
confident in the use of watercolor & india ink
§ Have
3 complete pieces
§ Be
confident in large-scale papermaking
§ Idea
of where to take them from this point
§ Know
how I want to present them
o
Research
§ Water Margin complete
§ Application
of watercolor and ink to different substrates with various treatments (i.e.,
wood with stain)
·
Printmaking
o
Production
§ Be
confident in the best method of printing
§ All
blocks cut, printed, and sealed
§ 3
prints from the first piece
§ Second
piece’s blocks carved, printed, and sealed
§ 3
prints from this piece
§ Display
of both prints and blocks down
o
Research
§ Best
method of effectively printing with multiple blocks
§ Confident
in large scale printing
·
New Media
o
Production
§ 5
pieces completed and broadcast
§ Effective
documentation
§ Website
complete
§ Plans
for what to do next
o
Research
§ Nature-based
installation artists
§ Street
artists
§ Attempt
communication and critique from street artists
Post-semester
·
Apply to 10 shows/exhibitions
·
Apply to 5 fellowships
·
Apply for 5 awards
·
5 outside department critiques
·
Apply to 3 scholarships
7Mar2012
Overall
- Develop many new pieces, while developing my aesthetic through the use of many types of media and applications
- Continue working with graphic iconography and representational imagery
- Use different types of media to develop the most effective aesthetic outcome
Short Term (7 weeks)
2D
- Production
- Develop 2 large pieces
- Sketches for 5 more
- Plans for 5 smaller pieces
- Research
- Application techniques
- Tattoo artists (Duke Riley, Chris Garver, and Oliver Peck)
- Reading
Outlaws of the Marsh
Printmaking
- Production
- Developing imagery
- Finish Boot Camp (50+ prints)
- Print 4x4 print
- Research
- Application techniques
- Layering techniques
New Media
- Production
- In process of personal website
- Plans for how to create nature-based graffiti pieces
- 1st piece done
- Well-documented with pictures and video
- Research
- Documentation processes
Long Term (15 weeks)
2D
- Production
- 10 refined pieces
- Knowledge of where to go from there
- Research
- Reading
Outlaws of the Marsh
- Application techniques
- Production techniques
Printmaking
- Production
- 50+ Boot Camp print done
- 5 large, refined prints (various printing methods)
- Artist book
- Research
- Printing/application methods
- Production techniques
New Media
- Production
- 3 nature-based graffiti installations
- Working website with blog/vlog for installations
- Plans for 5 more
- Research
- Watch Exit Through the Gift Shop
- Research street art
- Application techniques
- Documentation processes and techniques
Post-semester
- Apply to 10 shows/exhibitions
- Apply to 5 fellowships
- Apply for 5 awards
- 5 outside department critiques
- Apply to 3 scholarships
Images
Artists I'm Looking at:
- Duke Riley- http://www.dukeriley.info/
- Chris Garver- http://www.chrisgarvertattoo.com/#home
- McBess- http://mcbess.com/
- Marke Evans- http://www.markevansart.com/flash.html
- Jeremy Fish- http://www.sillypinkbunnies.com/
- Dominic McGill- http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/artpages/dominic_mcgill_muqaddimah1.htm
- Aurel Schmidt- http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/artpages/aurel_schmidt_body_swallows_detail.htm
- Juliette Losq- http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/artpages/juliette_losq_wunderkammer_1.htm
- Sergei Vasiliev- http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/artpages/russian_tattoo_20.htm
- Lars Henckel- http://web.mac.com/larshenkel/Portfolio_Lars_Henkel/Home/Home.html
- Mark Dean Veca- http://markdeanveca.com/
- Shepard Fairey- http://obeygiant.com/
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Great Start John, But you are not telling it all. Here are some things that I would like you to add to your ISPO this week when you get back from drill:
ReplyDeleteYou discussed an interesting idea of the tree project with me (the one that you might work on with Derek.) go ahead write some on this in your ISPO- it might be a project that you complete or not but it is still interesting and something that you need to present on your ISPO.
Go ahead and research kinds of presentations- even if you are not sure of your end game here. Perhaps how other artists that you like are doing it. Post some jpegs of ideas on this.
Post your research bibliography for the book Water Margin and also post notes as you read.
" Is there meaning in forcing a cohesion or allowing it to flow? " What does that mean? Please explain
ReplyDeleteOK, critique for 2/29...
ReplyDeleteMake more stuff.
The idea may be ahead of the work or the work may be ahead of the idea but if you are't sure where you are, just make work and then go from there and then at least you have something.
-Try some smaller pieces to see how things work and to produce things and then if you like them you can make them bigger.
-I really think you should try the Prismacolor sticks. They could cover more ground faster.
Sometimes it is very freeing to just make the work and the more you make the more you want to make. It will be as if you can't make it fast enough to keep up with your thoughts. Sometimes you just have to make stuff to grease the gears of production and thought.
Yup, I know exactly how you feel. It is a very frustrating situation because your 30 hour review is coming up. You are supposed to have a lot of work and people are telling you to just make work. Well, if you just make work, your work is going to be all over the place. From what I have been told, what they are looking for in a 30 hour review is that you can make a cohesive body of work. You don't need to know all the details about it, but you need to have an idea of where you are going. You can change afterwards, just have something to show...a lot of it. I agree whole heartedly with Scottt's comment about how we are asked to just make work and sometimes the idea will come afterwards but at the same time we are asked to defend our work. How can you defend something if you don't have any idea?...It is very contradictory, but like Elsie said you have to just do it. I guess my biggest advice to you is to have one general idea, if you want to stick with the tree and the axe, and the arrows go ahead. Just make a lot more of it. If there is even one thing that all your pieces have in common you could defend it as a cohesive body of work even if they all look different.
ReplyDeleteYour 30 hour review is coming up so make a lot of smaller images. Also, very important, do NOT try to please everyone that comes and critiques your work. They are all right and they are all wrong, you will NEVER please them. So just go with what YOU think is good, taking the advices of what YOU think is good for your work.I'm sure you do that, but I just felt I needed to tell you that since that was what stabbed me in the back and I was not made aware of this until I was way over my head. Anyways, that is my advice to you. I hope I made sense =)
It is only the beginning. I think once you get started on pumping out work, you will find your direction. YOU NEED TO START!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, find other techniques and medium that will help you to produce faster.
ReplyDelete29 Feb, Studio Visit
ReplyDeleteJohn
I know your struggle, the first semester I was a lost as to describing what and where I wanted to go.
I would agree with those said dive in do more work.
You seem to have found a nutritive, a focus image.
Buy those prisma color pencils, buy more spray paint, just do the work, don’t think of what others may say right now, produce work, it will lead you, it will tell you.
Right now I don’t know what to say and I don’t know if you know where it will lead. So …..
Dive into to it, go for it!
I look forward to seeing where your work takes you.
Drew