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Drawing From Words, Hannah E. Smith Jan 2001

Drawing From Words, Hannah E. Smith

Senior Scholar Papers

The following report is an account of my growth and exploration as a painter. The project that was the springboard for this exploration was to create a series of paintings inspired by the fiction that I had previously written as a creative writing minor. I felt that writing could be used as a stimulus to create great paintings, and that painting and writing were perhaps more connected than I knew. I wished to pursue this connection through painting because I believed that it might be possible to capture many of the elements of a story on canvas. I looked to …


Mathematical Aspects Of Oriental Carpets, Carol Bier Jan 2001

Mathematical Aspects Of Oriental Carpets, Carol Bier

Carol Bier

The mathematical principles of pattern making according to symmetrical repetition are well-known today, but the mathematical aspects of pattern formation have been glossed over in the study of Oriental carpets, or neglected in favor of either an appreciation of color and form or a discussion of social and ethnic origins. This article seeks to address several mathematical aspects of Oriental carpets, which are both integral to their form and manifest in their visual make-up.


Choloborg: The Disappearance Of The Latino Body, Ken Gonzales-Day Jan 2001

Choloborg: The Disappearance Of The Latino Body, Ken Gonzales-Day

Scripps Faculty Publications and Research

The author discusses body politics in contemporary latino/a visual culture.


Natural Forces, Natural Forms, Robert Benjamin Randolph Jan 2001

Natural Forces, Natural Forms, Robert Benjamin Randolph

Legacy ETDs

No abstract provided.


The Pots Of Jatumpamba, Joe Molinaro Dec 2000

The Pots Of Jatumpamba, Joe Molinaro

Joe Molinaro

Narrative and photo essay describing the work of the Jatumpamba women potters living in the highlands of southern Ecuador, written by Joe Molinaro and Nancy Bronner.


A Calligrapher's Art: Inscribed Cotton Ikat From Yemen, Carol Bier Dec 2000

A Calligrapher's Art: Inscribed Cotton Ikat From Yemen, Carol Bier

Carol Bier

No abstract provided.