Monday, November 29, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
A project combining many talented individuals
I was thankful to be a part of a project a couple of weeks ago helping out with photo and lighting. I brought my Canon 5D Mark II
to take some still shots, & also took some video. I thought we could make a short video from the footage taken that day.
Here is a behind the scenes short video.
Jamie Ainsworth Photoshoot from Jason Daniel on Vimeo.
Thanks to:
Jason Daniel for editing this together
Tom Beck of Beck Photographic
William Patrick Butler for producing the whole thing
Leah Vincent for hair, make-up & the cheese plate
Jamie Ainsworth is our fab model, who is signed with HOP
Eudora Welty Commons for letting us use their beautiful space
The music is from "King of You" by Psapp
to take some still shots, & also took some video. I thought we could make a short video from the footage taken that day.Here is a behind the scenes short video.
Jamie Ainsworth Photoshoot from Jason Daniel on Vimeo.
Thanks to:
Jason Daniel for editing this together
Tom Beck of Beck Photographic
William Patrick Butler for producing the whole thing
Leah Vincent for hair, make-up & the cheese plate
Jamie Ainsworth is our fab model, who is signed with HOP
Eudora Welty Commons for letting us use their beautiful space
The music is from "King of You" by Psapp
Friday, November 19, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Box Sculptures
Handcrafted cards, boxes, folders, frames, bags – these are the things that I’ve had in my mind to do. They are all vessels, containers for holding thoughts, keepsakes, images, and gifts. I had just finished a collection of collage cards and was ready to take on boxes.
I didn’t want to limit my approach with an eye towards just craft, something I think of as more functional and beautiful, but to widen my approach to seeing them as objects of art, something to investigate for its own sake regardless of aesthetics and practicalities. My friend Kathryn, who I meet once a month for an art exchange, called them box sculptures when I started to describe my idea. I think that word, “box sculpture” allowed me the freedom to converge my notions of craft and art, or in fact let go.
This is the first one and like most first sketches it isn’t at all close to what I had in mind. I started with a template of a standard small box and covered it with squares and strips of found and decorative papers. I’m not at ease working in 3D. The glue I used is not strong enough, the box is fragile and it doesn't close. I thought of lining the whole inside with the same paper but it was too intense, so I changed mid-course and now the result looks odd. It’s not very “sculptural.” I doubt there’s any sort of convergence of art and craft in this, but I did try to let go of preconceptions.
It is kind of eclectic-looking. I didn’t hold back on how I arranged the paper collage. I enjoyed the process. It took me forever to make (starting with cutting the squares and strips of paper). But in the end I like it. It’s the beginning of a new direction. Now I can start on another one and am excited to see what happens.
I didn’t want to limit my approach with an eye towards just craft, something I think of as more functional and beautiful, but to widen my approach to seeing them as objects of art, something to investigate for its own sake regardless of aesthetics and practicalities. My friend Kathryn, who I meet once a month for an art exchange, called them box sculptures when I started to describe my idea. I think that word, “box sculpture” allowed me the freedom to converge my notions of craft and art, or in fact let go.
This is the first one and like most first sketches it isn’t at all close to what I had in mind. I started with a template of a standard small box and covered it with squares and strips of found and decorative papers. I’m not at ease working in 3D. The glue I used is not strong enough, the box is fragile and it doesn't close. I thought of lining the whole inside with the same paper but it was too intense, so I changed mid-course and now the result looks odd. It’s not very “sculptural.” I doubt there’s any sort of convergence of art and craft in this, but I did try to let go of preconceptions.
It is kind of eclectic-looking. I didn’t hold back on how I arranged the paper collage. I enjoyed the process. It took me forever to make (starting with cutting the squares and strips of paper). But in the end I like it. It’s the beginning of a new direction. Now I can start on another one and am excited to see what happens.
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