Hinton

Ashley Hinton January 15, 2010 Artist Statement

Artist Statement:

I was inspired to create this piece of art after I saw various paintings from Andy Warhol. Warhol was an American painter, printer and filmmaker. He became world famous for pop art. I absolutely love the idea of pop art. I found that art never really interested me until I seen his work. So I decided to create something similar to his work. Being as though I’m not yet a professional artist, creating a piece similar to those of Warhol’s wasn’t as easy as I thought. The process was very time consuming.

First I sketched out a few images of things I though I may want to put into my piece. I went from a variety of things such as flowers and teddy bears and Mickey Mouse. I sketched all three. In the end I decided to use flowers. After I finished the sketch I used a piece of paperboard and cut it to the exact length that I needed. Then, I began to recreate my sketch on the cardboard. After my final sketch I began choosing colors for my painting. With my piece being pop art I wanted to use bright colors. Andy Warhol seems to highlight his photos with really bright colors so I piggy backed off of this idea.

I wasn't quite able to finish my project. There is still some painting and what not that i have to do. My plans are to gloss my painting and laminate it so that i can frame it. The other project that I was working on was our group project. Alexia, Teila, Kai and i decided to do a group project together that expressed emotion.

We first cut out white paper and painted it blue and black. Now were in the process of crafting our smiley faces from string. It's going to take a lot of time and patience but i think we can get it done. I am looking forward to seeing our final product :)

Q3-Q4 Artist Statement June 10, 2010

Link to My Pictures: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dd83bgkh_20cnn8gtdc I decided that i wanted to begin learning new skills and do a new form of art. In third quarter i spent most of my time throwing clay and learning how to create bowls and cylinders. Wedging the clay was definitely the most difficult part of doing so. Wedging clay to get air bubbles out took a lot of practice. In fact i practiced this skill for weeks. Ms. Echols decided to have me throw clay for a few weeks to get the feel of creating pottery so i would soon be able to do so on my own, and eventually was.

For my fourth quarter project i decided to create a set of table wear in green and black. Originally i wanted to create a piggy bank or a vase and plate. I never really was able to create a piggy bank but i did get around to creating a set of table wear. After i molded my bowl and plate, i trimmed it and then glazed it. The experience was wonderful.