Self-Generated Project
Going into my
self-generated project, I knew I wanted to spend more time on it. I feel as
though a lot of my projects this semester have been rushed or not as polished
as I at first envisioned them to be. So with this project, I spent a lot of
time in preparation and planning. In a lot of my projects, I have leaned
towards portraits or imagery that is clear in what I am trying to depict. For
this project, I wanted to be more abstract and geometric. A way I realized I
could do this was through origami. I have never done origami before but have
always appreciated it’s sharpness and simplistic beauty.
The first thing I had to do was read and watch
tutorials on basic folding patterns. I decided to make an origami rose with a
leaf behind it. Even with clear tutorials, this took a couple tries until I was
satisfied. Finally, after successfully creating one, I decided to start
sketching a replication of it on watercolor Bristol paper. I used a ruler and
made measurements so it was exact. The outer shapes were pretty close to exact
to the origami but as I spent more time on it I decided to give myself more
liberty with the lines I was adding. I chose to change the color of the
replication to blue because I felt it added to the crystal kind of image it was
beginning to shape into. I’m pretty satisfied with the result, and how
clean-cut it is.
Below are two artists who inspired me. Sarah Morris and Maya
Huyuk.
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