Black Man Grove: A.F. Scott

Prof Scott's installation piece for Amplify Action 2012. Helped him assemble some pieces before the show.

Monster! Actually just nose and mouth unfinished.

Running in circles

So many ideas but so lost, I just don't know where to start. I want to live a higher life than I am now, create art that can change the way people see the world and then therefore the way they act. However I know my purpose is higher than that, I want to help people. How and who I do not know yet, my opportunity is out there.

Here is a concept I am working on:

I am interested in addressing the idea of the collective and the way it is so malleable and molded by the power of so many influences. Ultimately I want to help people, change the way they see the world and therefore the way they behave in reaction to the world. We are manipulated by politics and advertising making us, the collective, feel the need to obtain unnecessary things, want things only a few will ever really have or even the chance to achieve and obtain such coveted positions in society, material possessions, attention and so on. Through tactile non-objective Multimedia works I will show how levels of this process and how we as a people can evolve beyond our current state of want, greed and selfishness to reach a place which I feel we are capable of achieving.

Realist Painting

 Here are my 3 paintings produced in Realist Painting last quarter where I studied the work of Catherine Murphy where I attempted to channel her concepts through my paintings.

"Adam" 30''x40''

"Bag and Scissors" 18''x24''

"Lunchbox" 18''x24"

3D Scanner Bird

In my awesome Digital Applications in Sculpture class I have the chance to learn and utilize 3D modeling programs, the laser scanner, laser printer, milling machine and 3D printer. So many amazing skill sets. 

Here are my first 3D scans into scan studio in which I aligned the images, trimmed and fused them to create a solid digital 3D form.

First Scan

First scan

Aligning multiple scan families

Second scan

Trimming extra segments

Follow the drinking gourd

Last quarter my Sculpture class helped Professor Andrew F. Scott assemble his commission installation piece for the Jepson Center, Telfair Museum, particularly for the Pulse Festival. Which is a festival that focuses on art created with technology. 
He designs his work digitally on a 3D modeling program such as rhino or Maya then uses a laser cutter to cut the pieces out of cardboard, it is just a big puzzle from there. Just a little super glue and man power and bam, there you go. Prof. Scott is awesome. More pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/afsart/sets/72157629456690321/with/6932784959/

This digitally-produced sculpture makes reference to the American folk song “Follow the Drinkin’ Gourd.” Legend has it the song may have been used by conductors of the Underground Railroad to guide runaway slaves to freedom in the North. Scott’s work is composed of two elements suspended from the ceiling in the Jepson Center atrium. A large gourd form represents Ursula Major, the Big Dipper. The dipper points to the North Star, Polaris, shown as part of a series of globe forms representing the Little Dipper.

This set documents the assembly of the Gourd Sculpture at the Jepson Center on February 20, 2012. The Gourd sculpture was transported to the Jepson Center in five parts. The components were then assembled by students collaborators:

Kieara Crisp
Dennis Curry
Ty Derousseau
Leslie Laburda
Brandon Luepkes
Emily Nelms (photographer)
Samantha Woolhiser
Daniella Zeman
James Scott (photographer)

Memja

Hey guys,
Logo design for Memeja.com, a meme creation site. Still in beta mode but there you go.

Bronze in Atlanta

Here are some photos from the bronze workshop in Atlanta. I didn't get to cast anything but it was an awesome process to learn about!