Poetry from the Common Place
Women Vs. the World
Progress 12/3Progress (Nov 26- Dec 1)Notes and Sketches are in Sketchbook for above featured pictures. ^ ^ ^
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Progress 12/3
Whats Working:
Whats Working:
The objective is to make an accordion booklet with a concept that is portrayed through minimal text and/or collage. By looking at Miriam Schaer's projects i formed my own way of revealing to a person how much pain a corset is to a women of the 18 century. |
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Brainstorming
Brainstorming/Problem Solving:
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Brainstorming:
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What Works: The foil idea is shocking and new, the shape and the color scheme work because its simple. I'm going for a simple design that looks good. Whats not Working: The Size: I'm thinking out printing out Simplicity Patterns and scaling the size down to a model type size, or modeling the corset off my small mannequin doll for patterns. Connection to objective: the accordions style some from the middle of the bunched fabric of the the lacing which helps to open and close the accordion style corset. |
Inspiration: Miriam Schaer
"Beauty is Pain"Main Concept: Something can be beautiful on the outside but inside it can be painful.
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Mock-Up |
Whats Working: Structurally appealing, can be open and closed. Has a main theme: beauty is pain.
Whats Not working: Structurally this may take a long time (a week to sew up), how do i want this to open? Connection to Idea/inspiration: A corset that opens to show the pain on the inside of a corset. Brainstorming:
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What do corsets symbolize?
in the 18th century:
In Modern Society:
In the 60's and 70's the girdle was introduced
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Expectations vs. RealityBrainstorming:
-women who broke out of the social norm during their eras -a timeline through history accordion book -Reality vs expectations of each era -Use parralles from modern society of now and society from bakc then- we are doing the same thing but in a different way. Research -Women from different eras -Barbie vs wonder women- thinking of the comic style/ cartoon style to adapt to -Propaganda poster/ Posters in general Construction: -body shapes of each era- reality vs expectation -looking through my inspiration from the artist below I was looking at JENNIFER KHOSHBIN because her style is revealing through less is more. Below is a take on how young women feel during Halloween and having to conform to looking like a "sex symbol" (which reminds me that wonder woman was mistaken for a sex symbol at first but it changed over time) |
Breaking Down the poems (together):
When will women not be compelled to view their bodies as science projects -corsets: a way of restraint for women in the 19th century -body type had to be perfect even if it was painful. gardens to be weeded dogs to be trained? -in modern society shaving is a big deal. Women must be "clean". -if your not "perfect" then you are cast aside for differences When will a woman cease to be made of pain?” -women have expectations and are socially pressured into fulfilling them (i.e. cooking,cleaning) A woman with an original body Breast, hips, lips, face everything original -wonder woman -actors who broke out of the social norm and id not alter their bodies (Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe) I want a real woman Not the woman on the magazine Cause they not real Want a woman who is proud Of her body A woman who respects her body -Marilyn Monroe was a sex symbol but her body was not perfect and she believed in outer beauty. All of her photos where never fixed because she asked her photographers to never do that. She was proud of body and loved herself. -Twiggy suffered from an eating disorder, but over came it by becoming comfortable with her body. She broke the norm of being barbie. ( also Tyra Banks did the same) a woman who cares more About her inner beauty Cause that's the most important part of who she is A woman who wears make up Not a mask -coincides/ makes me think of the 'war paint" photo. -wonder woman in the new 52 calls her makeup her "war paint" As I was looking for more research on modern times I ran across this video about how women in the modeling world should conform to societies needs of perfection and Kate Winslet and Cindy Crawford are used as examples. People mistake expectations for reality. From back to the 18 century women have been socially pressured into being the perfect woman with the perfect body shape and face. Women have to have the look. From then to now we still have the same issues that arise. Women/young girls who try to conform die or pay the price later in life. Eating disorders are common in modern society and it doesn't get any better.
