think about it.

Materials: crayons and hot glue

As an artist, the kind of research I’d say I do is when I am looking to learn a specific skill and youtube is typically my go to. I enjoy searching and watching wedding videos for inspiration in my free time. If I see something on instagram or the internet in general that catches my eye, I’ll tend to look more into it and usually end up saving it so I can come back to it.

My friend who is a videographer for weddings is motivating and inspiring because that’s the direction I would love to go in. As for my mosaics, my granny has been a blessing in being there, encouraging me, teaching me, and challenging me to create new ideas. As for my photography, I suppose I just follow photographers whose photographs are also admiring to my eye and what I am striving for when it comes to my work.  

When I think of my art relating to any current movement or direction in visual art or culture, I don't think my work as of right now does. As for my photography, I think the type of photography I do, can be put into a common category called lifestyle photography. As for my mosaics I hope to move in a direction of creating pieces of work that people haven’t seen before.  

Fun Easter Cards

Artist Research Project, on Isaiah Zagar. 

I have a work area in my garage where I have all my mosaics supplies, so I guess that is my studio for that. My studio for my digital artwork can really be anywhere, I just need my hard drive and laptop with me, so those would have to be my most indispensable objects. As for my mosaics, the most indispensable object would have to be my cutters, I wouldn’t be able to control how little, big, or rounded my pieces are if I didn’t have those. I could use a hammer to break plates, but there’s not as much control using a hammer.

This is a great question that I haven’t really thought about in my daily life. As a photographer, videographer I don’t really carry my camera everywhere I go, I do have my phone that’s usually always on me, but I tend to take pictures more with my camera. When I’m out and either visit a new place or pass by it I think of “this would be a fun place to take pictures” then I write down the location. I tend to go on pinterest at least once or four times a day, I follow poses so if I see one I love I usually save it for future shoots. Sometimes a random idea will pop into my head about a video I’d like to make. I write it in my notes on my phone. I think if I thought of something I’d do everyday as an artist is finding an outfit that matches a color scheme of some kind, or re-decorate my living space or just ponder about what my next project should be.

When I think about what I should expect from my art education, I think whatever medium you choose to chase after you should be educated on that specific medium. You should know it inside and out, whether that’s being taught by someone, or teaching yourself. I think it is wise to branch out and try new mediums, because you might discover something you can use for another medium. For example, I love mosaics and want to continue gaining knowledge and bettering my skills. When I was taking color theory, I thought what the heck, what am I going to learn that will be useful in that class. I ended up loving that class, but I didn’t realize how much I gained until I was creating a new mosaic piece. Another key thing to expect from your art education is how to put yourself out there, and how to maintain your business if you are hoping to have your own business. I think this is something that is holding art students back because it can be daunting to put yourself out there.

My first studio project, titled Flowers in a Vase. I really enjoyed this project, it reminds me of home. I’ve always love wired flowers and wanted to attempt them when we were studying wire, but thought they were too complicated. Turns out they aren’t too complicated and quite fun to make. I pictured them to take place of typical flowers on a kitchen table. My mom loves them and has them on a window seal along with another vase of flowers that she bought a while ago. (Picture above) I ended up taking out the green and silver ones and leaving the copper ones, I’m slowly in the process of making more copper ones. I definitely enjoy the look of the copper ones more, though they aren’t as easy to bend as the silver and green wire. The vase is a found object my mom gave to me, when I saw it I was like “this is perfect”. 

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/painters-did-not-produce-best-work-when-suffering-emotional-turmoil-research-says-a6783706.html  

Object study newspaper sunglasses 

When it comes to the primary audience for my work, I think the ages range from 12-108. I think my mosaics lean more towards females, rather than males, but females of all ages can enjoy my work. As of right now I think young people are more drawn to it, because of the work I’ve done so far. People who love garden work may be drawn to it more because a good chunk of what I’m hoping to make might go in someone’s garden and hopefully house.For my photography/videography I think both genders enjoy viewing my photographs and watching my videos. From my experience so far, people around my age watch my videos because they include some type of adventure, and people seem to like it.

I don’t think I should have a say on how much someone else should spend time in the studio, I think they have to make that decision for themselves. In general I believe an artist who is completely 100% focused on their art work, should spend most of their time thinking, and working on their work. Of course bills need to be paid, so they might have another occupation that takes their time, but any other time they have should be spent on their work if they truly want to get better, or broaden their collection. When it comes to how much I spend in the studio, I wish I could spend more time in the studio for my mosaics because it is an activity I could spend all day doing. Yet, being a full time student, who works, I do have a hard time finding time to sit down and persistently work on a project. After I graduate college, I hope to be spending a good amount of time during the week in the studio, as well as perfecting my other art studies.

On my texture walk, walls caught my attention. In the first photo, I couldn’t feel the blinds but if I could, it would be an experience, looks like they’ve been through a lot. The middle picture is of a brick wall, the texture was rough, bumpy, and in some areas breakable. In the far right picture, the texture of this building is different than any other building. I ran my hand up and down it, probably looked weird doing it but I had to. I was hard and bumpy in some areas and smooth in others. 

Object study Tape casting I chose to do my hand because I’m random, and just went for it. It sounded like a fun thing to try out, and it was. I very much enjoyed  tape casting. 

my uncompleted, unfinished, sad wire project.