ART 195 ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS
How I spent my summer - Part 2

The second project was based on Skin & Armature, building and covering a frame. My work was a twig and paper mache tree. The project finished very different from my original concept. The idea was to try to tie together the ideas of trees and human habitation. While there was a kind of quaint rusticism to it, overall the construction was shoddy, and I was unsuccessful at conveying my idea...
The exterior....

The interior...
Grade awarded: A
Grade deserved: C-

ART 195 ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS
How I Spent My Summer - Part 1

This class, which I took in July 2010 was taught by a dynamic and challenging instructor, an artist from Chicago by the name of Sam Jaffe. Our first challenge was a fabric project, in which I made a wall hanging on the subject of Roller Coasters. Techniques included embroidery, machine sewing.

I started with a piece of fabric, a print of roller coasters, red on white. The neutral toned border was men's suit fabric swatches from the 1950s. I also had some fabric with black boxes on white background, like crossword puzzles which I filled with words describing the experience of a roller coaster. There was some red, white and blue ribbon which I used to trace the profile of a roller coaster upon.

The project was a success inasmuch as I was able to familiarize myself with various techniques of sewing, but I think fell short as it would have been much stronger if

• larger
• more demonstrative of the roller coaster experience
• kill the border

Grade awarded: A
Grade deserved: B