Anika R's SAS Blog (2015-22)

 Portal Screenshots: *The processes areas will be changed Where is the synthesis? Synthesis in Ideas: - All pieces so far display motion in some way (either with literal depiction or through visual language and/or nonrepresentational form). Synthesis in Materials: - There are common materials throughout my pieces, such as the use of cardboard, cutout figure silhouettes, and plaster/cloth. Synthesis in Process: - All my pieces are following my guiding question of 'How do we view motion?', so my thought process is how can I exaggerate this motion enough to depict it in one still, so the viewer still understands what happening and can feel the direction. Where are your hiccups? (From my Sustained Investigation 5) My original plan backfired when the cloth with plaster turned out to be too heavy to sit on the frames that I had built and actually ended up breaking the frames altogether. As I was contemplating what to do next, the plaster hardened on the cloth as I was holding it and ...

      How do we view motion? Ideas Visually Evident (70/100): An exaggerated representation of a figure falling and that experience. Materials Used (22/100): Plaster, cloth, paper. Processes Used (98/100): Cloth covered in plaster and dried, figure cut out of paper, all pieces spray painted and cleaned. Process Photos (11/4): Final Work (2/2):

     How do we view motion? Ideas Visually Evident (45/100): A nonrepresentational form displaying motion. Materials Used (15/100): Plaster, cloth. Processes Used (48/100): Frames built, cloth dipped in plaster and dried. Process Photos (6/4): The frame broke under the pressure of cloth covered in plaster Cloth hardened as I was trying to figure out what to do next, I decided to use it. Final Work (3/2):

    How do we view motion? Ideas Visually Evident (33/100): A figure leaping to catch a ball. Materials Used (32/100): Cardboard, paper, wooden dowels. Processes Used (86/100): Cardboard painted and cut, figures traced and cut, assembled with dowels and hot glue. Process Photos (9/4): Final Work (3/2):

This is  The Unending Amends We've Made (Imperishable Wreath) in 2010   by Lauren Clay. It's acrylic on cut paper, papier mache, wire, and wood. I think this piece does a good job of abstractly showing motion without being kinetic or depicting an object in motion. It's not how I would answer my own sustained investigation inquiry ('How do we view motion?'), but it's a very interesting piece to think about. This piece is really interesting to me because of the simplicity of the shape, even though it probably wasn't very simple to assemble. I've been wanting to work with paper again for a future sustained investigation piece, and I think this is a really different take on paper mache that I haven't seen before.  I really like how the colors transitions with the motion/direction of the small paper strips. There's a very clear movement/direction of the piece ('around and out'), which is made by the thin strips of paper and the direction is m...

   How do we view motion? Ideas Visually Evident (102/100): I wanted to show motion through the animation principle of squash-and-stretch, and a non-human object. Materials Used (70/100): Cardboard, spraypaint, wooden dowels, water color paper, paint makers. Processes Used (95/100): Cardboard pieces traced and cut out, assembled, spray painted, accents added with paint marker. Process Photos (9/4): Final Work (x/2):