I was amazed at this chair and all the curves in it but still how sturdy it was enough to hold someone. This week in dealing with my fair curves in my pieces I realized that bending the wood when it wants to be just straight creates tension and often splinters or splits entirely. You can see that the curves are reinforced with multiple layers, but it still amazes me.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Curved Lines
Today my structure was compared to drawing with light and the fluidity of movement. So I have researched some other examples of this for my next structure to create. The lines in the picture above connect and continue on leading the eye to see more. If I did that with my woodwork I wonder if it would have the same effect?? Something to experiment with.
Creative Wooden Art Sculptures
While researching wood working and linear elements, I came across the work of a Japanese Sculptor named Haroshi. Haroshi is famous for his layering of thin, colored wood strips to create forms that are visually appealing and beautiful. He obtains his materials from pieces of old, broken up skateboards. Haroshi uses pieces both in their original form or cuts down them down to a desirable size and then coats them with a glossy finish. I found his work to be incredibly unique and inspiring. I thought it was ironic how we try so hard in studio not to break our pieces of wood, and he purposely uses broken pieces to create his work. I guess even broken wood can be considered a happy accident!
Linear Elements
During my research of linear elements I came across this website of an artist, Miles Neidinger, who works with networks of lines. And here is the link to his website: http://milesneidinger.com/styled-3/
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Beauty can be found in the strangest places. Individually, a line may appear one-dimensional and bare. However, when lines are put together a special unity is created. This week I saw beauty when I created line sculptures with wood. This is a picture of an inspirational wood sculpture that I think displays beauty very well.
inspiration from shayna leib
Hey guys, I've been looking around for some inspiration and found this glasswork artist based out of Chicago. Shayna Leib says "I use glass, not for its mimetic quality to capture the look of stone or plastic, but for its most unique properties; the inclination to flow, the capacity to freeze a moment in time, and its ability to manipulate optics.” This really got me thinking about the physical characteristics of our wood slats and what that could mean for our project.
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