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Starting to create the main concept and possibilities...

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Starting to create the main concept and possibilities...

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Here some ideas that I had. They were based on the idea of take advantage of the fact that I just cleaned my planter boxes. The easy path is not always the easier...Working with soil for cultivation is much more complicated than I thought! the result was not very good ... I think I will not bother my planter boxes with my installation ...

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The last trip I made outside of the United States before the pandemic was to Japan. There I visited Arashiyama's bamboo forrest, here is a photo I took of those huge bamboos, some over 90 feet tall. Coincidentally, during the pandemic, I ordered a lot of Asian takeout, with each order, two pairs of chopsticks made of bamboo came. I collected them. From that memory, my installation for this module was born.

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... I want to work with the idea of the living and the dead, of what we do with some things that were once alive ... (There is a dry bamboo pole, fresh flowers and the chopsticks) But, I am still not convinced...

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After going through my series of sketches, I decided to run with the horse idea. I'll go into further detail though in my creative process paragraph. Here is a look at my in process preliminary sketch for my piece before gathering my materials.

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It took me a few days and a few stores, but I managed to find all the materials needed:
Garland,
Pinecones,
(Fake) Red Poinsettia
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On a side note. I'm extremely excited to get this started. I've already done a test run of the piece but on my living room floor, and it came out better than I had initially expected. I cannot wait to see how the finished piece looks outside.

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For my creative process, I really wanted to do something with nature. Particularly something to sort of blend in with the background so to speak or rather fit in beautifully with it. So the materials I chose were pine cones, garland which were in a sense just a string of leaves, and flowers. The flowers I wanted to use were poinsettia and are technically toxic to pets so I chose to use a fake version. Just in case any traces were left behind of my project at the park. It’s kind of fitting in a way to use these materials now that I think about it with the holidays just around the corner. Anyways, my project idea is to do a low relief of a side profile of a horse’s head. I wanted to do a animal since it is nature I’m dealing with, with the natural park setting. The pine cones would be used for the head, ear and neck of the horse, while the garland would be the hair/mane of the horse. The flowers would be a decorative border to make it pop. & would also serve as a complementary purpose of the reds and greens. As for the principles & elements of design, the piece is united through the similar texture of the pine cones throughout. There is also a variety in the shapes and forms the pine cones take on to form the head and neck. There is an asymmetrical balance to the piece, from the smaller head on the left to larger neck and mane on the right hand side. One of the elements of design that really stood out in my piece was color, from the poinsettia. The vibrant red color from the poinsettia complemented the green and I thought was the perfect material chosen to be used for its applied color.

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During the process I decided to keep only the chopsticks and bamboo poles, no more fresh flowers...

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After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to change my goal on this assignment. I decided that this time I focused on the process rather than the result. I took into account each of the design elements. The color that the space would provide me according to the different times of the day, for example.  I was aware of the change that lines and shapes would undergo according to the impact of the environment. My assignment is based on the contrast between the dried bamboo. chopsticks (made of bamboo) and a living bamboo plant.  The content of my piece is to reintegrate the dry bamboo poles and the chopsticks back into nature. I wanted to make a non-representational piece about the human instinct of permanence. I wanted to play with the concept of the return to the origin. A metaphor for the reintegration into nature after this life. Even after going through an industrialization process, chopsticks have been integrated back into the natural landscape and as well the dry bamboo poles. Over time, plants can climb up the bamboo poles and birds can perch on the chopsticks. I used the image of the bamboo forest in Japan to give a bit of context on the idea.

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This installation will remain in my garden during the winter. We will see what happens with it. I hope many birds and plants decide to use it.

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This is what I decided to make. I really like that it included objects from nature. I also liked its symmetry because it’s not often found in the wild. 

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Here are the materials I collected. They all came from my moms garden area.

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The Sketch with 5 notated thumbnails for Earthworks Art.

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I made five choices of the Earthwork Art to see which one should I choose for Outside Installation for Earthwork Art.

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The Earthwork Art of Outside Installation would be Spiral with Square but I will added Arrows as well and I used my blue color so the Cereal will be as Spiral and I also used green color so the Pens or Markers will be as Square and I also used red color so the Pinto Beans will be as Arrows.