So how do we make it better? \ We, as women/young women do not conform to society and live a free life and not like "science projects". |
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Concept: Powerful women who break the social norms
“When will women not be compelled to view their bodies as science projects, gardens to be weeded, dogs to be trained? When will a woman cease to be made of pain?” — from “What are big girls made of?” by Marge Piercy A real woman Can someone give me real woman! A woman with an original body Breast, hips, lips, face everything original I want a real woman Not the woman on the magazine Cause they not real Want a woman who is proud Of her body A woman who respects her body a woman who cares more About her inner beauty Cause that's the most important part of who she is A woman who wears make up Not a mask A real African woman Areal coloured women A real white woman A real Indian woman Areal Chinese woman A woman! The pillar A woman created by God and who has his nature Vangile Mtyali Brainstorming:
Research:
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5 Ideas to Build Upon
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I've been thinking a lot and brainstorming upon an Alice in Wonderland project. Only through the years of Alice. From old to new through a pop up series. These 5 pieces I have chosen from my research are influencing me to tell a power story through a mysterious way either in book form or making the form itself.
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First InfluencesComments on a Few Slides:
Clare FreemanI chose Clare Freeman as a top Inspiration because her works thoroughly complete the challenge. Her flag books points to making a story, but it also is very mysterious in the design of how it works. To help make a person discover or focus on her focal point is through the visual movement of the book. Each time you turn the page a new focal point is drawn in and focused on. The composition completes the 3D aspect. If you look at the composition from all sides its still interesting and draws the eye towards the focal point which is the movement of the way the book is opened. This composition uses no texts at all to tell its story and therefore is told through the piece itself.
To See more of Clare Freeman's works go to: http://clarefreeman.wordpress.com/2010/10/ |
Second influencesComment on a few Slides:
Jennifer KhoshbinToday I aspired to the look at the works of Jennifer Khoshbin. I found her 3D work to tell a story of the inner human being. Her work is visually interesting at how she places the objects in books, or uses depth to build upon the focal point. The focal point is pointed to by drawing the viewer to come/look closer to what she does.
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Color Wheel
As I was looking through things I found the many obvious objects to use and strange objects to use to make a color wheel.
Some obvious ones would be color pencils and crayons.
Color pencils and crayons have round tips.If you sharpen them to a point it helps with creating a perfect round object, but as you see in the negative space they each can create different shapes. For example: Triangles. Color pencils and crayons also come in different shapes ad sizes, it would be easy to manipulate and make allusions with them is you play enough. (A ripple effect)
Another easy form would be to take crayons as an option in making a color wheel. One plus to having crayons is how easy it is to manipulate them. By melting them/alternating the form it can easily extent out making a new shape, or extend the circle. They also make small triangles in the negative space used. Though one caution of melting crayons, if you melt them too much they can become brown when mixing all of the colors together.
I draw inspiration from each of these because of how vibrant the colors come out next to each other. Even though they are each exact replications of the color wheel the colors come out looking better next to each other then if they were switched.
Some obvious ones would be color pencils and crayons.
Color pencils and crayons have round tips.If you sharpen them to a point it helps with creating a perfect round object, but as you see in the negative space they each can create different shapes. For example: Triangles. Color pencils and crayons also come in different shapes ad sizes, it would be easy to manipulate and make allusions with them is you play enough. (A ripple effect)
Another easy form would be to take crayons as an option in making a color wheel. One plus to having crayons is how easy it is to manipulate them. By melting them/alternating the form it can easily extent out making a new shape, or extend the circle. They also make small triangles in the negative space used. Though one caution of melting crayons, if you melt them too much they can become brown when mixing all of the colors together.
I draw inspiration from each of these because of how vibrant the colors come out next to each other. Even though they are each exact replications of the color wheel the colors come out looking better next to each other then if they were switched.
Inspiration and Ideas
30 Ideas
3 ideas narrowed down from inspiration
Pros: Variety in color, different shape,
Cons: a little expensive if you cant borrow them. |
Pros: Variety in color, different shape, easy to manipulate (can be burnt)
Cons: can get sticky under high intensity of light. |
Pros: has the 8 distinct hues, easily manipulated (can be broken), cheap,
Cons: can get sticky under high intensity of light. |