August 3

Final Proposal

Final Proposal

 

Project: Sengoku Period Storybook

 

The project is a – that depicts one of the campaigns of the Oda Clan in their pursuit to take over the capital of the country, Kyoto. I was inspired to do this project after the realization that I didn’t have any type of thematic restrictions for the class, and I was motivated by my interest in history to represent one of the more interesting events of the Warring States period. The project will be displayed in a table, and viewers will be able to see the book standing up, with all the pages on sight. The main idea of the project is to project this part of Japanese history as a fairy tale, filled with deceit, trickery, and willpower. Reading stories like these makes them seem as fantasy, which makes knowing that they are real all the more enjoyable.

 

The main challenge in this project was production. The process used for the production of this work was huge for the amount of time I had for this. This consisted of making storyboards, simple sketches that help plan the layout for the pages of the book. From these, tracing paper is placed on top of it to draw the main draft with pen. The main draft was then scanned and edited through Photoshop, adding text and color to the pages. Finally, the pages are added to the pages of the book, which is a simple accordion book, and left to dry.

 

The work was at first planned to be an animation, but I decided that I would like to tackle a book this time. The work was very difficult, but I’m proud of the final product, and aim to do even better in the future.

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July 13

Deconstruction

The project I chose was the second project for my Space/Materiality class: a Nested Platonic Solid

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This structure is composed of various shapes: Icosahedron, Octahedron, Tetrahedron, Cube, and Dodecahedron.

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Building this structure consisted in building each part, and making the next one over it. I used word, acrylic, wire, and construction paper for the pieces (wood: cube, wire: octahedron, acrylic: tetrahedron and dodecahedron, construction paper: icosahedron). The project itself wasn’t so much hard has it was time consuming. I managed to make a small prototype of the star tetrahedron seen above without my teacher’s help. But do to time constrains, I had to use the normal one. I used materials I had become comfortable in when making this piece like wire and paper. Most of it was made of acrylic and wood, having to spend a lot of time in the workshop. I got a basic understanding of acrylic, and also understood better how to use wood in the process. Overall, this was one of the most memorable pieces I did.

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July 10

Obsession Work

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My image is of my work station, mainly my laptop. I decided to make this image because this is were I have a lot of my work. I received this Macbook early January as a gift for getting into Parsons. At first I wasn’t certain I would like it, since I haven’t had the best experiences using Macs operating system. However, not a year has passed and he has given me great results so far. I spent many hours, working overnight to make many projects throughout the spring semester. While thinking about those nights feels me with dread, It also feels me with a sense of accomplishment.

When I took the laptop to class, my classmate highlight how well-kept it is. I previously haven’t been the best person keeping my last PC safe. It has fallen to the ground various times, and thats something I wanted to avoid this time around. This is my artistic tool, this is how I make my works, and is something very valuable to me personally and professionally.

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