Colors Within Flowers
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Colors Within Flowers
30.48 cm x 22.86 cm Mixed Media/Ephemera 10/5/17 |
Exhibition Text
Colors Within Flowers is a visual representation of what the significance of flowers are at certain times in a persons life. It is called Colors Within Flowers because there is always a reason on why a person gives another person a flower. For example, a red flower usually helps a person express their love to the other person, a white flower helps express loss, so in this case I added black instead of white for more visual purposes, yellow flowers help express happiness, green flowers express new life, birth and I did an extra one with all the emotions, colors added and it created a brown color, demonstrating how a person can feel all the emotions at once and how a persons life can have so many turns and be in many places at once. In the picture, you can see everything clear and just how it is, because that is how emotions tend to be from real life experiences.
Colors Within Flowers is a visual representation of what the significance of flowers are at certain times in a persons life. It is called Colors Within Flowers because there is always a reason on why a person gives another person a flower. For example, a red flower usually helps a person express their love to the other person, a white flower helps express loss, so in this case I added black instead of white for more visual purposes, yellow flowers help express happiness, green flowers express new life, birth and I did an extra one with all the emotions, colors added and it created a brown color, demonstrating how a person can feel all the emotions at once and how a persons life can have so many turns and be in many places at once. In the picture, you can see everything clear and just how it is, because that is how emotions tend to be from real life experiences.
Critical Investigation
My inspiration was Andy Goldsworthy and his ephemeral work. The National Gallery of Art managed by the government states that, "Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire, England, in 1956 and currently resides in Scotland. He studied at Bradford School of Art and Preston Polytechnic and has been making art in the environment, both rural and urban, since the mid-1970s. He is an Andrew D. White Professor at Cornell University. Over the past 25 years, Goldsworthy has gained a significant reputation for both his ephemeral works and his permanent installations that draw out the endemic character of a place. The artist works with natural materials, such as leaves, sand, ice, and stone that often originate from the local site. Goldsworthy has produced more than 70 exhibitions and projects all over the world including those in the Canadian Arctic; Digne, France; the streets of London; and Tochigi Prefecture, Japan." I created an ephemera project my junior year and I was amazed by the job nature can create, and I wanted to do another ephemera project. I planned to use this inspiration in my work by creating something that will later on die, within time. I created ice with food coloring. Some techniques I used were shaping the ice, just how he did and how clear the ice can possibly be. My style inspiration was his ephemeral work with ice. The meaning, like I mentioned before is to create a visual representation of what the significance of flowers are at certain times in a persons life. It is called Colors Within Flowers because there is always a reason on why a person gives another person a flower. For example, a red flower usually helps a person express their love to the other person, a white flower helps express loss, so in this case I added black instead of white for more visual purposes, yellow flowers help express happiness, green flowers express new life, birth and I did an extra one with all the emotions, colors added and it created a brown color, demonstrating how a person can feel all the emotions at once and how a persons life can have so many turns and be in many places at once.
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Planning
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My sketches are on the first page, as you can see. This is a visual representation of my thoughts, ideas, process and work. I explain why I did the things I did and how I did them. My plans were to demonstrate the color significance of a flower and I did demonstrate that, as you can see on the pages I created by hand in my sketch book.
