Torrey Weisberg-Casting Project

These rail road nails are made out of plaster and wax. They wouldn't be able to work as rail road spikes because they would break. The plaster is too brittle and the wax would just bend. The bronze paint mimics the original brown metal, but it has a fake sense of value, there is no reason for actual rail road spikes to be made out of bronze. Fake bronze paint on fake rail road spikes.

LTLYM- Amy Waldorf- Top 15 items on your bucket list

I was very excited to read through everyone's lists. Some people listed things that were unique and highly unlikely (such as "take over the world" "get my letter to Hogwarts" and "become king of France, Italy, Germany, England... etc.") while some things were more common and more reasonable (such as "get married, have kids" "graduate college" "skydive" and "travel to ___"). I was intrigued by the discussion that was taking place while everyone was writing down their lists. Some people seemed to believe that bucket lists are a bunch of baloney, others take them to have a ton of serious meaning, while others (such as myself) believe they're just a fun little thing to write down "if I could I would."

Pedestal Project- Amy Waldorf

When making this pedestal, my idea was to reference jewelry, and specifically, jewelry making (a favorite hobby of mine). I attached wire, strings of beads, earring hook and even pliers as a way to speak about each intricate detail of jewelry making. I chose to paint the wooden frames brightly as a way to reference brightly colored beads, which I like to work with. I attached gems to each of the wooden frames as another way to reference the beads I enjoy using. 

Tuttle- Amy Waldorf

Rossow_Rubber Latex Molds - Manufactured Object

 

An iron is mass produced and used flatten material using heat. I have created one single plaster iron that is one of a kind and is unusable as the iron is to be used. I have also created a multilayer - multicolored iron using wax. A material that turns to liquid when heated there for changing the entire meaning of the iron. I sliced the wax iron in two and exposed the hidden layers of color inside to create an interesting visual representation of an iron cast in wax.

Rossow_Unmonumental Pedestal/Sculpture

Pedestals once functioned as a prop needed to keep an art sculpture from falling. Macrame's original function was to keep the threads from unraveling on a tapestry or weaving. Pedestals evolved from functional to enhancing the art and at times are the art itself. Macrame also evolved from functional to enhancing the art to being the art itself. I incorporated wire and macrame into a sculptured knotted pedestal able to stand on it's own and hold an object while keeping the structure thin delicate and wiry.
Wire low profile and bendable yet unable to stand and not strong enough to set anything on top of seemed like a unique challenge for me. Referencing the size and shape of a pedestal, yet not acting like a pedestal. Not having a top to place something on or being strong enough to support anything like a pedestal would be.

Blessings Banda-Pedestal Project

Blessings Banda

"Stringth"

For my final project I decided to work with string, wood and wire. My initial idea was to make a sculpture that looks like it could hold things despite the material its made of. I also thought as the pedestal as the art. The Intricate crossing and weaving of the string on the inside of the piece is what makes this piece interesting.

I really enjoyed this project and would like to work with string in the future.