Experimenting With Miniature Photography

     For my final project I am working with mini people so I thought I would experiment with miniature photography. I took one of my photos, blurred some of it and sharpened the saturation.

Brainstorming

Imagining The 2014 Senior Show

1. Can you imagine making work that will live in this space?
     Yes, the vague image that I have in my head about my final project could be placed inside this space. I'm thinking of variations of a stop motion film displayed on TVs.

2. Will you work be large or small?
      Not entirely sure. The TVs could be different sizes. I don't want it to be too big and overwhelming but perhaps a medium to small size. There might be a possibility of multiple TV screens.

3. Can you imagine making one work or do you imagine making many things?
     I imagine making a stop motion film of one thing but in a few different perspectives. One TV screen would show one perspective while the other would show the other.

4. Will you use only one type of material or many?
     Photography will be the main part but the materials that go in the photo might vary. Still not entirely sure what the subject matter might be.

5. Will your work live on the wall, on the floor, in a corner, be suspended…..?
     My work would live on the wall. At least that would be the easiest way and for now the best way to hang it. It would be difficult to suspend the TVs plus there would't be any point for it to be suspended.

Fencing Meet

     I woke up last night with an idea to make this comic to send out to the entire school. I quickly doodled it then went back to sleep. Then in the morning I perfected it and sent it out. For now on I'm going to keep a sketchbook on my bedside table incase something comes up that could be related for Senior Studio.

Last Two Weeks

Monday: 11/11

• Went to shadow day for Mount Holyoke College

Tuesday: 11/12

• Finished spray-painting triangle
• Drew skeleton arm
• Started sewing

Wednesday: 11/13

• X-Block

Thursday: 11/14

• Present Curator Project

Friday: 11/15

• Bring in matches
• Experiment with burning cloth

Monday: 11/18

• Adding sewing part to project

Tuesday: 11/19

• Add different materials (Patchwork)
• Sew on patchwork

Wednesday: 11/20

• Start to finish up sewing project

Thursday: 11/21

• Finish project
• Reflect

Friday: 11/22

• Add blog posts
• Take pictures of work
• Write down sizes
• Clean up area
• Get ready for Senior Studio

Webs

Windows And Doors

1) How have artists throughout history used windows and doors in their work to show more than one space?

• Two different stories → One window/door could show one aspect while the other door could show another
• Lighting → Different moods
• Inside and outside → Nature
• Moods → Different lights create different moods 
• Shapes and light → Geometric shapes

2) How can windows and doors work on an emotional or metaphorical level to communicate big ideas?

• Freedom
• Closed door/window could mean the blocking of freedom 
• Someone opening a door or window could mean the want of freedom 
• Open window/door could mean the ability to have freedom → More relaxed setting (Less tension) 
• Safety 
• Closed door/window might mean that someone is safe 
• A closing of a door or window could mean that someone is trying to get free from the outside world or things that might harm them
• An open window or door could mean that someone or something is more susceptible to harm (Burglary, murder, stealing, ect.)
• Any of these can add emotion to the artwork by adding a story, tension, calming, or really any kind of emotion. This is what the artist is trying to do → Open up your emotions make the person who is looking at the artwork feel something weather it is dislike, controversy, or happiness. 
• Controversy in the painting gets people talking

Presentation

Starting The Project

Other artists images:

Dining Room in the Country, 1913

Pierre Bonnard 

Wind From the Sea, 1947

Andrew Wyeth

Hallway 3, 2008

Gage Opdenbrouw

My images:

Suki, Dedham MA

Raindrops On Car Window, Duxbury MA

My Dad In Silhouette, Puerto Rico

Symbolic Clay Sculpture Portrait

     For the Symbolic Clay Sculpture Portrait I am going to do my paternal grandfather. He lives at his house alone and has some medical troubles. My dad has some problems with taking care of him and has a home health-aid come take care of him. He is weak and can't take care of himself do that is why I chose a fish in the desert because the fish is sad and can't really do anything, it is helpless in the desert. The fish is in the desert because you wouldn't really think of a fish in the desert.

Symbolic Portrait

     For the Symbolic Portrait I am going to do my Grandmother Miyuki. (Or as I call her Mimi) she is a very important figure in my life because she took care of me all of my life and is a parent figure to me.
      Her full name is Miyuki Joko, before she was married, and now it is Miyuki Joko Goodrich. She was born in Japan and lived there until she was about 20, (she is 100% Japanese). The war changed her life in good ways and bad; during the war she applied to a nursing school. Around a hundred people in her village applied but she was the only one who got in. While she was in nursing school she learned how to take care of wounded solders and regular patients. Some of her patients were children that had injuries from the nuclear bombs. (Flash burns and radiation exposure) One time while she was taking care of a child she patted their head affectionately but their skin on his scalp came off. She was mortified.
     When she was in nursing school she had a dream that her father came to her dorm and wished her good luck and goodbye. A few days later she got a note from her mother that her father had died, on the same day she had the dream. Soon after her father died her mother died as well as her brother. Her sister now had to take care of Mimi and their younger brother.
     Good things came to my Grandmother too, she met my Grandfather (John Goodrich or Jack) at a play. He was there because he was in the marines around the time the war was over. When she went to the play with her friends she hadn't a place to sit. My Grandfather, who was sitting up front where all of the 'whites' had to sit, gave her his seat. After the war was done they got married but since my Grandfather was American her brother wanted her to leave Japan. Jack and Mimi went to America where she met Jacks' family and where she started their new life.
     My Mom was born on October 27, 1961 than I was born February 26, 1996. My Grandmother has been living with us (my Mom, Stepfather, and me) where we hope she can stay for a long time.

I have asked my Grandmother to tell me a few stories of her life here are some facts and stories:

• She hates peas and beans now because that what she mostly had during the war.
• When the nuclear bombs were dropping she had no way to communicate with her sister. She hoped on a train and had no idea where she was going when an old woman came up to her and said to get off at the next stop where her sister and her brother would be. Mimi had no idea who this person was but she listened to her and got off the next stop where she met her brother and her sister.
• When she was little (Before the war started) she went to the beach with her family. She didn't like to swim so she was just sitting on the beach but her brother (Who thought he was a macho-man) said he could go under the net that was blocking the swimming area from the jelly-fish: man-of war. He crossed the line and got stung by a bunch of jelly fish. He fainted but someone rescued him. He was fine but it was a lesson to be learned.
• She one time told her brother (Who was younger than she and more gullible) when he was eating water melon, that if you swallowed the seeds (Which he was doing) that a vine will start to grow out of your nose, ears, and mouth. Her brother started to cry and she got in trouble. 
• She also told the same brother to lean against a tree and close his eyes. When he opened his eyes he was tied against the tree, where Mimi, again, got in trouble. 
• Her family was some-what rich and had a maid.
• Her husband, my Grandfather died when I was seven.