Katelyn Gummere 3D Materials and Concepts

Natural Dyed Pride Flags     This idea of naturally dyed pride flags stemmed from a desire to have a pride flag of that wasn’t so alarming to the eye. The goal was to create flags that felt cozy within a home environment that still made a statement like a synthetic dyed flag. The research and testing of colors was the most arduous part of tis project. The yellow and blue colors were the easiest to nail down as tumeric and indigo were the perfect shades from the beginning. Aside from the full spectrum flag the other communities that were chosen were the pansexual and transgender community. Although the transgender community is so quintessential for LGBTQ+ history it is often glossed over. The pansexual community was also chosen due to the fact that people who identify as such often get their sexuality erased from them. Full Spectrum Pansexual  Transgender

Principle of Art/Design: Pattern For this sculpture a small sliver of wood was dipped into ink and stamped it onto the separate pieces of balsa to with dry brushed ink on top. The inside is covered with black ink to create a void within the sculpture that makes it appear as though it is floating in space. Principle of Art/Design: Scale This sculpture scrap pieces of balsa were used and were added onto to create this form of chaos. Each piece was added to create this dichotomy between large and smaller scaled pieces.

The soap carving reference was a bull which was a rather difficult animal to carve out of soap. The legs of it were not sturdy enough due to it being weighed down by the heavier top. The tail and horns repeatedly fell off considering they were thin pieces of soap. This project would probably have been more enjoyable if I had chosen a different animal. 

Memento: "Boxed Breakdown" Wood, orange acrylic paint, gray acrylic paint This memento represents a memory from last summer the night before my 19th birthday. My mom was out of town and my now ex-boyfriend wouldn't spend time with me that night. I was feeling extremely lonely so I took my dog down to the beach and sat and watched the waves and sunset until I had finally broke down. Early that year I had been rethinking the whole relationship and it had finally got to me and I called a close friend and confessed all my thoughts and needed advice.  The wood was used to make a structural illusion that made the back panel the main focus. The gray color was used to depict the emptiness that was built up over the past few months. The creamsicle-esq orange painted on the back panel represents the sunset that surrounded my right side on the beach that night and embodies the more colorful/fulfilling future that was awaiting me after the relationship ended. ...

Spatial Blueprint Wood, acrylic paints: ultramarine, light blue, white, pink, and black. The spatial blueprint depicted was inspired by my mentor's studio space. The space itself is structurally rectangular with long rectangular hallways that bring you into other parts of her house. The abstract roses that protruded from the piece are representative of all the things that extended off her walls and abstract flowers that I would observe her paint. I chose this place due to the fact I don't have many attachments to physical places but this was a place I have always found sanctuary in even after many years. The fluid design and floral attachments I made were inspired by her art that was dispersed around the studio. Each rose that I attached and painted was painted differed from each other whereas I wanted to be as abstract and inconsistent as I could get. Progress photos: This last progress picture was when I was attempting to imitate the reference pho...

Ballad of Buster Scruggs Scrap wood, wood glue, nails, dirt, pyrite bits, rope, black, brown, and white acrylic paint, air dry clay, weathered coins, black string, and weathered rock The exterior of the box is made from scrap wood and a distress stain using a mix of several brown acrylic paints, black acrylic paint that was watered down to create a stain effect. The holes on the lid mimic the bullets shot through characters so unrealistically that light will shine through them. The box itself is meant to look like a coffin due to the fact that there is so much death within the anthologies but no coffin or burial scene is shown. It is as if there is no time to grieve in the wild west. Upon removing the lid the first layer is revealed. The five items represent five out of six stories shown within the film. The dice made from air dry clay has only 1's and 8's that references the poker hand that Buster Scruggs refuses to play that is Aces and Eights which...