Typology Blankets are a common house hold object that we use everyday. We take them for granted when the weather is nice and we covet them when the weather is harsh and unforgiving. They protect children from the scary clutches of the monsters under their beds and in their closets. They comfort those after a hard days work, trying times, and sleepless nights.
I'm always cold and therefore I have a lot of blankets. I'm one of those people who cant sleep without them and I there's usually a good chance that I have one handy. Blankets can be made out of many different material and come in many different shapes, sizes, and patterns. Which can be seen as another way to express oneself by what the blankets you own look like. In this typology I photographed a range of blankets to show their different materials, patterns, and colors. Materials used: Blankets and Camera |
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Visual Storytelling This piece is inspired by the Native Americans. I have ancestors from the Cherokee tribe on both sides of my family. Blankets were very important because they traded them with the English for goods. This book is a visual story of how the Native Americans were removed from their home land to which people believe to be what we know today as Arizona. If that wasn't enough there was a mill company that was established that made their blankets, which diminished their means of trade substantially.
For this piece I made the clouds fluffy and soft so they appeared blanket like. I also used the colors that appeared in their blankets in the sky. The birds in the sky are abstractions of some of the patterns that appeared on their blankets. And the landscape is that of some of the rural desert parts of Arizona. Materials used: Archival paper, Cardboard, Brown paper, Oil pastels, and Graphite pencils |
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Box There is a metaphor that the sky is a blanket for the Earth. For this box I made the Earth as the bottom panel and it is encompassed by the ever expanding reaches of space. The white clouds that appear over the Earth is our atmosphere protecting us from the coldness of space. The outside represents a patchwork quilt. This patchwork quilt is like that of our atmosphere, it might be worn and have a hole or two in it, but at the end of the day it keeps us safe and warm.
Materials used: White gel pen, Oil pastels, Fabric, and Tick paper pyramid box |
Final Piece My last project goes a long with my box. I expanded on the idea that the atmosphere is a blanket for the Earth. I used varying colors of blues, grays, and whites to make the atmosphere. I decided to use needle felting to craft this piece to achieve the fluffy and wispy look to represent clouds and to tie in the softness to blankets. I put in stitches to give it the appearance of a patchwork quilt.
Materials used: Thick core wool and varying colors of loose wool |