https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z Post here:) Don't forget to post on canvas! en-us 2021-04-21 18:01:34 UTC 2025-10-19 00:40:29 UTC hello@padlet.com dgray56_1 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1443893446 2021-04-21 18:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1443893446 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1459640553 For this challenge, I wanted to reckon with the idea of taking an everyday item - coffee - and highlight how precious it truly is. Widely consumed in most countries, coffee has become such a common, ordinary item that most people don’t think twice about. However, the production and commodification of coffee has largely impacted the countries that grow it and has darker roots in imperialism and colonization. This piece is a landscape of a coffee plantation in Colombia, and I used coffee as a medium to create the base layer. I utilized different kinds of coffee ranging in “value”- I used specialty small-batch roasted beans, Starbucks Keurig pods, and even instant coffee to create different shades of watercolor ink and to also recognize the different nuances of coffee. I layered charcoal on top to create dimension and to emphasize the human-made structures amidst the natural, though human-planted, coffee crops. I was inspired by Andrea Chung’s usage of sugar in her art and I wanted to physically use coffee to create this piece. The title, C-Market refers to the coffee commodity market where the New York Stock Exchange traders determine the price of coffee each day, and effectively affecting the livelihoods of coffee farmers from thousands of miles away.

]]> 2021-04-26 14:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1459640553 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1460054615 2021-04-26 15:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1460054615 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1460395239 2021-04-26 16:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1460395239 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1460469829 2021-04-26 16:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1460469829 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1460537630 For my piece, I was inspired by the idea of the divide between the known and unknown, especially concerning our faith. I was raised christian but have never identified with the religion, however, I was always fascinated with how christian architecture and art seemed to bring pieces of the Devine down to earth. I though that for my project I would try to think about all of these things, the known, the unknown, the precious, the discarded, and faith. While researching different types of christian art, I came across mosaics and became interested. My piece is inspired by the mosaics located in Delphi, Greece inside of an extremely old church. To me, those ruins represented and encapsulated everything I was trying to portray within my art. I decided to continue my use of the digital medium for this piece in order to put my unique stamp on it and bring something located in ruins, forgotten by those that once worshiped surrounded by the mosaics, into a permanent space. I drew each individual square (meant to represent the tiles in real life) by hand, and warped the body of the eagle. I then added a glitch effect and chromatic abrasion to further emphasize its pretense in the digital world. ]]> 2021-04-26 16:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1460537630 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1460583585 This piece was inspired by some of the works of Dindga Mccannon. Hey work rarely ever feels "busy." There typically isn't much going on in terms of the number of objects she depicts in her pieces but with what she does have, she usually uses solids and paints on meticulous details and textures in them, making the pieces seem elegant. I tried to do something similar with this painting. I just used paint for this piece. ]]> 2021-04-26 16:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1460583585 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1460599119 2021-04-26 17:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1460599119 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1464998067 2021-04-27 15:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1464998067 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1469364363 2021-04-28 14:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1469364363 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1469570137 2021-04-28 15:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1469570137 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1469593278 For this project, I wanted to bring to light to preciousness of a torn up soccer ball, using colors to explain that meaning. On one level, the ball is torn up, not even really spherical anymore, and old, hence the vintage colors of the ball and the black and white background. But at another level, as dead as the ball may look, that’s what makes it so precious— it’s history. The green and yellow lifeline represents all the electrifying moments on the field that ball had, the red represents the passion of those  who play the game of soccer, and the blue represents how soccer gets people through things, it’s an escape for so many people. Do as worthless as that ball may look, it is precious, as it remembers all the wonderful historical moments of playing the beautiful game.]]> 2021-04-28 15:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1469593278 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1469805252 For my piece, I was inspired by influence of «visions» from the outside that form us as personalities and reflect in our projection on the world. Thus, explored precious - our personalities, making it non-precious, by imaging those as a replication and projections of media and society «erasing» the precious unique identity. Here, I especially wanted to portrait the «cut» eye» under which - a magazine - text of media appears; similarly, I made magazine mouth - something serving to express our «visions» into the world to highlight my main idea.  I went from permament «realistic» outside vision of the girl to ephemeral in «tearing» her into the combination of visions represented by materials giving the impression of dynamic mass. This is mainly shown in girl's hair - people hiding under the media - girl’s hat - and just the society influencing. Finally, I used cup as something from what the girl’s «expression comes from». I made it be the magazine text from which magazine images come from, contrasting with something that could be coming from girl’s mouth - something more of her identity but not outside visions.]]> 2021-04-28 16:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1469805252 https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1470029733 2021-04-28 16:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dgray56_1/vre3oeofe7gvv91z/wish/1470029733