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Sustained Investigation
My sustained investigation started by exploring what intimacy and relationships look like to me, in my own personal life, and in the lives of people around me. As you go through my projects you can see how my feelings progress, not only through my outward relationships, but also in the relationship with myself as I reflect on my experiences. The once happy and light topic got dark, as I looked further and deeper into my feelings and started losing control of a once happy topic in my life.
In project 1 I wanted to get down to the basics and explore the 5 different ways people express love, and how my peers felt about it in their own lives. Projects 2,9,8,10 are all more emotional for me and hold a special meaning that may not be seen by viewers. Through all my projects I did my best to pick a medium that would best compliment the mood I was trying to convey while also learning something new. Project 3,4,8,9 I wanted to show a raw pain that you can only feel after losing someone after giving all of yourself.
Leading Question: How is intimacy shown in my life and how may it be different for others?
15 Images
Focusing on my own intimate life. Using watercolor and light tones for a comfortable feeling.
Materials used: Watercolor, gel pen, fine liners
Dimensions: 4x6
Practice for 2, working on creating clean stitches and creating form with a new medium
Size: NA
Materials Used: Embroidery String
Working with gold leaf and ink to create a simpler piece while creating personal meaning
Size: NA
Materials Used: Watercolor, Gold Leaf, India Ink
From 15, I highlighted a specific part of the image to draw the eye, and create a sense of “knowing”
Size: NA
Materials used: Photoshop
Final for project 5, using photoshop and different lighting to convey fear
Size: 10x15
Materials Used: Photography, Photoshop for the collage over faces
Opposites can mix and make something beautiful. Using the most iconic color mixing combo
Size: 11x6
Materials Used: Stained Glass, Solder
4 different scenes using different mediums. Sense of loss and aloneness throughout scenes
Size: 17.5x11.5
Materials Used: Acrylic, India Ink, Watercolor, Alcohol Marker, Colored Pencil
Using blue, cool tones for a peaceful scene. Uses a ‘comfort’ medium to create ‘homely’ feeling.
Materials used: Embroidery string, old t-shirt
Dimensions: 4x4
Finished project 3, making something 2D look 3D while also staying accurate to anatomy
Size: 14x 11.5
Materials Used: Construction paper, Colored Pencil, White gel pen
Revision of 3, holds a deeper meaning and shows better knowledge of the mediums used
Size: 7.5x10.5
Materials Used: Watercolor, India Ink for gold stars
From 15, highlighting one part of the image highlights key feature bringing out trapped feeling
Size: NA
Materials Used: Photoshop
Interactive curtains and dolls creating playful experience using marker to make the piece simplistic
Size: 18x11
Materials Used: Alcohol Marker
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Close up of project 8 to show detail, and how the scenes go together using the same medium
Size: NA
Materials Used: Alcohol Marker
Hiding meanings in my work and show clear contrast and value
Size: 11x12
Materials Used: Ballpoint Pen
Cutouts of pictures old and new. Arranging, gluing, covered in mod podge and extra words glued on.
Size: 23x22
Materials Used: Collage, Acrylic Paint for white outlines
5 Images
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Ideas: Portrayal of overload of information from the media
Medium(s): Acrylic Paint and Magazine cut outs
Process: I painted the reporter over the cut outs and added extra details to create overwhelming emotion
Ideas: For my ex-girlfriend, I wanted to make her something soft that had references from our relationship.
Medium(s): Alcohol marker
Process: I used pastel colors to create a soft, cute feel. Then I added extra things that represented us
Ideas: Feeling of being alone, abandoned, and exposed
Medium(s): Watercolor and Ink
Process: Created from a poem I wrote when feeling down. I just painted exactly how I felt.
Ideas: Being out of your body or disconnected from things
Medium(s): Watercolor and a darker palette
Process: I used my own hand as reference. I always pain in watercolor when I feel sad
Ideas: Dark, simplistic beauty. Taking a shot at magazine-esque
Medium(s): Photography
Process: I usually have lots of heavy makeup so I wanted to try something more natural
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