Pattern and Ornament: Small Works

Small work 1:

Small work 2: (I fell on my way home from critique and my sculpture broke apart. I'm really sorry. You can kind of see it in the picture of my presentation in class at the top of this blog post.)

Small work 3:

Pattern and Ornament: In-Depth Project

Pattern and Ornament: Outside Visit- Wolfsonian

Today I want to the Wolfsonian museum! the artwork was really amazing, and am definitely ready to talk about it.

The artwork had me looking at it for quite a while. I just loved
the way it's presented! This work is the definition of defying the
'rules'. Usually the eye is drawn the lightest part of the piece, yet in this piece
you're eyes are drawn to the darkness. Of course this is because of the fire,
but the fact that the fire is in the middle of darkness it so you can't look away. Yes, very inspiring.

The Artwork was so beautiful! Walking through the exhibition, I was so enamored by the work (especially the paintings). Actually I might have paid more attention to the paintings, but the other work was very interesting as well!

I liked that the different rooms tackled different times end evolutions of art. Also the diversity of different mediums was fascinating. There was even stain glass work! I did find it funny that a few of the rooms were exhibiting household items. Maybe funny is the wrong word, but that aged items art exhibited in galleries seems really ironic. I wonder what the people who used these household items would think about that...

I think the last room with the landscapes was probably my favorite. It had so many amazing landscapes paintings. I personally have a hard time painting landscapes so I admire work like this. Anyway, the museum was amazing, and i'm glad I had the opportunity to go.

Pattern and Ornament: In-Depth Step 2

META-Assignment: Prompt #1

Pattern and Ornament: Response to "CAM Raleigh: Ornament and Pattern"

  This article, 'Ornament and Pattern', was written by Susan Yelavich. The beginning of this article starts to talk about pattern and ornament as a whole and even get's into a little bit of its history. I found it fascinating that the perception of both pattern and ornament had changed so much over history. I would understand the gender specific connections but the perceptions of these two art forms took a political turn. The fact that a group of people, and I assume that the article is referring to a large majority of people, could condemn and a whole style of art just blows my mind! Also it was really cool to see Yelavich list out a couple of examples people have used ornament, I already knew that in old America people would use the pineapples as a way of welcome, but I had no idea about the others. A lot of this part of the article talks about the evolution of pattern and ornament due to the changing times. Machines were able to make the art that only craftsmen could before, therefore the lower class people could get a hold of these items because they were inexpensive. Also I still don't quite understand how these upper class people went from intricate patterns and ornaments, to modernism... I guess I'll just have to run with it.

  Out of all the different types of ornament and pattern "sub-genres" I personally think I relate to Fantasy the most. The colors and oddities of it are definitely relatable to me. The Amplification "sub-genre" really reminds me of the metalwork that we went over in class. That's probably because of the contemporary feel though... The Everyday and Inheritances "sub-genres" seem very similar to me. They both in some way have a relation/connection to that past, and apply that. In the Everyday part of the article, the author refers to the fragile lace paper that the people in turkey drink on, and how it has changed over time. Overall this article was very informative.

Pattern and ornament: Response to Ivins, William M. "Ornament"

 After reading this article I don't think I could quite agree with Ivins. Ivins talks about the differentiation between design and craftsmanship, comparing them to music and composers. This reminded me of the last topic where we discussed the 'difference' between art and craft, and that is precisely why I disagree with him. I understand that he is pointing out that they are two different set  of skills. Ivins goes into detail, explaining the history ornament drawings and prints pertaining to etchings in furniture.

  I do think it was quite interesting reading about the evolution of decorative art. I think it is easy to forget that people have been creating and making for thousands of years and we are just part of a long line of that. I personally never thought of art as a skill passed down over thousands of years of collecting knowledge, and to be honest when I do think of that my brain explodes. I enjoyed this reading, I respect anyone who puts as much pride into their work as Ivins does.

WARP First Post

Labels Help You Organize

All blog posts must be labeled with two keywords, which blogger calls Labels. When faculty visits your blog for evaluation purposes, we will use the labels to quickly find your work. If you do not use the keywords properly, we will not be able to find your work. Proper set-up and maintenance of your blog falls under the Research and Participation part of your grade which counts for 30% of the overall semester grade. 

Topical Keywords

The first set of keywords correspond to the module we are working in. We will refer to these as topical keywords since they correspond to the topic we are exploring over the two-week periods. Your first group of posts will be labeled under Topic: Creative Impulse since this is the first topic (Topic #1). Here are the topical keywords you will use through out the semester:

Topic: Creative Impulse

Topic: Pattern and Ornament

Topic: Rhinoceros

Topic: Narrative

Topic: Landscape

Topic: Zine

Categorical Keywords

The second set of keywords will organize your posts according to kind. Here are the Keywords you will use for Labels:

Exercises - tag for posts documenting all assigned exercises. The first one will be the paper folding exercise from the first class. 

Readings - tag for posts containing your two paragraph responses to the assigned readings. The first ones will be for "The White Bird" and the Jerry Saltz article from Vulture.com. 

Small Works - tag for posts documenting all assigned small works. The first blog post labeled Small Works will contain images and accompanying descriptions of the three small works you complete for the Creative Impulse Module (Topic #1). 

In-Depth Projects - tag for posts documenting all assigned In-Depth projects. The first blog post labeled In-Depth Projects will contain images (or video if appropriate) and accompanying descriptions of the more robust work you produce in response to the Creative Impulse Module (Topic #1).

Outside Visits - tag for posts containing your two paragraph responses to all required visits outside of the classroom. These include visits we do together as a class [during class time] or individually outside of class time. 

Please be sure to use both a topical and categorical keyword when labeling your posts.