Kat -- Five Drawings

Corlis - 5 drawings

Allison-five drawings

Hannah: Drawings

Kevin: 5 Works

My final paper project from class (I like it better with a light source under it).

Drawing of a mule train that I saw in the Grand Canyon over spring break.

Picture of my brother. Simple, but I think the slightly distorted facial features seem to work.

One of my better figure drawings. I am very attracted to this drawing, which I take as a sign that I accurately capture the proportions and the features.

Another figure drawing. I like the pose in this drawing because it makes the body seem very elegant (almost like ballet dancing).

5 pieces - Gillian

Samantha Carter

I'm actually gonna post the drawing from class, because I think it is in these that you can see the biggest improvement in my work!

Here it is.

Maxime Long: 5 Drawings

Henry - Material Alchemy

I saw John Bisbee's artwork at the Portland Museum of Fine Art in Maine last year. He uses 12" nails/spikes as his medium in most of his works. I remember counting the number of nails he used in the bottom image - I figured about 10,000.. and none of them are glued together

Sofia - Chip Bags

In Mexico you see bags woven out of chip bags or other discarded food containers being sold a lot (on the street, or even in some bigger shops) - they are a cheap way for people to make money. People take "trash" - used chip bags or coke cans - and make it into something fun and original that people could potentially use every day. It's waterproof and functional... This promotes recycling as well (trash piling up is a big issue in Mexico).

Julio- Material Alchemy

This is a chandelier made completely out of plastic bottles. Its really interesting and the way the light shines through makes it appear like an actual chandelier. I think it's pretty awesome.

Recycled can becomes lamp shade

I thought this was a neat way to recycle a can, that is practical and looks awesome. It made me think of all the ways one could elaborate on it.

Kevin: Baaah...

Sheep or e-waste...you decide? Check out the feet...they are made of old telephone receivers.

Zack Bornstein - Material Alchemy

Nathan Sawaya is an incredible artist who takes legos and makes creative, not just realistic, sculptures from them. I am always impressed by artists that can take items and materials considered "childish" and use them in mature creative ways. A brilliant crayon artist would be incredible, for example. Using legos and other children's building materials has been a fun and creative subject for many people. There are huge displays and vast other sculptures possible from legos (think Lego Land), but at the heart of all of this creativity, these pieces are built from individual pieces one at a time, like building a sand castle one grain of sand at a time.

Neel - Ice Art

As an example of taking an otherwise common material and manipulating it into art, I found this example of the world famous Ice Hotel in Sweden. Every year in a small town in Sweden, dozens of artists from around the world come together to create the Ice Hotel. Each room is designed by a different artist, so each room has its own unique touch. The artists work painstakingly to carve beautiful, almost unearthly sculptures out ice. They even manage to create functional pieces out of the ice, like chairs, bed stands, furniture, etc. As a result, the Ice Hotel is one of Sweden's top tourist attractions.