My Work Paper
SImply speaking, my work looks like a combination of material consideration, modern iterations of historical motifs, utility, and original inspiration. My objects are made, predominantly, out of wood with occasional use of metal and plastic.
Traditionally speaking my objects are a product of a fluid process. I have an idea in mind when I start, I look at images or have a moment of imagination that is the impetus, then I make sketches. As I work, the limitations of the material, shop, my skills, and the design permeate the process and change slowly occurs. As my skills grow, my objects become more and more accurate as it relates to the technical drawing. The materials I have used in the past have been, almost exclusively, …show more content…
My past experiences are so varied that even I get lost when considering my own identity, but, as I am thinking about writing a thesis and asking much more pointed questions and demanding concreteness. I have found the answer I keep coming to is, I want to make simple things, things that allow myself a reprieve from the complexities of my inner emotional, intellectual, and relational realities. I like that, as humans, we have been given a remarkably simple set of shapes, or functions that are the foundation for everything we have achieved. And by simple I mean line, square, triangle, and circle. We have parlayed these tiny gifts into complex successes, societies, relationships, and achievements. Behind it all are these simple realities, I like to relate how these work to the simplicities of human interaction both inner and outer. Love, family, friendship, struggle are experiences we can all relate to. I think the objects that reside in the peripheral can heighten or lessen each of these human experiences and I strive to make things that strengthen these bonds each of us live with each day. I want people to love a little more, hate a little more, talk a little more, and be silent a little more. And when I say a little more I mean it in a qualitative sense, not quantitative. The simplicity of my work is for my own well being and making objects that enhance the human experience is something I find to be much more
SImply speaking, my work looks like a combination of material consideration, modern iterations of historical motifs, utility, and original inspiration. My objects are made, predominantly, out of wood with occasional use of metal and plastic.
Traditionally speaking my objects are a product of a fluid process. I have an idea in mind when I start, I look at images or have a moment of imagination that is the impetus, then I make sketches. As I work, the limitations of the material, shop, my skills, and the design permeate the process and change slowly occurs. As my skills grow, my objects become more and more accurate as it relates to the technical drawing. The materials I have used in the past have been, almost exclusively, …show more content…
My past experiences are so varied that even I get lost when considering my own identity, but, as I am thinking about writing a thesis and asking much more pointed questions and demanding concreteness. I have found the answer I keep coming to is, I want to make simple things, things that allow myself a reprieve from the complexities of my inner emotional, intellectual, and relational realities. I like that, as humans, we have been given a remarkably simple set of shapes, or functions that are the foundation for everything we have achieved. And by simple I mean line, square, triangle, and circle. We have parlayed these tiny gifts into complex successes, societies, relationships, and achievements. Behind it all are these simple realities, I like to relate how these work to the simplicities of human interaction both inner and outer. Love, family, friendship, struggle are experiences we can all relate to. I think the objects that reside in the peripheral can heighten or lessen each of these human experiences and I strive to make things that strengthen these bonds each of us live with each day. I want people to love a little more, hate a little more, talk a little more, and be silent a little more. And when I say a little more I mean it in a qualitative sense, not quantitative. The simplicity of my work is for my own well being and making objects that enhance the human experience is something I find to be much more