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Process, Ideas and Intentions
The process for this project was very lengthy since it required lots of work. First of all, I had to create the ice in cubes and I didn't know how to create it, until I went to lunch and saw the milk cartons. I took 5 empty milk cartons from the cafeteria and washed them. I cut the top, so it can be in a full cube. I went to Pick n' Save and bought 4 cases of food coloring. I bought red, green, yellow, and black. I found online that in order to get clear ice cubes, you must boil it two times and that is what I did. I boiled water, and I waited around thirty minutes to boil it again. After I finished boiling it, I took the cartons and poured hot, boiling water in all five cartons. After I finished pouring the water, I added the food coloring in every carton. I poured red, green, yellow, black, and in the last one, I poured a little bit of every food coloring I had. After I finished, I grabbed a towel and slowly put them in the fridge because the water was still boiling and burning my hands. After that, I waited two or three days to take them out, but before that I went to a few Dollar Tree's and I couldn't find some fake, white roses, so I just ended up buying the whitest flowers I could find at Dollar Tree. I cut the stem and put them in a bag. Once I had everything in hand, I took the cartons out, and ripped the carton off and slipped the ice cubes into my hands. I slowly set them in a white canvas and set them still. After that, I applied the flowers on top of the cubes. I changed the position of the ice cubes and changed their positions due to their colors. Some skills I developed were to always be careful, because one of the ice cubes almost slipped out of my hand. Another skill I learned is to always measure adequately, because if not, it will be horrendous. Some techniques I have developed are to never have your hands wet when working with ice, because your hands will hurt. The critique went well due to having my piece done and website almost done too. The work of others were very well done, very efficient and well created. However, some did not finish. However, another idea I had for this project was to have real flowers and splash them with paint or water coloring, but I thought the idea I produced was more ideal than that one. Some ideas I had was that instead of using milk cartons for the ice cubes, maybe I could have utilized the Maruchan Cup and create an ice like cylinder. However, I had more milk cartons than the Maruchan cups. I believe my process was a lot more different that Andy Goldsworthy because obviously, he is a professional artist whereas I am a student artist. However, we both have worked with ice so it should not be very different. I believe he finds his own ice from nature and goes from there, whereas I make it and go from there. Also, I used fake flowers and he uses all real materials. Very different process and material usage.
Critique
The difference between my process and my artist inspiration, Andy Goldsworthy is to a very high extent. I believe my process was a lot more different that Andy Goldsworthy because obviously, he is a professional artist whereas I am a student artist. However, we both have worked with ice so it should not be very different. I believe he finds his own ice from nature and goes from there, whereas I make it and go from there. Also, I used fake flowers and he uses all real materials. Very different process and material usage.
Experimentation
My experimentation was the positioning and placement of the ice cubes due to their colors. As you can see in the pictures on the right, the placements have different effects and give the audience different points of views. Another experimentation was having the options of using milk cartons or maruchan cups. I used the milk cartons instead, due to the edges and the feeling it gives.
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Reflections
This project has taught me the significance of flowers and the meaning of colors. This project was difficult in time wise, due to knowing when to boil, when to pour the coloring, when to put it in the freezer, when to take it out and when to do the project. It was hectic, but worthwhile. Holding the canvases together and taking the picture was really difficult because I was going to have to multi task, and take the picture at the same time. Most importantly, I think I have finally mastered my knowledge in color significance on flowers. Now, I will know what type of flowers and what colored flowers to give in any occasion.
Connecting to the ACT
Clearly explain how you are able to identify the cause-effect relationships between your inspiration and its effect upon your artwork:
My inspiration, which was Andy Goldsworthy as you can see in my artistic inspiration section had a lot of effect in my project due to its meaning and representation. I believe that this project will have an effect on me because it defines the significance of colored flowers.
What is the overall approach (pov) the author (from research) has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
The authors overall approach regarding the topic of my inspiration is that it covers the colors of flowers by creating the significance and meaning to them.
What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
Some generalizations and conclusions I have discovered about this certain topic is that there are not many projects on the colors and how significant they are on flowers.
What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
The central theme around my inspirational research was colors and flowers.
What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
I believe that flowers are filled with colors and are used by all people. They are used depending on the colors and life events and how they demonstrate their feelings and experiences through art.
Biography
http://visualmelt.com/Andy-Goldsworthy
https://www.artsy.net/artist/andy-goldsworthy-2
http://www.goldsworthy.cc.gla.ac.uk/
My inspiration, which was Andy Goldsworthy as you can see in my artistic inspiration section had a lot of effect in my project due to its meaning and representation. I believe that this project will have an effect on me because it defines the significance of colored flowers.
What is the overall approach (pov) the author (from research) has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
The authors overall approach regarding the topic of my inspiration is that it covers the colors of flowers by creating the significance and meaning to them.
What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
Some generalizations and conclusions I have discovered about this certain topic is that there are not many projects on the colors and how significant they are on flowers.
What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
The central theme around my inspirational research was colors and flowers.
What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
I believe that flowers are filled with colors and are used by all people. They are used depending on the colors and life events and how they demonstrate their feelings and experiences through art.
Biography
http://visualmelt.com/Andy-Goldsworthy
https://www.artsy.net/artist/andy-goldsworthy-2
http://www.goldsworthy.cc.gla.ac.uk/