Found Object/Final Project
Final Detail Detail Detail Detail Inspiration In-Progress In-Progress In-Progress Artist Statement I really enjoyed the mold-making assignment, and decided I wanted to expand on it in some way. Since I related that project to my BA Portfolio work, I thought I would bring in more elements from my other paintings. My favorite painting I made this semester included little teacups that looked like flowers with butterfly handles, and since my mold-making assignment included a cake and a glass, I thought it would be interesting to hone in on the weird/creepy childhood tea party theme by making even more fish-babies and fruit, and also making the tea cups and incorporating a goldfish I had sculpted earlier in the semester while thinking of ideas. The fruit, to me, seemed like pieces of innocence, but like the fish-babies in the martini glasses and the cake, also felt like a reiteration of this theme of "consumption" and commodities....