My project sentence!!!

To think that I started this hands-on project knowing nothing about the making of a sculpture, I feel accomplished and I am proud to stand beside a Chinquapin memory in 3D form.

Update and my Panel

My project is coming along. I've decided to have a kinetic part in my sculpture. I was even thinking of have a rotating floor or maybe a swing. I've tried to reach an artist whose profession is in sculptures. I am really excited to meet him because I know nothing about sculptures, but I am psyched to learn. My Zarasua project also includes a panel. This panel has to include one faculty member, one Chinquapin Board member, and two other experts in your field. I am planning to invite Carole Engelder and she is a Chinquapin Board member. She is the Director of Construction Management at the company Horizon Wind Energy. I plan to ask her and her partner Eva P. Moldyovani, a geologist at ConocoPhillips Company, to evaluate my sculpture. Also to give me advise and their opinion along the way on my sculpture. For my faculty member, I plan to invite my art teacher Evelyn Tan. She took art classes in University of North Texas. I trust her advise in art because she is a very talented artist. I want her to critique my sculpture and work, as well as give me pointers to make it better. I plan to invite Mike Kirby for the expert in my field. He is a professional sculpture and was recommended to me by my English and Senior Seminar teacher, Susan Davis. I know if he does accept, he will help me and teach me all there is to know about sculptures. This includes what materials to use, what paint, help edit my design, etc...My other expert for this field is another person that Susan Davis recommended, her brother. Alan Davis is a professional artist. I plan to ask him history in sculptures and share ideas with him for a Chinquapin sculpture.
Since in my Ted talk I had to talk about why sculptures are important, I have already done a lot of my research in sculptures. I've seen a lot of ideas and noticed the details you can put in a sculptures, plus the different medium that is used in a sculpture. You can use sand, wood, wire, metal, etc...What am I planning to research over my winter break you may ask? I plan to sketch out an idea for my sculpture. Depending on my sketch, I will research the materials I need to complete this sculpture. Obviously I would have to research how the weather would affect the material and all of those issues that are involved when a sculpture is outside. I have a long break ahead of me with lots of work but I am really excited to get to work full blast.

What is my Galatea?

I keep assuming that if I don't stress about it, the idea of what I should do for a sculpture will come magically to me. I keep thinking and thinking, but nothing comes to mind. I don't want to lose my passion for the sculpture. I don't think that will happen, but not coming up with an idea for it sure does not help. I want to make something that will make others think of Chinquapin, but what?... Being seniors, we should know by now. So I'm asking, what makes you think of Chinquapin? What do you think about when you see, hear, or say the name Chinquapin?
I think in order for me to have passion for this project, I need to believe it is real. I want to have the same passion ultimately that Theo Jansen feels for his creatures. I need to love this future sculpture. This reminds me of the tale of "Pygmalion and Galatea" in the excerpt of Edith Hamilton's Greek Mythology, and in the famous work of the great Roman poet Ovid Metamorphoses. Pygmalion, a sculptor from Cyprus, made a sculpture so beautiful that he fell in love with it. Hamilton mentions

"...he labored long and devotedly on the statue and produced a most exquisite work of art. But lovely as it was he could not rest content. He kept on working at it and daily under his skillful fingers it grew more beautiful. No woman ever born, no statue ever made, could approach it. When nothing could be added to its perfections, a strange fate had befallen its creator: he had fallen in love, deeply, passionately in love, with the thing he had made. " (Hamilton 108-111)

He was so dedicated to her that he had the Goddess Venus bring it to life. I love that tale because this is the passion of an artist. Obviously I don't want to marry my artwork like Pygmalion, but I want it to be a work that I am very proud of. I want the "supreme accomplishment of art, the art of concealing art".

This gives me an idea. When I think about Chinquapin, I think of our former directors Bill and Kathy, and Bob and Maxine Moore, and now Ray Griffin. Why not have them incorporated somehow in my sculpture? Make them so real that we would think the directors that are no longer here were still here. It's just an idea, but I am open for more. :)

Summary of Pygmalion and Galatea

Hamilton, Edith. Mythology: Timeless Tales of God and Heroes. New York, New York: The New American Library of World Literature, 1953. 108-111. Print.

Picture: https://wiki.uco.edu/display/~nbednarz/Pygmalion+and+Galatea-Nicole+Bednarz

KiNeTiC sculptures

THEO JANSEN CREATES NEW CREATURES


Who said sculptures had to be stationary? Theo Jansen defeats this question by creating magnificent creatures. He has such passion for his friends. He mentions how they will evolve and keep evolving so they can live in the sand of beaches forever. His idea really brings a new meaning to sculptures. This is dedicated passion that is put in this kinetic sculpture. This gives me ideas for my senior project sculpture. I would like to have movement incorporated. I was thinking that I could even have a swinging bench or a swing where students can relax. Since this sculpture will probably be situated in the sculpture garden outside the art room, it is a wonderful place where students can relax and draw.

Video was taken from Ted website.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/theo_jansen_creates_new_creatures.html

La escultura!!!

Well a lot of time has gone by, and I definitely have an idea of what I want to do. I was debating and debating about my decision to do a portfolio about chinquapin or a sculpture. I really wanted to raise money for the school, but I also really wanted to do something with art. I talked to one of my senior seminar instructors, Susan, and she mentioned how it seems that I am trying to mix these two ideas. So I decided to do a sculpture. In the Chinquapin campus, we have a sculpture of a yellow tree with a red student reading a book. --------->

Every time I see this sculpture, it makes me think of Chinquapin. I want to make a sculpture that will make others see it and think of Chinquapin as well. I'm thinking of having this sculpture in the sculpture garden we have at school, where ironically there are no sculptures. This is the zarasua project work in process.

Proposal

My Proposal

My recent proposal was the following:
I know big companies sometimes have to give money to charity organizations or organizations that survive on donations. I want to have Chinquapin recognized as a good organization where money should deserve to go. In order to do that, I have to get big companies to notice Chinquapin. I want to make a big porfolio/ book that answers the question "What is Chinquapin?". In this portfolio, I would include pictures and comments of the school's activities such as Interact, the classrooms, and education, etc... I would then take this book and present it to companies. In order for me to accomplish this, I need to find out, why some big companies DON'T give money to organizations.
I want to do this because I want to help ensure the future of Chinquapin. Chinquapin has become so close to me and I want others to have the same opportunities I have and for them to take advantage of these. I also want to do this so it can give me the opportunity to create this creative and amazing portfolio about Chinquapin, and at the same time help the school by presenting this book to the companies that could potentially help the school financially in the future. I understand the difficulties of this proposal. I need to get in touch with these companies NOW to have them consider Chinquapin and I need to find out what the school requires to qualify for their choosing. My purpose is to have the companies at least give a certain amount of money to Chinquapin so that the school can benefit from it, maybe so we can even build a track field because we definitely need one. I plan to get connections and do research on companies that would like to donate money.
I had my proposal reviewed, and now I don't really know what to do. In my previous proposal, I am combining two ideas: Raising money for the school, and artistic portfolio. I should probably just concentrate on one idea and as of right now, my idea is up in the air. I want to do something artistic that will benefit someone besides myself. I was thinking of maybe even doing an art gallery that included music (matching the art to the sound of music). A person would have to pay a small amount of money for this show and all the proceeds would be donated to the school... This idea is very vague. Another idea is doing a statue and donating it to the school for the art facility. I am leaning more on this idea because when I see the yellow statue by the mulipurpose area, I immediately think of Chinquapin.
My ideas are very vague right now and I am asking for help. If you have any suggestions, don't hesitate! Your comments are more than welcome.