Concentration
(3 works=6 images)
- All Concentration work due May 12th, 2017
- Rough draft of Artist's Statement due May 22nd, 2017
- Final Draft of Artist's Statement due May 26th, 2017
Objective: You will develop a focused body of work investigating a strong underlying visual idea in 3-D design that grows out of a coherent plan of action or investigation. Quality is evident in both concept and technique.
A Concentration is a body of related works that:
• grows out of a coherent plan of action or investigation
• is unified by an underlying idea that has visual and/or conceptual
• is based on individual interest in a particular visual idea
• is focused on a process of investigation, growth, and discovery
• shows the development of a visual language appropriate for the subject
Develop a personal theme:
Concept/Theme: A proposal based on your interest and desire to explore a theme or idea that will support 12 original works.
Examples: Human mind, illness and social preconceptions
Concentration Topic: Figure Study: Mental illness and society’s perception of it.
Examples: Exteriors, the figure in space and abandonment
Concentration Topic: Abandoned houses representing the human body, mind, and soul with an emphasis on deterioration.
3D Concentration Sample
What is the central idea of your concentration?
Evidence of carving dates back to before recorded history. Generations before and even today still study the techniques of carving of wood, stone, ceramics and more. It is a skill that is practiced all through different cultures and civilizations all around the world. This technique takes much time and patience along with the ability to control a steady hand and work with an artistic mind. One sudden movement and you could rupture the piece and ruin it completely.
How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific images as examples.
For my concentration, I have chosen to study carving. &The master of carving had always fascinated me ever since I was a young girl. I would constantly look up new ways to chisel different stones for arrow heads along with research[ing] ceramic carvings of different Native American tribes. Carving also appealed to me because of the importance of a steady hand that was built from painting years before. This allowed me to practice more and apply different types of carving to my ceramics concentration. For example, piece[s] 1, 8, 9 I have carved to make the reader believe that I added a new layer of clay to the sculpture. However, I only carved away from the top layer of the ceramic sphere. Pieces 4-6 were designed more to create an interesting texture on the ceramic piece, also giving the illusion that extra clay was added to make the piece. It was pieces 10-12 where I used carving as a tool to create different images and objects appear to the surface. All throughout my concentration, I had practiced different methods of working with carving and applying it to new forms. These were created over months of hard work along with taking the time to learn latest glazing techniques. I very much enjoyed creating these bodies of art and because of my experience, I will now continue on with it through college.
Evidence of carving dates back to before recorded history. Generations before and even today still study the techniques of carving of wood, stone, ceramics and more. It is a skill that is practiced all through different cultures and civilizations all around the world. This technique takes much time and patience along with the ability to control a steady hand and work with an artistic mind. One sudden movement and you could rupture the piece and ruin it completely.
How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific images as examples.
For my concentration, I have chosen to study carving. &The master of carving had always fascinated me ever since I was a young girl. I would constantly look up new ways to chisel different stones for arrow heads along with research[ing] ceramic carvings of different Native American tribes. Carving also appealed to me because of the importance of a steady hand that was built from painting years before. This allowed me to practice more and apply different types of carving to my ceramics concentration. For example, piece[s] 1, 8, 9 I have carved to make the reader believe that I added a new layer of clay to the sculpture. However, I only carved away from the top layer of the ceramic sphere. Pieces 4-6 were designed more to create an interesting texture on the ceramic piece, also giving the illusion that extra clay was added to make the piece. It was pieces 10-12 where I used carving as a tool to create different images and objects appear to the surface. All throughout my concentration, I had practiced different methods of working with carving and applying it to new forms. These were created over months of hard work along with taking the time to learn latest glazing techniques. I very much enjoyed creating these bodies of art and because of my experience, I will now continue on with it through college.