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AP Studio Art: 3D Design

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The central idea of my concentration is the exploration of organic form, repetition, line, emphasis and negative space through reed basket vessels. Main contemporary influences include: Deborah Smith for organic form, Sopheap Pich for negative space, Tracy Wilkinson for materials, and Japanese basket weavers for line quality.
 
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I first practiced using basket weaving reeds and natural materials to understand how to make the material cohesive, as seen in images one through five. For image six and on, I wanted to combine a variety of mediums with reed baskets to complicate the surface quality. Image seven utilizes a coarse undulating form inspired by Asian and Pacific Islander fishing traps. Image eight utilizes movement through the direction of the wax. Image twelve utilizes form manipulated by the found palm material to create exciting negative space and value. Altogether my baskets emphasize my ability to use bulky space and organized free flowing structure to create three dimensional form.
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​My concentration uses sugar as a stand-in for glass, to investigate light, transparency, layering, and form. I was interested in the possibility that using varied lighting to form dynamic shadows would create a series of works that teases out volume in transparent layers.
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​At the outset, I investigated how varying the lighting of the sculptural forms changes how volumetric the pieces feel.  The shadows and light refractions extended the color of the sculpture beyond its volumetric form, especially noticeable in images 7 and 8. Introducing geometric molds and hexagonal shapes with the formalized control of wood and sharp lines, I contrasted geometric elements with the soft organic qualities of the initial work. Further into my investigation, I was interested in the delicacy of lines created in this medium and the visual noise present within the transparent surface. In image 12, I examine the delicate way light refracts within the surface, while image 11 pairs the hard edge lines of wood with the ornate painterly qualities in the sugar work.