Italy Art

So this is the sculptural work I have been doing in my first trimester of my study abroad. My style has not changed much which is a little surprising to me. Unfortunately I have come to realize that Rome is a pretty filthy city, which I am sure shows in my work. All my material comes from the Tiber River. The critique was meant to display finished work and work in progress...Enjoy.

This is a drawing of a tuk tuk. These little guys are everywhere in Rome. The drawing looked too much like a concept drawing so I decided to distress the surface.

This one is called "Little Red Riding Wolf". It is based of an illustration from a sound poetry book I read as a child and images of transgender acts in cartoons.

This is called "My Last Sock". Its funny to some, tragic to others. For me its a little of both. What I know for sure is that it is one of my favorite pieces I've made thus far.

This is the first direct, non representational portrait I have done in 3d. It is of pioneering sound artist Christian Marclay. He works almost strictly with vinyl so I think the material choice is pretty obvious. The "head" still functions.

I call this guy "The Fertile Crescent". I simply brought an accordion case down to the river front and transferred a large chunk of sod into it. It was very enjoyable watering it daily and watching the grass grow. It looks very pulpit like on the pedestal which I find a little humorous.

Here are are some little collected objects. White and Rusty...

These are tile fragments I have been collecting. Not really sure what will come of them...
This is an example of a strange little exercise I plan to continue working on. I chose to only collect blue trash from the river front one day. I am still figuring out want I want to do with the collection.

These are just a couple shots of my critique set up.

Plunderphonic

Plunder

A relaxing little diddy I made a ways back. Enjoy.

Railroad Bill

Two Young Robots Sing Railroad Bill

For my Brown music class. Simple and sweet. Listen and be merry.

Jessica's Ride to School

A while back our class had an assignment to, in one night, make a small work for everyone else in the class. One of classmates made a little creature for me that I loved. I asked her if I could recreate it and she was all for it. This is the result. I tried to stay as true to the original as possible. The body is a mossy railroad tier. The legs and neck are steel. The ball is a chicken wire sphere covered in white insulation foam. I then flocked it with seeds. The ball bobbled very pleasantly in the wind, disbursing seeds with every gust.

Form

Not to sure what to call/ or label this as. It was mostly an exercise in mimicking my drawing style. Lately when I sketch I add and subtract forms, sculpting really, until the drawing is "done". I wanted to translate this action into the 3d realm. A few things that it reminds of are camels, reverted transportation, war machines, and resident evil.

Materials: Steel, foam, palette wrap, burlap, wood glue, dirt, paint, and plasti-dip.

Grandpa's First Humping Machine

So this is my kinetics final. Kinetics are great but an absolute pain. Not only am I concerned with generating visual interest with my kinetic work...but also with simply making the thing work. With that said I might have to label this sculpture as one of my must frustrating pieces made to date.

When the pillow is pushed inward it turns off the light switch. Simultaneously a series of hinged arms bend the duck's head downward. When the head bows, it pulls fishing line connected to the ends of the wings. This causes the wings to flap. The whole piece is tensioned with springs which returns everything to its original position.

Materials are found wooden duck, box, palettes, burlap, charcoal powder, paint, lamp arm, plastic, light, springs, steel and a pillow

Inflatable

This is an inflatable penis woman I made for my kinetics class. Its made of palette wrap , a hair dryer, and a pack of marbs. The feet are flocked with acrylic fur. Its titled Who You Call'n a Dick, Dick?