Mahaly Grant, Student Work

Challenge: Newspaper
I bought a newspaper then created a book that documented my entire day. The first page is a written account; the second is my absent-mindedness during the day; third is my anxiety and compulsive skin picking; fourth is the grease from my food; fifth was my perfume; sixth was my cigarettes during the day; and the seventh is my lotion. I had a great time making this piece, as it made me very aware of my actions during the day. It helped me realize my habits and actions I go through every day, and especially highlighted my patterns. -Mahaly Grant, Fall 2013

Mahaly Grant, Student Work

Challenge: Drawing on Objects

bjects placed on top. Each object, except for the lamp, contains a drawing offering a clue to a crime scene. The objects also serve as clues. I set the table in front of a window in the library, putting a lamp on top to illuminate the objects. 

Installed in the Proctor Library

 -Mahaly Grant, Fall 2013

Katherine Lombardi, Student Work

Assignment: Drawing on Objects

Kevin Mahoney, Student Work

Video Assignment: Drawing Confessions, Drawing on Landscape and Drawing in Space

This 3 part video explores a dream inspired compulsion with a reinterpretation of the word “Leave”. For the narration I used the first three definitions of “Leave” as taken from Google. It also explores the assignments: “Drawing in Space”, “Drawing Confessions”, and “Drawing in the Landscape”. -Kevin Mahoney, Fall 2013

Video Assignment: Drawing on Landscape

Every move we make leaves a mark on our surrounding landscape. For Drawing on Landscape I used this as a basis for a video. I used a GPS program to track a walk through the environment. I then output the line in a video that appears as the sound of the environment and my walking plays in the background. This allows people to visualize their own environment and realize that every action they take has an affect on their environment. -Spencer Finnell, Fall 2013

Direct Link/Download: spencerfinnell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Comp-1_3.mp4

Video Assignment: Drawing in Space

This video was inspired by a walk I went on around Sunset Rock, which is what the nature clips are from. Then it became very layered. On the surface it visually shows these memories I reflected on and the walking throughout the video serves to reflect this mere crossing of paths. Beneath that surface, however, it serves to speak to the nature of each individual. It draws the connection of our human nature. None of the clips show a person interacting with another so the clips themselves are more about the particular individual in them. For some who watch this video, it elicits emotions of nostalgia or happiness, a connection with those in the video, for others, a bit of uneasiness when the laughter of each person is empty and silenced by static. Both hold importance in the video as these memories do elicit the same positive emotions out of myself, but these are also all people that were in the midst of emotional struggles. The laughing and silliness also became a way to cope as it does with many people, thus the connection to nature; this is the way we deal in a life that just keeps moving forward. -Danielle Irwin

Link here to watch video on You Tube.

Pernilla Stellgren, Student Work

This assignment made it possible for me to really explore with different materials, scales, and mediums. My initial thought of bodymarks was that is was very personal, meaning portrayal of Identity. I decided to both create ink marks of a bodypart of mine and then use text in the same display to spell out that bodypart in Swedish; hence, an emphasis on Identity, myself being Swedish. For three of the eight pieces I chose to play with time and clay by working clay in my hands for a span of different seconds per piece and then I put them on little pedestals. -Pernilla Stellgren, Fall 2013

Shadow Drawing, Student Work

Aly Schaper

The object that I used for my shadow drawing was a sculpture that I had made myself that worked with shadow and light, so I thought it was only appropriate to use it for a "shadow" drawing. I tried to use several different light sources to create a variety of shadows and I used three different types of sharpies to create the line variation of these shadows. The darkest shadows got the thickest sharpie, medium for medium, thin for lightest. I chose to represent shadow with lines as an aesthetic choice. I also used tape transfers, tape, and string in the final shadow drawing to create movement in the piece.  -Aly Schaper, Fall 2013

Danielle Irwin

This drawing, framed to mimic a Polaroid photograph, shows captured moments of people I care about most. Layered, these images reflect a whole experience. I chose charcoal as the medium, as it is a tool that lends itself to being very gestural, therefore best reflects these quick passing moments in life. -Danielle Irwin, Fall 2013

Mahaly Grant

I wanted to use a space that I interact with on a daily basis. I initially wanted to use a space inside my apartment, but the light was not nearly as drastic as it was on my outdoor porch. Instead of setting up a scene, I simply put the paper down underneath objects which were already outside. For the first 4-5 tracings, I tried to use the natural lighting. However, this proved difficult as the light changed far too quickly and I wasn’t able to keep up with the shadows. Once night fell, I decided to use artificial lighting in order to maintain greater control. Toward the end of the piece, I found it increasingly difficult to keep the shadows coherent and the overlap to a minimum. However, I think the final outcome is fantastic and I’m very proud of it. I think I was able to present the objects on my porch simply by shadows projected by myself and sunlight. -Mahaly Grant, Fall 2013

Tanis Montgomery, Student Work

Challenge: Newspaper
Instead of using newspaper as a ground or as a collage medium, which I thought would be the fairly obvious choice, I decided instead to use it as a sculptural material.  I tore newspaper into small pieces, added water, and used a blender to create a pulp and then compressed the pulp into small three-dimensional shapes.  This exercise was mostly an experiment with the material.  I found that it was very difficult to create forms with flat sides or with any amount of detail, as well as thin or flat objects. -Tanis Montgomery, Fall 2013