GROUP CRITIQUE color field exercise
Curtis says: "Good work everyone. Interesting angles and interpretations all around.
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| Cleo Van der Veen |
Fused plastic, cardboard, string, acrylic gel.
With
the goal of experimenting with fused plastic as a medium, this project
is an exploration of the balance between organization and chaos. I find
that I want to keep my life compartmentalized and organized. However,
recently I have discovered that this tendency is not always the most
fulfilling way to live. Then again, neither is complete chaos.
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| Forrest Humphrey |
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| Seth Kaplan |
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| Lillian Burke |
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| Tatiana Benally |
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| Avigail Najjar |
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| Marianthe Bickett |
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| Nora Mermis |
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| Gabe Amrhein |
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| Kiersten Savage |
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| Elaine Bell |
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| Nargees Jumahan |
Paper- History, Uses, and Environmental Impact
HISTORY
- China-
200 BCE (precursor to pulp process), 200 CE pulp papermaking process invented by Han court
eunich Cai Lun.
- 13th-century pulp papermaking process spread thru middle east to medieval Europe.
- Industrially
manufactured by 19th century. Chemical pulping vs. mechanical
pulping. Chalk or China Clay added to size (pore filler) for proper absorption of ink.
USES
Represent value (money, checks, tickets, deeds)
Store info/communication (books, preserving ideas,
memory, offices)
Protection (packaging, inserts, waxed paper)
Cleaning (tp, kleenex, towels, cat litter)
Construction (papier-mache, origami, sandaper, filters,
composite materials, insulation, textiles)
Medical (blotting, bandages, litmus)
ENVIRONMENT
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Litter (35% of all municipal solid waste)
Water pollution (chlorinated dioxins, which leads to 90% of human contact occurring in the food chain- reproductive, developmental, immuno-hormonal problems, carcinogenic)
- Deinking (produces sludge)
- Lifespan 4-6 cycles before fibers become too short
- Deforestation- 35% of all harvested trees are for paper
- Monoculture- Uniformity of size and age of trees, no dead trees, and no other species of plants.
- Limits the habitat options of forest animals
- draining the nutrients from the soil requires artificial fertilizers
- uniformity of species invites susceptibility to pathogens
- Tyvek and Teslin have been introduced as alternatives to paper for printing since it is more durable and long lasting.
Exercise Two: Create Form With Collage
Either on a found substrate or with no substrate, assemble a collage with scavenged scraps of paper and other miscellaneous flattish materials, arranging and then gluing, stapling, nailing, and/or screwing the materials to each other. Besides glue and such, materials must not be available in art or craft supply stores. Instead, continue to add to your increasing stockpile of salvaged materials, keeping in mind that they will be used in this as well as the remaining projects for this class. Try not to be discriminating in what you collect. Allow for materials that you are attracted to as well as those that may not immediately strike you as interesting. If you choose to represent a "real" object, do not expect to find exact matches in form and tactility between the images and surfaces you are reproducing and the materials that you find. Rather, look for mere similarities between the two, which do not necessarily have to be obvious. You are not bound by representation, and you may choose to create a form completely from your imagination.
Youtube Video: Papier-mâché
Slide Presentation: The Ends of Trash
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