Dry Point
Inspiration |
Consecutive ParabolicMedium: Dry Point October 2015 Size: 22.86 cm x 15.24 cm My Piece, Consecutive Parabolic was made with the intention to focus on theme of obsession. The piece is consistent of thin lines that are proportionate to each other while having some inconsistencies within the peace. The meaning of Consecutive Parabolic was that most people in today's modern day and age have become obsessive over small details. Another intentionin the creation process was to add some inconsistent aspects, the areas that are darker than others reflect that goal. |
During my freshmen year most of the projects that had been introduced to me had been created with simple techniques that did not require large amounts of experience to create. In the majority of these projects, their complexity and density all depended on the amount of work and time the artist gave that piece. These pieces were, Zen Graphic Notation, Parabolic Curve, and 1 & 2 point perspective. In order to embody Zen graphic notation, thick wavy curved lines had to be incorporated. Zen graphic notation would have made a very good subject to focus on since it embodied the concept of consistency and inconsistency, two aspects that I wanted to include with in my piece. It also consisted of simple colors that I could easily add and incorporate complexity with. Despite these reasons, Zen graphic Notation could not be my main source of inspiration since it required more diverse streaks than What I could have created only using straight thin lines. That was a another reason that I had to focus on using Parabolic Curve as my main source of inspiration. Parabolic curve had consistency in the perfectly straight lines that were used to create the beautifully intricate diamonds. Parabolic curve had inconsistency in terms of the size of each diamond as well as the positioning and color scheme that is chosen by that artist. Parabolic Curve had fulfilled the rules that I had chosen for inspiration:
ResearchParabolic curve was something simple and complex enough that it could be done with a ruler pensil and any paper available to you. This had become something that I had been doing in my classes and other passtimes. Regardless I still needed to reseacrch on the topic and why it was so pleasing to the eye for people and how this was considered as a sort of optical illusion. The Parabolic Curve diamond was typically the first step in learing how to create a diverse and complex piece. When I had first began creating diamonds in my freshmen year of art, I had only seen diamonds as an option. In my recent research I found that by seperating parts of the diamond and breaking up pieces of it and adding it to others, it creates a much more pleaseant looking piece. Its technique was not at all more difficult, in fact it turned out to be easier and more time efficient. Another aspect that gave parabolic curve its complex look would be its options for color schemes.
Links: http://mrchads.weebly.com/parabolic-curve.html http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Parabolic-Curve-(a-Curve-with-Straight-Lines) http://mathcraft.wonderhowto.com/how-to/create-parabolic-curves-using-straight-lines-0131301/ |
W, C. (n.d.). Parabolic Curve. Retrieved December 15, 2015, from http://mrchads.weebly.com/parabolic-curve.html
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Creation and Sketches
My usual first step for creating any piece was my initial sketches. My first Sketch was a simple but perfect example of a Parabolic Curve. This sketch's main purpose was to simply allow me to get into the mindset of free thinking and to revive the skill after not having done it for so long. After creating the sketch, it became obvious to me that it would be fairly tedious to create a Parabolic Curve with the utensil that I had to work with since in this case I was carving rather than drawing. My second sketch reflected what I had learned from my first sketch, by not being as extremely intricate and detailed. Despite my satisfaction from the sketches look and its possibility to be actually created with the thin line carving tool, I did not believe that it was where I should stop, mainly because I did not think it carried the theme of obsession very well in my opinion. My final planning sketch was the most pleasing to me, for its look but mostly since this sketch had meet all the criteria that it needed to. It could have been created with the correct tool, it was inconsistent and as well as consistent, and it had embodied the theme of obsession in my opinion much better than any of my previous sketches. Then I had copied that sketch to be the same size as the plastic etching that I had to carve onto so that I could carve the lines that I saw on the my paper since the plastic etching was completely translucent. Carving into the plastic was particularly difficult for me due to my lack of experience and the lack of space between the lines that I had to carve into, to help I had taped down the plastic to my sketchbook for more stability when applying pressure. After the every line had been carved in, inking was the next process. In order to have the ink enter with in the crevices that I had carved, I had to use a small ink spreading tool and apply pressure onto it with the ink in order to have the enter the cracks. After came the most important step, as well as the most difficult, removing the excess ink. Each piece that my peers and I created had excess ink since we had to apply ink to the entire piece including places where there weren't any lines carved. Removal of the excess ink was done by rubbing newspaper onto the plastic with considerable pressure; since the ink was suppose to have been with in the crevices if done correctly, it would not be removed by the newspaper. After enough ink had been removed, it was time for me to run my carving through a pressing machine using paper that I let sit in water for seven minutes. I had to run my carving through the press multiple times due to some excess ink that was still left on my piece when cleaning it with newspaper. When I had finally created the cleanest press with the least excess ink I had placed on a rack to dry.
Reflection
In conclusion for this piece, my main revision would be to perhaps attempt run a few more trials through the press and attempt a more clean and appealing result. Another change in the process would be to consider different areas of inspiration because that was essentially the guide throughout creating my piece and perhaps a few more sketches to have more options to choose from when creating the carving. Despite these revisions requirements, my final run through the press had come better than all of my previous attempts.
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