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This was the final piece that I had initially planned. As I was finishing I noticed that it was a little too bland in color so I changed it a bit. 

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And this is the FINAL creation. I liked this much better because of the colors that the flowers gave. It made the piece overall much more vibrant and happy. I wanted my piece to be very symmetrical with the pattern. I made sure to have the same amount of objects for every layer of the circle because I wanted it to be even everywhere. I also made sure to get the same sized objects. Like all the rocks had to be the same size and so did the leaves because it would look uneven if they weren’t all the same.

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I have a lot of Pens and Markers at home so I choose Pens instead of Markers because it has Pen Cap but the Markers kept rolling around in cylinders. I also have Pinto Beans but they look like type of nuts so I can arrange type of nuts. I also have Cereal but they look delicious for breakfast but it turn rotten and I’m gonna used these three to make Spiral with Square including Arrows outside of the Square as well.

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Collecting supplies

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I tried to create small bouquets made of leaves and petals that were complementary colors

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I decided to just focus on the purple/yellow bouquets and was inspired by flowers I saw while walking around

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I had more interesting places/compositions in mind but here is what I have so far, I really wanted to make them seem like they were growing out of a space like wildflowers.

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possible ideas for my design

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my design would be taken place at a park in my neighborhood and it would be done in dirt! starting of with a rectangle breaking it up with lines going through the middle, a circle where those line meet and then drawing some semi and quarter circe in the corners, than draw wavy lines

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so using a flat head screwdriver i have in my trunk, instead of a stick because they kept breaking, i made a rectangle

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drawing the lines and a circle in the middle almost looks like a bullseye

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My process for this assignment was using the dirt that was at the park and using a flat head screwdriver. the sticks i held kept on breaking. I started by creating four lines to parallel to each other and it created a rectangle. After making the rectangle I drew two lines going horizontal and vertical. kinda making it look like a window! Where the lines intersected, I drew a circle around where it is intersecting. After drawing the circle a kinda look like a bull’s-eye or a crosshair.
Once I do the circle I started adding some semi circles and some quarter circles to add some more details around the corners. And after I do those semi circles and all that I decided to add wavy lines going from corner to corner in a particular area. It was kind of cool because it looked like it was part of the window that cracked or shattered and the circle I was in the middle looks like it was the point of where it came in contact and broke the window. The most important element in My design is lines. Using lines I was able to create shapes and curves and as well as wavy lines. That’s basically what I have designed. I’ve created shapes with lines as like circles and rectangles and I was able to make curve shapes and wavy lines which is pretty cool.

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adding semi circles and quarter circles

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Cereal into Spiral and the Creative Process.

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For the Creative Process. I took my material outside of my house and working on the Earthwork Art on the street of my neighborhood. I placed my Color Pens into Square and I usually don’t like sitting on the Street so I have to knees down without sitting on the Street so I have to setting up my Color Pen into Square and it has a Pen Cap on it so they can hold the street and the Wind won’t blow them. I placed Pinto Beans into Arrows but they look like type of nuts and when I placed them. I knees down again without sitting on the street so the Pinto Beans can stay still without blowing away by the Wind. I took the Cereal out of the Box but they look delicious but they turn rotten. When I placed Cereal into Spiral. It looks great and It look good and tasty for breakfast. It took me 30 minutes to make Square with Spiral and Arrows when the cereal inside the square and the pinto beans outside of the square. The reason why I made the design of Square with Spiral and Arrows it’s because that I really like this Design since I made this Earthwork Art in the street of my neighborhood For the Elements Of Art. I think it was the Spiral as Line and Square as Shape of the Elements Of Art since it took me for a wild to make the Spiral as Line and Square as Shape. But it is finally done when I made this Design in the street and outside of my neighborhood.

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I had a vague idea that I wanted to do something that involved collecting material and bringing it to another location to show it off. This ended up being a really simple project even though I spent all week scratching my head trying to figure out how to start. Spirals are a great shape because they are automatically balanced. When I decided I was going to use a bunch of cut rosemary, I knew I wanted to find a red-toned background to make the green of the plant really stand out. The spokes were kind of a last minute addition, but I thought it looked unfinished without them and the tail of the spiral was distracting from the rest of the shape. This makes use of line to create a shape. It is not quite radially symmetrical, but the spokes make it pretty close. They also create a repetition, where the inner spiral is technically singular. The shape is emphasized by the color contrast between the plant and the tanbark.

