Drawing on Objects

"Woodland and its Woodland Creatures"

Drawing on Objects

Materials: Wood, Wood glue, nails, wood stains, and acrylic paint

Dimensions: 1'5" x 1'3" x 1', 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" x 2 1/4", 7" x 3 1/2" x 2", 7" x 4 1/2" x 2", 4 1/2" x 6 1/4" x 1 1/2", 7 1/2" x 6 3/4" x 3/4"

Artist Statement:

The project focused on our own interpretations and the imagination that we used to have as a child and how it still continues to be with us even as we get older.

When I was making the toy designs, I did not want them to represent any particular creature, instead, whatever comes to mind when I put the pieces together for the toys. I wanted to explore the unlimited imagination we have as humans, and how we are all able to think of something different when looking at something that can be interpreted. Even if we do have similar ideas, we all have different ways in perceiving the shapes, such as the colors and features.

While working on this project, it unlocked my inner child, or memories from when I used to a kid and would play with all of my toys. It brought back the times when I used to spend all day playing with my toys, having them all scattered across the floor, and continue expanding on the plot I had for the day and then the play set would expand along with it.

This whole project to me was about finding your inner child, going back and remembering how creative you were before you learn the truths about life and our world, the reality of living. A time when everything was considered your own world and what you think of it and anything at the time seems possible. 

Research/ Inspiration

Marisol Escobar

 

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/82062

Ben Bocquelet

 

https://conference.pictoplasma.com/2014/ben-bocquelet/

https://twitter.com/benbocquelet?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Rachel Beach

http://www.rachelbeach.com/long-standing/

Drawing on Objects Project

Drawing on Objects Inspirations

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Molly Hatch

 

I like the idea of drawing on every day things, things we do not take in consideration when using them. It would be interesting to use things such like throw way items and connect them with the environmental cost of them.  

 

Amazing World of Gumball

 

A funny choice, I know. I chose this because it goes back to my interest in making characters. Amazing World of Gumball is a bizarre show, but it has a cast of all sorts of different and unique characters and what I find interesting is that these characters are based off the creator's project of making "rejected mascots" for commercials and such. So, I think that would be something interesting to explore in for this project.

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Marisol Escobar

 

 

I'm grouping these two together because they're both similar to me and have the same intention that I am going for. I do not know why, but I like the idea of working with wood again for this project. Wood can be so many unique shapes, and these shapes can represent just about anything when you cut, paint, or combine them together. So it would be cool to make random shapes and then coming up with two different ideas of what they can be, and having each side represent one of the two ideas. 

Sketches