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The Constellatlons Of Palomar, Shane Haley
The Constellatlons Of Palomar, Shane Haley
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
Palomar is one of the oldest observatories in the United States with one of the largest telescopes built; Thousands visit Mount Palomar each year to stare through a lens and get a glimpse of distant constellations and to view what is beyond unaided vision. For me, this physical observatory is a perfect metaphor for the intemal Palomar I have created. Palomar is not just a location on a map or a building on a mountaintop. Palomar is a place of quiet contemplation where I go to connect with all that is good in life. It is where the tangible meets …
Displacement, Kelly Manning
Displacement, Kelly Manning
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
Displacement is the act by which fluid is forced to move by an object floating or submerged in it. During the course of a bath, the bather continuously affects the water he/she displaces, creating water distortions that visually contort and fragment the bather. Our human senses cannot fully digest all these nuances made from one simple splash. We are essentially blind to these beautiful milliseconds save through the use of a camera. In studying my photographic references, I have been able to discern different types of water formations. The complexity of rendering water is its own struggle. More than a …
Catch Shadow, Hold Light, Autumn Cipala
Catch Shadow, Hold Light, Autumn Cipala
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
I aspire to make forms that quietly engage the viewer, inspire curiosity, and invite a sense of discovery. These are objects that ask one to slow down, and to notice the subtleties of form, surface, and function. My intention is for these vessels to be used mindfully. An assuredness of form is essential to this work. Curves, volume and proportion are balanced with restraint. I prefer complex yet clean forms that are enhanced by soft translucent glazes. Consideration of balance continues as pattern is balanced with unadorned surface, cool color with warm, cup with saucer. I am attracted to glazes …
Saturated Memory, Jewel Noll
Saturated Memory, Jewel Noll
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
We face experiences in life that we cannot ignore; we approach them with uncertainty and understand them with what rational thought that we have to offer. But what about the elements of an event that we never fully understand, yet carry with us to pick apart and revisit time and time again? It is the tastes that linger in our mouths, thread through our thoughts and formulate our personalities. These are the memories that evolve us into the future and keep us searching for answers. We saturate ourselves with these uncertainties, waiting for a bit of light, a chance to …
View Of The Void, John E. Carrasco
View Of The Void, John E. Carrasco
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
Memories form, memories fade, and memories are lost. Small cavities of emptiness replace memories that have drifted away, where they then spread like thin cracks on the surface and diverge to form a void. Within the hollows of these voids, perplexities in mental and physical conditions emerge. Such perplexities of the void have captured my attention. With this body of Sculpture, defining and embodying the mental void within a physical presence is my ultimate goal. Methods have been instituted to aid in the creation and definition of the nonentity. Skins are developed to encase a void, enabling one to see …
Dysfunctionation, Samuel B. Rapien
Dysfunctionation, Samuel B. Rapien
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
We live in a society that perpetuates, if not celebrates, dysfunctional attitudes. The intention of my work is to point out the follies, hypocrisy, and failings of our society. With my ink drawings, I use a combination of humor and rage to mirror a grotesquely exaggerated reflection of my vexed world view filtered through uncanny and surreal imagery. I am a satirist; I use sarcasm, irony, and expressions of anger to criticize social standards, at times with humor, but always with a certain amount of cynicism. With subjects ranging from artifice, historical and modern sexuality, our obsession with violence, inequality, …
Of Vapor Beneath The Evening Star, Sarah Barnard Blitz
Of Vapor Beneath The Evening Star, Sarah Barnard Blitz
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
The things we see are but shadows of reality. We are in a cave, but if we tum around we can see the fire that casts the shadows we call reality. We can take the difficult journey to see the beauty and magic that is our true world. Stories such as this, Plato's allegory of the cave in The Republic, have taught for centuries that there is more to our world than we initially know. Allegory and metaphor can help us begin to understand the shadows for what they are. II is in our hearts and our imaginations that we …
Bringing Spiritual Symbolism To A Material Plane, Seth Green
Bringing Spiritual Symbolism To A Material Plane, Seth Green
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
I am a ceramic vessel maker who has developed a passion for the aesthetic, historical and technical aspects of ceramics, merging the three in my work. Identifying the objects I make as vessels rather than pots (the contemporary term for the word pottery) allows me to clarify where they belong in the world and my intentions for their function. My vessels included in this exhibition primarily focus on spiritual symbolism rather than the traditional daily uses of pottery. My work is influenced by spiritually symbolic elements used in the creation of religious architecture. Specific inspirations include the temples, palaces and …