Art Proposal

I decided to do an art proposal on the staircase building in Meadville.

This location is a bit tricky, one the space to work in is very narrow, second the wall may be bricked (glossy) which may be hard to paint on.
To see how the design would look like in the building I decided to create a model, so the viewers could have a better idea of what the result may look like.  

I first made measurements to create a big scale model from the picture shown on the right. The windows were hard to measure and hard to cut accurately.  I had trouble getting the windows to look neatly cut, but it's very unclean and different.  You cannot see the imperfections of the windows in this picture.  

I made the rest of the other sides to create a 3-dimensional model. I based this model on what I saw from the picture on the right.  I did not have any other pictures showing what the sides look like or what the insides look like.  

The next step was to make the steps and because I did not have enough time to make the railings detail for detail I went ahead and made an outline of the stairs, which is shown below.  The last step was to see how to present my model and designs to the class.  I did not want the class to see this model up close due to the small and incorrect details.  Therefore, I decided to pin my model up on the wall, which is probably not the right way of presenting a model.  

This is the final result of the model.  The designs are pinned next to it and the actual picture is on the left side for the viewers to reference.  

Eco Artists that Inspire Me

One of our new and recent assignments was to research more about Eco-Art.
I am searching through the web and looking through pictures of eco-friendly art; One work of art caught my eye: Andy Goldsworthy's Rowan Leaves with Hole

Follow this link :http://sculptureresearch.wordpress.com/andy-goldsworthy/#jp-carousel-42 I love the way Andy Goldsworthy composed the leaves in a circular form and the colored leaves he used brings our attention to the black circle in the center.  This art work makes me think of a black sun because the colors emphasize the black circle in the middle and it looks like the colors is the sun's rays.

 http://www.iamparagon.com/2009/06/artists-that-inspire-me-andy-goldsworthy/ from this picture and the ones below go on this link for more information.

In Pebbles Around a Hole,  Goldsworthy continues to use circular shapes and color gradients in his works. 

Japanese Maple compared to the first three pictures is similar because leaves are being incorporated, the circular shapes are repeating, and the colors used is based on nature.

Andy Goldsworthy was born in 1956 in Cheshire, England. In his works he is known to use an endless range of natural resources : ice, leaves, rock, twigs, bark, etc.  He likes to create outdoor sculptures (see pictures above) and before his art work disappears he documents it by taking color photographs.