- Since I discovered Louis Bourgeois, I have been finding her work to be really stimulating. Especially Maman, which is the embodiment of her secret childhood fear.
- I like how one of her focuses in her work is her own childhood. It’s interesting to see other people’s lives and compare them to your own since I also create a lot of work off of my memories, family, and general experience.
- I also find it interesting how Louis considers nostalgia as not productive, a waste of time. So, if you try to remember something, it won’t produce a sculpture. It needs to come you, by itself.
Author: ly.101
Flowers
I recently started this habit where I buy flowers for myself almost every week. Because of all the flowers I now have a lot of dried flowers in my possession.
What could I possibly make out of them?
Maybe a room with flowers hanging from the ceiling.
Transitioning from live flowers to dried or wilted.
Process of life?
Hi, Hello
My name is Amber Ly, I’m a fourth-year BFA student majoring in Studio Art (emphasis in Sculpture).
This will be an area where I will just brain fart and word vomit all thoughts on artworks that I want to create.
So if you want to delve into my mess of a brain, feel free to peruse.
Cranes, Wishing on folded paper
Paper folding, something I grew up doing with family or just for fun. It’s somewhat therapeutic and helps me take my mind off of things.
While I did grow up on Zhezhi (Chinese paper folding), I also grew up watching Japanese anime. These animations showed me that there’s a Japanese legend that says, “Anyone who can fold 1,000 origami cranes will be granted a wish from the gods.” Some stories say that they grant happiness and eternal luck rather than just one wish. One thousand paper cranes are usually given to people that are ill or injured to wish for their recovery.
This came to mind as a homage for my Grandmother. I recently found out that for years she has been dealing with Hepatitis C that led to Cirrhosis in her liver. All that scarring and damage also led to my Grandmother getting Cancer.
So I guess you could see this as me trying to wish my Grandmother good health for many years to come.
But how could I take this tradition and make it my own?
Instead of placing each origami crane on a string and lining them up what could I do differently?
I could use the folded cranes and arrange them into one large crane and attach the large crane to strings to then hang it from the ceiling or walls
I could also create a flight of smaller cranes, flying through the sky.
http://www.edminson.no/only-for-your-thoughts.html
Ponds, Always looking down
Always looking down
As a child, I grew up with my grandparents on my dad’s side. One of the things I loved about their house was their pond. I don’t have any pictures of it now since I moved in 4th grade and then my grandfather passes away when I was in middle school and my grandmother passed away while I was in High School. Thinking back on it I remember the patio surrounded by a peach tree and grapevines, the pond with a bridge that led to a gazebo. All the happy memories I associated with that place. I always looked at the koi fish, amazed by their beauty, the shine and colour of their scales, how funny they look when they eat etc.
Now I wonder what it would look like on the opposite end. Looking up from where the koi fish were or maybe even lower than that. To catch a glimpse of the world underwater. I’ve always loved watching underwater videos and seeing the light shine through as well as the way light flickers when there are ripples.
How would I be able to recreate a scene like that? The koi, water, foliage and the most important part, the water.
What are the most essential parts that I need
- Koi
- Water
Koi could be created from coloured plastic sheets
Paper
Water would most likely use light or a projector