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I like organic shape so I chose to draw a fish with some natural material. I went to the park and collected some beautiful leaves to draw my fish.

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I started drawing the beautiful fish.

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For my creative process I really wanted to use organic shape with natural materials and this was the great opportunity for me. I use geomatic shape to draw this. I use fallen leaves from the ground in my creative process as fall color gives a sense of the season. I used curved lines to give the shape and feeling of motion. Orange color attracts all the attention. For eyes I used coal Piece which I found near the grill in the park. I was amazed to see how can simple materials can be converted in a beautiful art work. Iwas having fun to make it.

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Hello everyone! Here is my final version of my Earthwork!

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Here is the first page of sketches I made based on my ideas for the project!

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Here is my second page with my ideas.

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Here is the final idea I had for my Earthwork! I ended up going with the bullseye formation for my final piece.

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This is an in progress picture of when I first started the instillation!

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My cat helped.

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For my final piece, I tried to keep the shapes very organic and natural. The lines are all curved giving the piece a sense of motion. I think the natural texture and separation throughout the leaves creates a very natural and calming feeling. I tried t incorporate a form of repetition in the piece with the outer rings gradually growing in size around the center piece. The final piece has a strong resemblance to the Target logo, but I still enjoy the look.

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At first I didn't quite know what to make, so I just spent a good 15 or minutes or so surveying the internet for shapes and inspirations for my work. These are just some of my top picked, and of course I must include spiral no matter how simple it look, because its just so cool to look at.

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I can't even remember the last time ive been to a park, everyone around me was so busy with work so we didn't have the time to go out all that much ever since the lockdown. I wasn't sure wether I should go to the beach to look for material or a park. But then my mom suggested that we visit the Japanese Garden, there they have plenty of colorful leaves and earth materials for me to harvest.

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These are some of the places I found my materials. I found these interesting looking pine cones or atleast what look like a pine cone to me, the curvy shape could work for my spiral shape art. But sadly we tried that but it was too small to work, so there goes that idea.

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We gathered our material on a table nearby and start to assemble the pieces

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start with something basic that uses complementary color

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This one is my mom idea entirely, she wanted to use the leaves to form an even bigger leaf shape with an analogous choice of color.

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I like to keep my artwork simple while look interesting to the eyes, if the eyes pleases then its an acceptable piece of artwork. I utilizes complementary color for this artwork, green make up the outside of the shape while 2 extra red to contrast and make my artwork pop, not to mention the yellow maple leaf looks incredible with its rim decaying look.

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This is a work of collaboration between my mom idea and mine. We had a really small time frame to assemble it before the next wave of wind come so the shape might look a bit sloppy.

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Final Product titled Trapped by Tiffany Vieira

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I made this art piece with the intent to portray being trapped within oneself. It is mainly about self-sabotage and the ability to do great things but unintentionally holding yourself back. The main focus is representative of one’s potential, a beautiful arrangement of nature items, but by being contained within the wood, the potential within is left to wilt if not released. The maze surrounding the focal point adds on to the layer and feeling of being trapped and never being able to find a way out. Something I, and most likely a lot of others, struggle with is being too critical on the work I create. By degrading your own creations and comparing it to those of artists more successful, you start to sow seeds of doubt on what you are truly capable of. We start to think “my art can never compare to [insert artist]” or “[insert artist] is so much younger and is already far better than me” until we totally lose our self-confidence and making art doesn’t become fun anymore, but instead becomes a competition. Everyone is capable of creating truly great things if only we could get out of our own heads and create for ourselves without comparing our progress to others. This piece isn’t limited to just art related issues as well, I feel like it can resonate with anyone who believes they aren’t good enough and are holding themselves back from fully achieving their dreams.

