ProjectTWO - Through His Eyes: Confession of an Alcoholic

Through His Eyes: Confession of an Alcoholic - Daddy's Key Rack

Here are some idea sketches of what I will be doing. I've decided to use the objects of a risk watch and keys on a key ring. I will be using caps from bottle beer glass as ornaments to be decorate both the risk watch and the key ring.

Why is this a psychological message or meaning? Here, you have to put yourself in the shoes of an alcoholic, even your mind set. When all you can think about is beer, even the littlest things like a watch will remind you to have another can or glass of beer. And that is my concept for this project.

I want to put not only myself but the audience into the shows of an alcoholic. This project will invoke the concept of what goes through the mind of an alcoholic while maintaining the integrity of ornament based project.

ProjectTWO - Ideation Cont.

I'm back from Spring Break!!! Back to the old school work =( and what not! Anyways, sorry for not posting anything new for a while (even when I said I would). Remember that it was SPRING BREAK so I did needed time to relax too! But, that is now over and it's back to work on this project.

Last time I posted, I mention that for project 2, I wanted to combine both the concept of what I would go with on ornament as well as a psychological message or meaning. So this past week, I've read some articles of alcoholics and how alcohol has effective them dramatically to the point of where their lives has fallen apart, but in most cases, most of the articles are the same about regret, despair and depression. I don't drink so I really can't put myself in their shoes 100% but it was this thinking that created the backbone of my project.

I wanted a abstract way of showing how things look in another person's eyes while still maintaining the concept of ornament. Here I could manipulate the objects, in an ornament fashion, so the object would invoke the psychological thinking.

ProjectTWO - Research Cont. / Ideations Phase

Research CONT. and some Ideation (During my Spring Break!!!)

Okay, so this really is a continuation of my research because I did do some research on ornaments already in my previous blog posts. And also, yes, I'm doing this during my spring break. Why? Because Amy told us so... and she's right. I really do need to start thinking about my ideas for project two. I mean, I have down what concept I think Ornaments are and how I am approaching this project, but I lack the idea of where to start or what to do. So, I thought long and hard and this blog post is recording my thoughts.

So last time I mention last of how ornament changes the psychological reasoning or message of a piece when it is added. That's also what I want to capture in my piece for project 2. A piece of work that combines both what I have mentioned how I'm using ornament in this project and a psychological message. So to make this bluntly short, I wanted to do a project based on alcoholism. Not because I'm an alcoholic but because alcohol is one of the top 5 causes of deaths here in the United States. So this week, I'll be reading more on alcohol to see what ideas I can generate from them. I'll have another post soon so please keep following my blog!

Some of my Ornament Examples

Hello again everyone! Today, I wanted to share some ornaments I found as well as a short description of why I think they work as an ornament




















The top one is a necklace. I choose this one because of it's decorative flowers on it. I also believe that necklaces are the simplest forms of ornaments. The next two are picture frames. I believe they too are simple forms of ornaments. You see, my thought at ornament is you take one object, (in this case lets say the necklace), and you add other, (the flower), and you get what?... the same necklace but more decorative. This is also true in furniture and architects even when ornaments were first introduced and it is also the main concept or idea I will follow in my project for Project 2 for Drawing III class. Also, going off this, I wanted to add that I also truly believe that ornaments are things that are, in most cases, unnecessarily. For example, the picture frames could just simply be a plain picture frame, but when ornaments are added, it still is the picture frame but the psychological reasoning or thinking behind it changes.

ProjectTWO - Ornaments

Ornament

What is an ornament? Is it basically patterns? Well from Wikipedia, a ornament is as followed:

"Ornaments are decorations added to a building or structure, made of plaster, wood, metal and stone"

Well, now that we are in the 21st century, ornament in contemporary art has taken a whole new turn. However, I believe that the basic principles or purpose of ornaments are still the same. I think of ornaments as patterns or any other decorated objects or items placed upon another object to appease the looks. Of course, also now that we are in the 21st century, I believe ornament pieces could evoke a physiological meaning as well. That's what I think Ornament is... what about you guys?