Photos Express...

I created 3 small wooden sculptures each represent a certain element.  My first sculpture represents space. I created this so here shaped form with several gaps of space that run from front to back.  My second sculpture represents texture. I created this by cutting different textures into the wood and then attaching them to each other. I then completed it by adding hot glue textures through the open areas.  My last sculpture represents repetition. I created this piece by cutting and sanding several small rectangular shapes of balsa wood. I then carved out a space on each piece so that they would attach together without having to use other materials like glue or straight pens. I used these pieces, repeating their shape, to thus create repetition. 

For my momento piece, i wanted to create something that reminded me of a traumatic memory I have. When I was a child, we moved to the east coast and we're new to boating on water with tides and currents. We ended up being stuck on an island we're suddenly our boat began to sink. All I remember was how chaotic it was. Everyone yelling. Everyone panicking. I can vividly remember my mom just throwing everything overboard. We ended up being ok, after swimming to another island and waiting for help. I wanted to create something that represented chaos. I formed small circular pieces of clay and attached each of them before baking them. I wanted each piece to link together in representation of the anchor chain that was realistically the beginning of the whole event. The object that was keeping us stuck in one place as we slowly sunk our boat. 

My map relief sculpture was a piece inspired by my childhood memories of always being lost. When I was young, I love wandering off. I always felt like I was turning corners alone, until my parents came running after me. Even today, I find myself wandering off in different ways of life. I created this piece in a circular motion to represent me circling around in life, searching for something.  I created each ring getting smaller and smaller, until the smallest piece, representing me finding my way. The white finish was chosen to represent innocence. 

For the mask identity sculpture, I chose to create a mask that represents growth through life. Often times we become unsure of who we are in life, until we begin to grow. I created a cylinder shaped mask, representing everything life throws at you at once. Everything funnels down and sometimes people become overwhelmed and thus insecure, while others grow from. I chose to attach an assortment of pieces of fabric to represent something physically growing on the mask. I chose to capture the mask being worn like a cylinder full of life, but tipping over as it becomes overwhelming.   

    sentence 1. I chose this image because if body is the primary mode of perceiving scale then every human is going to use their own body image as a scale.  sentence 2. I chose this image because authentic objects can be anything that comes from that specific country. although i find the most cultural objects to seem the most authentic.   sentence 3. I chose this because souvenirs can be meaningless to some, while so important to others. While ones body and mind can control their emotion attachment to an object while others see it simply as just an object.  sentence 4. i chose this because a horse is an object that i do not have. While this statement states that nostalgia cannot be sustained without loss, i disagree. one can miss something because of lack of ever having it. sentence 5.  this is an example of an exotic souvenir. an object that is a true memory of a specimen and trophy.

Reading the "tattoo" section has given me even more of a realization how people can even express themselves with their skin. Skin is the one organ that holds pigments in a way that can express something. I have realized how amazing it is that something with ink can stay in our skin that is a constant state of shedding, yet the tatoo remains. It's the only organ that can be decorated on the human body. 

After reading the section on "the feeling bubble," it made me realize how sensitive our skin really is to touch. I've always noticed the feeling of water on your skin, the feeling of being wet; but not until now did I really understand how sensitive our skin is. Even having a plastic bag over your skin still does need keep the touch receptors from working. I chose to capture these images to represent the way our skin reacts to water. One photo is of my hand in the water and the other is of my hand in a plastic bag but still in the water. In both situations, even if my skin was not really wet, I could feel the water.