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Archives for March 2013
The seasons, represented in full edible sculpture mode at the NY Botanical Gardens
Carin Mincemoyer
Bone Carver in Hawaii
Title of Event:Bone carving studio
Date and time of event: Thursday Feb, 28th
Location of Event: Kailua, Oahu
Type of Event: Studio tour
1.) Provide a brief detail-oriented technical description or summary of the event you attended. I visited a native Hawaiian’s Bone carving studio. Using cow bones, fossilized whale bones, fish bones and water buffalo horn, the bone carvers create unique shapes and symbols that carry different meanings in hawaiian culture. The art began as a method of sustenance, the natives made fish hooks from the bones and through the centuries art spawned from it. The process entailed selecting the bone that best accomodates the form being carved, a drawing of the form being done, roughing out on a band saw, then finer details being cut on a scroll saw, and finally the fine detail being done with a dremel and exacto knife. The one I purchased is a traditional fish hook made from cow bone that represents a provider, and head of a family.
2.) Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal criticalinsight / response to the event. How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?
I found the specific meanings to be very interesting, and the variety, everything from fish hooks to spirals to octopus, and everyhting had a specific meaning and level of detail appropriate for each, the hooks are done with amazing detail while the sea life is left morte vague almost like a cave painting. Overlla the entire experience was very interesting and loaded with the depth of culture and an art that has been practiced and carried down for hundred of years.
3.) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?
The levle of detail and aesthetic quality really impressed me. they make this bone look like pearl through buffing and the detail is almost hard to believe.
4.) Overall, how would you rate this event (10 being the most worthwhile)? 9
eight 5.) Justify your rating in the question above:
I think the experience was awesome, but unlike the tiki i was expecting it to be like it was and i like experiencing new and cool concepts ideas, and processes.
Arts XPose
During my trip to Oahu Hawaii, I was able to see two amazing types of sculpture unique to the islands and culture, The first was a Tiki carver. Although they seem very cliche and a classic touristy thing hawaiians take them seriously, and attribute a variety of meaning to the expression of the mouth and the type of head dress. For example the one I got has a growluing face and is the tiki of protection and a fire head dress which symbolizes passion and drive. The carver used a variety of native woods such as Koa, Hibiscus and Mango. The only tools used in the process are chainsaws for roughing the forms out, handsaws for more precise shaping, and chisels and a leather mallet for removing the material to create the completed form.
Title of Event: Tiki Studio
Date and time of event: Monday March 4th
Location of Event: Haleiwa, Oahu
Type of Event: Culture/sculture
1.) Provide a brief detail-oriented technical description or summary of the event you attended. During my trip to Oahu Hawaii, I was able to see two amazing types of sculpture unique to the islands and culture, The first was a Tiki carver. Although they seem very cliche and a classic touristy thing hawaiians take them seriously, and attribute a variety of meaning to the expression of the mouth and the type of head dress. For example the one I got has a growluing face and is the tiki of protection and a fire head dress which symbolizes passion and drive. The carver used a variety of native woods such as Koa, Hibiscus and Mango. The only tools used in the process are chainsaws for roughing the forms out, handsaws for more precise shaping, and chisels and a leather mallet for removing the material to create the completed form.
2.) Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal criticalinsight / response to the event. How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?
I found the entire process to be very fascinating and culture rich. I love traditiona types of art and the meanings and overall feeling of depth that comes from them. The process is also amazing to me, they dont have any sort of template or list of possible combinations but they just do and invent and expand certain ideas that have been centuries old.
3.) What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?
the speed and precision at which they carved, they were clearly masters at it. they made minimal cuts and chiselings to create something that otherwise looked like hours upon hours were sepnt on it.
4.) Overall, how would you rate this event (10 being the most worthwhile)? 10
eight 5.) Justify your rating in the question above:
Just seeing and exanding my understanding on something I thought would basically be a touristy and fake experience only to find i was wrong was amazing. I love being proved wrong like that and have a whole new respect for everything regarding tikis and the culture of the islands.
Brittany Emigh – Accumulation
I want my project to deal with our society’s large demand for energy and the method of mass production as a supply. I plan to create a stack of logs in order to represent wood as a natural resource that could be used for a source of energy. I will represent the worth of the logs as a form of energy by painting them gold and labeling them with barcodes. By displaying the logs as valuable, I hope to create a sense of irony within my work. I think it would be interesting to show the value of a natural resource by painting them gold, however it would be ironic because the plaster molds are actually useless as energy. While mass production seems like a good idea, it is impossible to mass produce a natural resource like wood.
This idea is inspired by a course that I am currently taking called Energy and Society which deals with natural resources and how our world deals with issues involving the demand for resources.
Brittany Emigh – Accumulation
I want my project to deal with our society’s large demand for energy and the method of mass production as a supply. I plan to create a stack of logs in order to represent wood as a natural resource that could be used for a source of energy. I will represent the worth of the logs as a form of energy by painting them gold and labeling them with barcodes. By displaying the logs as valuable, I hope to create a sense of irony within my work. I think it would be interesting to show the value of a natural resource by painting them gold, however it would be ironic because the plaster molds are actually useless as energy. While mass production seems like a good idea, it is impossible to mass produce a natural resource like wood.
This idea is inspired by a course that I am currently taking called Energy and Society which deals with natural resources and how our world deals with a bunch of issues involving our demand for resources.