Category: Research Binder

The phenomenon I am choosing to focus my shrine around is people’s obsession and connection with video games. Over the past few decades, video games have quickly become a huge part of many people’s lives. I think lots of people almost worship their video games. That is why I want to make a shrine about… Continue reading Research Assignment 1

The shrine will be focused on cats, because I’ve always been attracted to the mysteriousness of cats. I love its strength, spontaneity, cuteness, elegance, and independence, and I’m especially drawn to their life style, living in the moment and looks chill all the time. Sometimes in life, I couldn’t balance work and life, and end… Continue reading Jingyi Zhou – Project 2

Assignment One: I have decided to center my shrine on cats. Cats are my favorite animal, well domesticated animal. Beyond that fact, they mean a lot to me within my personal life. I have loved animals since I was a little girl; I would read books and draw pictures of the animals that mesmerized me.… Continue reading Research Assignments Project 2 – Reilly Babcock

For the second sculpting project, I chose to look into the phenomenon known as the Dunning Kruger Effect. My shrine for this project will focus on how people tend to feel like they know everything about a topic by barely learning anything about it. As they continue to learn more about said topic, they realize… Continue reading Project 2 Topic

Part 1: For my sculpture/shrine I would like to focus on the specific locations of Venice, Florence, and Rome, Italy. When I was in high school, I went to Europe to study Italian Renaissance art and culture. Many of my interests as an artist have been inspired by these locations in Italy. While I was… Continue reading Angela Meckley Project 2 Parts 1 & 3

Part 1: For my shrine, I want to focus on the topic of mental health. This phenomenon/theme is important to me because there is often a stigma around mental health. People tend to think that poor mental health is a reflection of weakness. This misconception often prevents people from seeking help. In my own life,… Continue reading Project 2- Part 1 and 3

Lilly Dawson, Project 2 Spring 2019 The whole Folklore album by Taylor Swift is extremely meaningful to me (I even have a tattoo in reference one of the songs) and I knew I wanted to do something in theme with my skeletons and about actively trying every single day. This idea literally just came to… Continue reading Proj 2 Part 3

I really want to play off of this quote by Taylor Swift when she was talking about her song this is me trying: “I’ve been thinking about addiction and I’ve been thinking about people who.. if they are either suffering through mental illness or they are suffering through addiction or.. they have an everyday struggle.… Continue reading Proj 2 Part 1

Part 1: Clarifying Topic For this project, I want my shrine to focus on the aspects of freedom and tranquility in life. I associate these two words together and find that I feel the freest when I am calm and relaxed. I want to portray this sense together in my shrine by creating a piece… Continue reading Alec Freytag Project 2: Parts 1-3