Monday, September 20, 2010

Sophomore Year Ceramics

Chinese Horoscope Tea Set
Handbuilt Ceramics
Pot: 6"h; Cups: 3"h
2010




Vase
Handbuilt Ceramics
12"h
2010




Friday, September 17, 2010

Artist Trading Cards

All cards are about 2.5"x 4" when folded.  They are all about various current issues such as Child Trafficking, Teen Suicide and Teen Pregnancy.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Monday, September 13, 2010

Urban Landscapes









This is part of a series of color film photographs of urban buildings that I did Junior year for my concentration in AP 2D Design.  What attracted me to taking pictures of these buildings were the lines and textures of them.  I really like older, slightly run-down buildings because of the textures of them.  I also liked being able to take pictures of normal everyday places that people pass by everyday without noticing and making them look at them a new way.



Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Various Portraits


Shopping
C-Print
2010

Bella
C-Print
2010

Downtown Conversation 
B&W Film 
2009

Asian Horror Flick Poster
B&W Film 
2009

Mask Self Portrait
B&W Film
2009

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Encaustic Series: Depression in Wax

In this series I used Encaustic (beeswax) Collage as my medium for all of the pieces.  I based the series on depression and people I have met struggling with depression.  Depression is not considered an acceptable disease in society today.  When people hear "depression" they simply think that it is only an emotional thing, not a mental disease.  They consciously or unconsciously steer away from people with "depression" as if they could catch it too, like you would a cold.  In this series I wanted to represent some of these people struggling with this illness and a bit of their story (Kim, Emily, Jacob, Drowned).  I also wanted to show depression as a treatable illness (Postpartum, Serenity).  






















Kim
9"x 11"
2009

































Drowned
18"x 24"
2009



















Serenity
12"x 12"
2009



















Emily
20"x 20"
2010













Jacob
24"x 12"
2010
































Postpartum
18"x 26"
2010