Statement

I, Decotas Powell, plan to walk forwards and backwards with my wearable sculpture on Main street crosswalks.

I shall dance in the middle of the crosswalks for 10 seconds.

I will do this ten times but it will be different crosswalk not the same one.

MacGyver Exercise #3: Cooler than a Selfie-Stick

Create a wear-able device that records your experience moving through space in photo/video from an unexpected but consistent angle or perspective

Materials:

• Foamcore
• Smartphone / camera
• Hot Glue

Rules:

• Use planar construction
• Must extend from the body at least 2 feet
• Must be durable and able to walk with it on for at least an hour
  

MacGyver Exercise #2: Eyes in the back of your head

We had to create a ‘hands free’ wearable form using planar construction that allows you to see directly behind you. 

Materials:

• Hot Glue
• Mirrors
• Cardboard
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Workshop 2

-The Constructed Workshop

-The Foundation workshop

First Project was to "Becoming 3 feet taller/shorter"

-Rule

-Cardboard

-Mirrors

-Hotglue

Final Project

The metaphor for the  dream that me and Mikki picked was  "How would you spend your time if you knew it was limited?"

The story describes how people are constantly worried about time and focusing on their shadows. In the end, these people feel empty about how they spent their lives.

So we needed to come with a composition way to show it so  we decided to paint on black paper instead of brown paper. The shades of blue, turquoise, gray, and peach that go across the painting are to show from birth to death. On top of the painting, we went with five life-sized silhouettes, from childhood to old age to show what hides behind the shadows for the viewer.

Progress 101

The Final 

Wire Sculpture

Final Project

So this project we have two weeks to complete, we had to pick a partner so I and Mikki decided to work together to create a piece of artwork that questions "How would you live your life if you could track how much time you had left on Earth?"

Einsteins Dreams

Einstein's Dreams are between April 14 and June 28, 1905, as he develops his theory of time as part of his theory of relativity. Each dream envisions a different world, with time behaving in a different way. The stories explore the relationships between people and time, a basic part of the human condition. The Dream I most enjoyed was "20 May 1905  People have no memories" 'A world without memory is a world of the present'" In this dream is that people couldn't remember anything of there past. Each person to order to know  their self they had to carry an own Book of Life, which is filled with the history of their life's. Without the  Book of Life, a person is a snapshot or image or ghost.

Another one I enjoyed was  "3 June People Live just one day, but that one day may be an eternity"  In this world, no one lives to witness the change of the seasons.  A person that was born in  December lives his life cold. A person that lives his life over the summer never sees snow and lives there life warm.

Today project was to draw the structure of your object. My object is the  Moon cactus, I mostly study the inside of it and did some research about it. We were told to look for other structure that looks a lot like, I went with the Pineapple because the inside looks the  same as the inside of the  Moon Cactus.

The inside of the Pineapple

Nature Drawing 

Over the weekend we had to draw things from nature that have structure. I drew a pine cone, pine needles, leaves, mushrooms, cactus, succulents, and tree nuts.

Pine Cone- They are large woody cones that are a key element for pine trees. Both female and male cones appear on a tree. The female cones produce seeds, while the man cones drop pollen. The pollen is carried by gravity or the wind to the female cones, fertilizing the seeds.

Pines needles- Pine trees produce long, narrow needles 1 to 11 inches long. Pine needles range from blue to dark green and are bundled into groups of two, three, or five needles. The needles connect near the point where they attach to the branch. When needles are in groups of three, they originate from ponderosa pines.

Cactus generally live in dry places such as deserts.  There are 1,500 to 1,800 species of cacti. Cacti come in all shapes and sizes from round and short through to thin and tall. The spines of a cactus are highly modified versions of plant leaves, there are very few cacti species with true plant leaves.

The project for today was to sketch out five different objects. The objects should interact with the human body. I sketched out three things people get addicted too. Addiction can turn a persons life into a complete mess. There are many things that one can become addicted to, like smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee, and even money.  Then I sketched out two things that influence your life like music  and skateboarding. The reason why I went with music and skateboarding because music takes your mind off life, no matter what’s going on in your head and you capture words, tune, beat, and flow of the song you’re listening to. Same as skateboarding because when I skateboard I feel free.

Visual Symposium

Last Friday's symposium was the theme of Reflecting vs. Shaping the world through your art. The artist makes art that influences our society and that make people reflect upon events that happen around us. Artists are capable of creating awareness through their art in order to create a change. These days it is not very easy to change a big problem from one day to another, but you can do little by little. Artist can use their culture and origins in order to teach about empathy towards different ethical groups.

Final Woodshop Project 

First off I started with the base then I wanted to branch out on both sides to make it balance. People responded to it saying it was two-dimensional so I wanted to make more three-dimensional so I made rings and arches on each side to engage the space around it.