3D Artist Gina Michaels

Gina Michaels uses casting sand to shape her artwork and then covers it in a layer of molted bronze. Her sculptural artwork tends to involve the mix and combination of hands or feet with nature. "My sculpture fuses the forms and gestures of humans and the botanical world, embodying the living energy we share. A hand is a leaf, or the earth itself. Fingers are petals that invite close inspection, but might poke the viewer in the eye. " This quote was from her artist statement on http://inliquid.org/complete-artist-list/michaels-gina/ 
I really enjoyed her work just for the unique quality with the ideas and how her imagination created artwork that has you just stop and think about it for a minute. She used great colors and contrasted them well with each other especially the colors ontop of the bronze layer. One of my favorite pieces was Ken and Doug and how the hands are layered on top  of each other reaching out in different directions. But at the same time blend together because of the blue turquoise color layered on top. Also the texture/pattern that was created in layering was something that made this piece especially eye catching. 


I have had trouble uploading pictures, but all  of her work is on the website above and i will have linked below. She also has print making artwork that i also enjoyed because of the nature base prints that were made.
http://inliquid.org/complete-artist-list/michaels-gina/ 

2D materials turned into 3D art!

Yulia Brodskaya is an artist that uses paper to illustrate and create 3D objects. From far away you cant tell its paper it just looks 3D like you dont see the details of texture. But it still looks amazing just as much up close as it does far away.the colors and the way she uses the paper gives it movement, texture and unique qualtities. Especially in the art pieces that looks like people. It uses movement in these pieces the most to create the face and hair.the way they bend and use the paper almost makes it look like paint but its really just tiny strips of paper. Which i find very cool and ineresting.

Jasper John's Sculptures

I have a love hate relationship towards his work. I find it very interesting but very weird at the same time. He has a lot of great textures in his pieces and the use of metal is awesome. But I wasn't a fan of the light sluptures. I was a fan of the glasses with the mouths inside the eye lenses I thought that was very abstract and unique.

Assemblage Artists

 
right: untitled "combines" 1963
left: Canyon 1959

Both of these pieces are created by Robert Rauschenberg. Most of his work is from trash and scrape he found on the streets of New York City. I personally love the flow that happens in these pieces the way your eye just goes with the piece. For me, my eye slowly travels through out the art work. I love the colors in the piece on the right and the bird on the piece on the left. It emphasizes its self from the whole piece.









1st: The Garden of Eden, 2003
2nd: Bed Springs, 1960
3rd: Twins in the Forest, 1989
4th: Wide Walls (Walking Dream with a Four Foot Collage, 1965)

All were created by Jim Dine.
Jim Dine was an American artist, i absolulety love his work mainly because they are all so different. The ideas, colors, design, textures each are different and unique. Artist do this a lot, but his are all still in the same media "assemblage", and i find this very unique and interesting about him. Just by searching in "Jim Dine Assemblage art" you get this whole variety of different designs and textures, and colors that pop out everywhere.

Mayan Ceramics is produced in the pre-Columbina Maya Culture of Mesoamerica. Its a reflection of their lifestlye and culture. They use paper, plster, wood and stoone for carving and what ever they can find to sculpt like clay. 

I really like the way the carvings in these pieces the different sizes and thicknesses. I like the designs, and the fact that they represtent something for their culture.

Negative Space

Negative space, is the area around and between subjects in a piece of art. Its a blank area where there is no detail except emptiness. Space is used for artistic effect for the "real" subject of the image/art piece. Its the empty and/or empty space around an object that results in defining the object. It helps gain attention and emphasize your main point of view in your art work.









The last three sculptures, were created by Sukhi Barber. Barbers common art work is a person in the meditation position, and sculpted into it is negative space. The artist uses shapes and designs, carves them out and the negative space around and in it, gives the design more of a pop. Emphasizing the emptiness.