Final Blog Post

This project is centralized around the imagery of hands. This series has three parts to it. Two of which are connected by message or concept. With the collaged hands in various drawing mediums and water colored backgrounds. The third piece is a mixed media piece which was done with a different meaning behind it.

The collaged works have a watercolor wash background transitioning from lights to darks with use of yellow and red and the other page with blue, purple, and black. The washes color are relevant and reflective of the timeliness of the person's' life. Also the different mediums used to make the hands are relevant to the age that I personally have learned the individual mediums. Starting with pencil, then charcol, ink, color pencil, and lastly marker which was a first attempt in this piece. The use of the different mediums shows different applications of styles and tools to represent a similar image. The concept of the piece referencing aging and deterioration and with continual grown along with age. Which is referenced or helped defined with the different use of mediums and the color pallet of the hands and the washes they are attached to.

The third piece which is a metal plate displayed above the collages has a different concept or meaning behind it. The outline or shaping of the hands are meant to look like a person begging or asking with humility. Either for food or money. The dark outline of the hands is made out of coffee grounds and glue. Which was first drawn on the metal or silver plate in sharpie. To implement so drawing medium to this piece but allowing the expansion of usable materials and presentation methods. The contrast of the black or dark color from the shiny silver is meant to reference different class systems within different world societies. With the brown being coffee grounds this references the “dirt” poor population which exists both in the US and in other countries around the world. Even though the “dirt” is really coffee grounds but the similarly in color and consistency allow the look of dirt without the sent and inconsistencies of actual dirt. The silver plate with the embroidery and extravagant patterning references the upper class who live life in extravagance while others are resorting to eating dirt. These issues are something that many want to resolve but the issue is challenging. However in certain countries such as North Korea where only the military is cared for while the general population is scraping together what they can to survive.