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Although the actual centerpiece was done on the spot after surveying my available materials, I did have some parts of my design that were planned ahead of time. I knew I wanted to created a picture frame out of the balsa wood from our past assignment. This would add on to how we are holding ourselves back since the frame holding the nature was once also created from nature. Another thing I had planned was the design I arranged around the frame, a maze with a singular entrance and exit. The idea behind it was that breaking this habit of how we view our own creations is a difficult thing to do but isn’t impossible.. it may feel like you are truly trapped but there is a path. Observing other artists can be very useful tool, but there needs to be awareness between constructively comparing and negatively comparing your work. For the actual arrangement within the picture frame, I wanted to incorporate as many elements and principles of design to create a visually appealing piece to represent one’s potential. Some examples of this is the use of multiple shades of green, asymmetrical balance, arranging the items to flow within the form, using a variety of actual textures, and having unity between all of the naturalistic objects. For the location, I chose a park with a nice grassy patch of land to represent the other beautiful artists and artworks that we tend to negatively compare ourselves to.

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Since this was my first time doing an Installation piece I spent a lot of time considering the content and what story I wanted to tell with my art.

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The first thing I did to start this project was I created a frame for the main focal point. I decided on using some of my balsa wood sticks to form a hexagon shape because it was easy to work with from the past projects and because it tied back to the nature concept. I thought a hexagon was an interesting shape to work with and sort of reminded me of honeycomb.

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The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side

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The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side

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I made a layer of grass as the background to avoid any of the cardboard backing from showing in between the objects that I was planning on adding on top. I used grass, not only because it was easily accessible, but because the phrase "The grass is always greener on the other side" came to mind. Since I knew I was going to place this frame in a patch of grass, I wanted to fill the bottom with some as well to keep the theme of unnecessarily comparing yourself to others.

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Now it was time to gather and see what I could work with. I started with the moss at the bottom and worked my way around the edges, adding and overlapping objects as I felt fit. I'm very happy with how the finished arrangement within the frame looks!

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Last thing to do was to create the outer maze to tie the whole piece together and actually make it an unmovable piece. For this I collected some dried out pine needles that I stubbled across. My sister decided to collect some flowers at the time so I let her participate in the creation process by letting her add them however she wanted. I designed this maze to actually have a working path starting from the center to the bottom exit, have fun trying to solve it!

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I took a quick walk around to show what viewing the piece would look like from a different angle + a close up pan over
You can find the same video (with possibly better quality and fullscreen) here: https://youtu.be/HLXKrLvlfDs

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initially i wanted to create something at the beach or a forest becuase those are my favorite places to be in but i was not able to go during the time period of this assingment, then i rememeber a picture of earthwork Michelle showed us in class of circles made out of leaves and thought was pretty cool and wanted to do something similar, it worked out pefect becuqwse i live in a street covered in leaves right now, i decided to make hearts out of leaves all over my street, i started by sweeping a bunch of leaves inbton individual piles to make the individual hearts and that took forever because it was also a little windy when i decided to make this so all the leaves were flying around, then i started to shape all the piles into hearts. im happy with how it came out, im pretty sure it brought some smiles to the people walking by it :)

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so for this project this wasn’t my first idea. i had originally tried to do the first thumbnail idea but it was too large of a design and i wouldn’t be able to take the photo so i went with the second one. i knew i wanted to use some of the leaves as i love messing around with them so i thought it would be fun. In this area there was a lot of junk off to the side and i didn’t really want to use it but i did in the end because the piece of metal was the perfect shape and size i needed. so i started out the iris using sticks as i though i could find enough but i didn’t so i found some random bark and broke it into a small enough size to fit in the outline i created. I did plan this project out a lot more than i normally do only because it was so much larger then anything else i had made.

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Idea for my project. I will use rain water .

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So I kind of forgot to document in progress photos of me actually constructing this project. I am really satisfied with the final result. It took me a lot of time to make a free standing rock structure that also looked aesthetically pleasing to the eye. I thought about the environment and location, and I decided to take time to go to a local beach. I went to Santa Cruz area where there was some greenery in the background as well. To start the base of the structure, it needed to be sturdy and foundational. For that I used the biggest and flattest rock I could find. I wanted to make it as tall as I could, so I continued collecting larger flatter rocks for the bottom half of the rock tower. The concept itself is pretty simplistic, but the rock shape has to be so specific to making a taller, sturdy, and free standing sculpture. I fit rocks wherever made sense to me. To me this artwork holds deeper personal meaning to me. It resembles how much I have had to persevere through adversity and work hard to effectively balance out the different aspects of my life, and it is not easy. This process was very fun, but also difficult and time consuming.