FInal BDS 101 Project!

These are the photos of my final project... I really like the way it turned out! I am really glad that I decided to go with this design over the looped design and I'm glad that I tried a new method of attachment. The glue looked messy and this looks a lot cleaner and more precise.

Final Light Process Photos!

This are my process pictures for my final BDS 101 project. I decided on the circle/ pebble looking design with the braided paper. I used hot glue to glue each of the circles on and I used glued on tabs to connect the braids and each different triangle piece.

Accordian Book for "What Language Looks Like"

My Final Accordian Book

I really like the way my book for the group part of this project turned out. I think that this type of book worked really well with the photos and words that we had to include. I wish that the photos would have printed a little bit clearer.

Representations of "Squeeze" for What Language Looks Like

Final Color Representations for "What Language Looks Like"

Final black and white representations

Progress on the Light for the Last Project

My first attempt at my final light...
The braiding and loop-making definitely takes a long time, but I think it will be worth it. I really like the texture in the braids and the three dimensional qualities of the loops.
The gluing is a little bit messy, so I think i will redo it for the final. And I still need to decide between a pyramid and a hanging light. 

Final Location Photos for Project 4

On the bridge between the Union and the Union parking garage- portrays architectural addition, but it was a little too dark because of the shadow cast by the roof of the bridge.

Parking Garage at the Union- Shows the addition of the word itself. It also looks kind of like a math problem in the way it is set up on top of one another. I also like the way the light reflects off of the letters.

Inside the Union parking garage- I really like this location. I think the pictures turned out really well. It portrays two different views of our letters in the same frame, showing the shadow as an addition to our actual letters.

Roof over the stairs to the tunnel over the Union- This place also portrays an architectural addition. this structure is an addition to the building and is also newer than the actual building. This was my personal least favorite location, because I didn't think it portrayed the word as well or as obviously. I like the reflection of the sunlight in this location as well. 

Final Top Three Locations for Project Four

We decided on our top three locations.
Our locations are all at the Union. One is on the bridge connecting the parking garage and the actual union building. This would portray the definition in the architectural sense.
Another is the parking garage. From the side, we could place our letters on each ledge spelling out "add" "it" and"ion" to show the addition of the word to create the entire word. There are also opportunities for good shadows in the parking garage.
The third location is the bus stop/ stairs to the tunnel. This serves as another example of the architectural meaning of the word. It is also a more dramatic and easily seen place for our letters.

Reading Reflection #2

Photography Reading

This essay was also very interesting and it definitely pertains to my major of Photomedia. I was definitely excited to get to make a photo essay for this project, and this reading definitely further explained the purpose of using photos to document. I liked how it helped to distinguish between what is thought of as “art- photography” and “documentary.” Based on this reading, I think that what we are being asked to do in this project is more of a documentation because we are showing our process from beginning to end, and it is not only for aesthetic purposes. This reading helped to show the history behind photography documentation and also the methods that are used. 

Reading Reflection #1

“Parts of the Letter”

I thought this reading was very interesting. It taught me a lot about the different parts of the letters, what they are called and how they differ between different fonts. Having this knowledge definitely helped me and my group make an informed decision about which font we wanted to use for our letter constructions. Because of this reading, I knew that serifa was a font with serifs, meaning that it has small feet at the base of every letter. Futura is sans-serif, meaning that it does not have these little feet. As a group, we decided that we wanted to use a sans-serif font because our “t” would look more like a plus sign, further emphasizing the meaning of our word, so we chose futura. This reading taught me a lot of important facts about font that I can use in this project, but also in the future. 

HOW to take the Pictures

As a group, we decided that it would be interesting to take pictures of the word both as an entire word and broken up into "add" "it" and "ion." That would be close to "add it on" and would help to convey the meaning of our word. If they were stacked on top of each other like this, they would almost look like a mathematical equation. I think we should experiment with looking at them from below and above and even with the letters. Especially since many of our locations are off of the ground.

Location #5 for "Addition"

Stairs in the Park by the Spencer Museum of Art

I really like this location. I personally like the idea of stairs for the word "addition." I think that putting a few letters on each consecutive step would convey the meaning of "addition" well. The stairs are very interesting and the trees provide a more aesthetic background for the photo. Also, there is a lot of traffic through this area, so we could observe the reactions of people around our word.

Location #4 for "Addition"

Entrance to Bailey Hall

One of the definitions of "addition" talks about an addition to a building. The modern entrance attached to the older building definitely shows an addition to Bailey Hall. We could place our letters inside or outside of the entrance.

Location #3 for "Addition"

Fire Escape

I like this location because there are many different views and angles that it can be viewed from. Also, there would be a lot of traffic through this area so we could see how people interact with our words. I think the stairs definitely would emphasize the meaning of our word.

Location #2 for "Addition"

The Back Stairs of Nunemaker

I like this other view of Nunemaker because it also has lots of stairs. There is a stair well with a glass window in the upper right hand corner that sticks out from the rest of the building... That could also be considered an architectural addition. I think it would be fun to place the letters on the inside of the window and it could be viewed from both the outside stairs and the inside stairs.

Location #1 for "Addition"

The Side Entrance of Nunemaker

View from Top of Stairs

Addition of Balcony?

I like this location because it not only has the stairs that our group talked about using in our location, but it also has little concrete stumps that we could possibly place our letters on. The view from the top of the stairs and the view from the bottom of the stairs are very different, so it would offer some variety. Also, there is a balcony on the second floor that could be a literal "addition" to the building. There are lots of options at this location.

Definition of Group Word for Project 4

Our group word is "addition."
It means:
–noun

1.

the act or process of adding or uniting.

2.

the process of uniting two or more numbers into one sum,represented by the symbol +.

3.

the result of adding.

4.

something added.

5.

a wing, room, etc., added to a building, or abutting landadded to real estate already owned.

Final Critique Day!!

First Steps for the Fourth Project

My Favorite 6 Representations from the first 20 we did by cutting and pasting.

Today in class we critiqued our favorite of the representations that we did this week for homework. After talking with the class, I decided that I really like the hourglass idea and the funnel idea. Also I want to play with the circle idea more, maybe making the circle smaller and allowing the white letters to spill over the edge a bit.
Also, today we started the pathfinder explorations and the new representations using Illustrator. I like the way these are coming out when they're are a little more refined using the computer!

Definition of my word for Project 4

For project four, we had to pick a word from a word list. I picked the word "squeeze".
The definition of this word is:
 1.       to press forcibly together; compress.

2.

to apply pressure to in order to extract juice, sap, or thelike: to squeeze an orange.

3.

to force out, extract, or procure by pressure: to squeezejuice from an orange.

4.

to thrust forcibly; force by pressure; cram: to squeeze threesuits into a small suitcase.

5.

to fit into a small or crowded space or timespan: The doctorwill try to squeeze you in between appointments.

6.

to enclose (another person's hand, arm, etc.) in one's handand apply pressure as a token of affection, friendship,sympathy, or the like: His father squeezed his hand andwished him luck.

7.

to give (someone) a hug.