Reading List

A few books That I have read:

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Fric-Frac by Albert Spaggiari

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

A few books that I would like to read:

The Wanting Seed by Anthony Burgess

Feed by M.T. Anderson

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick

Project Three: Poetic Metamorphosis

For project three we were tasked with creating paper sculptures based on readings from Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis as well as an excerpt from  Gaston Bachelard's Poetics of Space. 

Bed

For the bed I decided to go with a very minimalistic
look. I chose this style because the reading implied
to me that the family was not in a position to afford
overly ornate pieces of furniture. The black frame
accentuates the color of the bedspread and pillow.

Dresser

The dresser also follows the minimalistic theme. It
is essentially based off of the readings description of
trying to go to the dresser as a bug and being unable
to support oneself upon it. This made me think of an
extremely smooth and simple design, which I feel
represents the dresser in The Metamorphosis. It is
also black to match the bedframe and the darkness
implied by the situation described.

Bug

It is not far into the reading that we find out our main
character Gregor has gone to bed only to wake up as a bug.
The reading repeatedly describes the problems posed
to a bug waking up on its back and trying to roll out
of a bed. The spindly legs that go every way but where
intended, the inability to tilt ones head, and a lack of
abdominal flexibility. To recreate these issues I used
pointy triangle legs that offer little to no support. The
body is also a rigid triangle to demonstrate a lack of
flexibility. The wings and antennae are modeled off
of common cockroaches, which is immediately what
came to mind during the description of flailing legs
while laying down.

Project Two: Memento

The goal of this assignment was to create

a non-representational sculpture of a memory.

I chose to replicate my first music festival.

The hexahedron form is constructed out of

mahogany wood that was sanded and painted.

The alternating yellow and purple triangles

together with the smaller outlined triangles

convey the sense of excitement and 

disorientation that I experienced. 

Project One

For our first project in 3-D design we were tasked with creating 

four separate sculptures using balsa wood, masking tape,

wood glue, and clear tape. Each sculpture was the product

of one of 13 word prompts. I chose to explore Chaos,

Danger, Old, and Memorial

Danger:

In this sculpture I was trying to create a sense 

of danger by having opposing horizontal and

diagonal lines. This creates a sense of conflict

and the spikes create the impression that 

this object is somehow a trap.

Old:

By cutting thin strips of balsa wood and crushing 

them I achieved a frail skeleton fram to hold my

spheres of crumpled masking tape. I purposefully

made this piece top heavy and fragile to represent

how I perceive old age.

Chaos:

In order to create a sense of chaos this sculpture

makes extensive use of diagonal lines and triangles.

These lines continually move the viewers eye throughout

the piece, and without anyone focal point there is nothing

but chaos.

Monument:

In our culture monuments are generally looked up to.

My challenge with representing "monument" in this scale

(this piece is only 6.2") was to create a sense of scale.

I did this by using one tall diagonal plane that guides the viewers

eye upwards. This is aided by the wood glue drips that add texture.

Each of the three major components of this piece also 

adhere to the golden ratio, which has been popular in 

Monumental Architecture, Art, and Design for centuries. 

Welcome to The Sunlight Hurts My Eyes

The purpose of this blog is to document my 3-D

design projects at Flagler College