Art 1010 Found Object Art Project

American Beach Babe

Sacoya Pedersen
07/20/14
Length: 20 inches
Materials Used:
01. 1 Avocado
02. 1 Wine Glass
03. 2 Psh Pins
04. 1 A!erican "lag Pa#er Plate
0$. 2 #lastic %nives
0&. 1 Pin% 'tic%( )ote
07. 'everal Pieces o* +o,le 'ided -a#e
0.. 2 /,,er 0ands
PROFESSOR GONZALES: Your thought process, design process and construction process.
'A123A P4+4/'4): M( thoght #rocess 5hen 6 read this assign!ent 5as literall( 75here do 6 even
,egin89 6:! not creative; so the thoght o* #tting rando! things together to create an art #iece see!ed
a,srd to !e. 6 had no ideas on 5hat 6 cold #ossi,l( !a%e; so 6 started to <st 5ander arond the
%itchen. When 6 *ond ite!s 6 thoght cold #ossi,l( go 5ell; this is 5hen 6 atte!#ted to start this #ro<ect.
-here 5as no thoght #rocess ,e*ore hand; ,esides to search the %itchen.
When #re#aring to create this *ond o,<ect art #ro<ect; 6 started ,( loo%ing arond !( %itchen. 6 noticed an
e!#t( 5ine glass ,ottle 5ith an avocado sitting ne=t to it. 6 5asn:t sre ho5 6 cold inter#ret these t5o
things together; ntil 6 thoght that it cold #ossi,l( ,e a head. 6 a! o,sessed 5ith the ,each and
considering this !onth it is the 4th and 24th o* >l(; 5e have a lot o* a!erican *lag decor ot right no5. As
soon as 6 ca!e across the #late in !( #antr(; 6 %ne5 this 5as going to ,e the the!e o* !( art #ro<ect
,ecase it see!ed ver( cte to !e and #er*ect ti!ing. 6 5anted to se so!ething else *or the ar!s
,esides #lastic %nives; ,t 6 coldn:t see! to *ind so!ething that 5old 5or%. 6 tried a !etal *or%; ,t the
*or%s 5ere too heav( to ,e held # ,( ta#e. 6 5ish 6 5old have *ond #lastic *or%s ,ecase 6 *eel it
5old:ve ,een !ore realistic? -he 7,each ,a,e9 #art thoght ca!e to !( !ind ,ecase 6 a! leaving to
1ancn here shortl( in the ne=t 5ee%. Also; 5hile creating !( #ro<ect 6 thoght !( tan conterto# actall(
loo%ed li%e sand and it 5ent @ite 5ell 5ith the #ro<ect.
-his #iece 5as !ade ,( ta#ing ever(thing together and si!#l( setting the avocado on the 5ine glass. 6
!ade the hat ,( sing a #a#er #late; !a%ing a slit in it; then overla##ing it and ta#ing it. -he hat 5as sat
and #ro##ed on the avocado. -he e(es 5ere #shed into the avocado ,ecase the( 5ere #sh #ins. -he
#in% li#s/!oth 5ere ct 5ith scissors to *or! the sha#e o* the !oth; then ta#ed on the avocado. 6 *ond
tisse #a#er that 5as sed to ,e the s%irt and ,i%ini to#. 6t 5as the #er*ect colors; 5hite and red. -o %ee#
the s%irt on the 7A!erican 0each 0a,e9; 6 sed a r,,er ,and to %ee# it attached to the 5ine glass ,ottle.
As 5ell as !a%e the ,i%ini to#; 6 sed a r,,er ,and to !a%e it clearl( noticea,le a,ot 5hat it 5as. -he
,i%ini to# 5as %e#t on ,( ta#e ,ecase it had to hold # the ar!s. Plastic %nives 5ere ta#ed on the ,ac%
to signi*( the ar!s. -he tan conter to# is s##osed to re#resent sand and the 7A!ericano 0each 0a,e9
is sitting in it; hence the no legs.
PROFESSOR GONZALES: Chaenges !ou "aced in co#peting the assign#ent and ho$ !ou
addressed the#.
'A123A P4+4/'4): -he thing 6 strggled 5ith !ost is ,eing creative. 6 honestl( can:t even re!e!,er
the last ti!e 6 ever !ade an art #ro<ect. When 6 have too !an( things in *ront o* !( *ace 6 get ver(
over5hel!ed; so 6 had to *ind things then i!!ediatel( inter#ret the! into the art #ro<ect; i* not then 6 !st
#t it ,ac%. -his #ro<ect re@ired !e to se a #art o* !( ,rain that 6 t(#icall( al!ost never se. 6t 5as a
reall( ,ig strggle to inter#ret these di**erent ite!s into one scl#tre; ,t 6 overca!e this ,( ta%ing !(
slo5 ti!e and reall( thin%ing a,ot it. -he ti!e it too% as starting to stress !e ot. 6 tried several things on
it and too% the! o**; ,e*ore 6 *ond <st the rights ite!s. 6nstead o* stressing !(sel* ot 6 too% each #iece
o* the art #ro<ect ste# ,( ste#. 6 didn:t color or #aint an(thing ,ecase 6 let the *ond o,<ects 5or% *or
the!selves and sr#risingl( the( 5ere <st the right color *or !( the!e; ,esides the ar!s. 6 thoght it
5old ,e too hard to #aint these a realistic 7s%in tone.9 Per*ection is another thing 6 reall( strggled 5ith.
-he e(es ,gged !e so ,ad ,ecase the( 5ere t5o di**erent colors and ver( nrealistic to !e; ,t 6 had
to re!e!,er it:s s##osed to ,e a *ond o,<ect art. 6t did cross !( !ind that this cold ,e inter#reted
sch as the #eo#le that have heterochro!ia At5o di**erent e(e colors.B
6 a! ver( satis*ied 5ith ho5 this #ro<ect trned ot. 6 started it not %no5ing 5hat in the 5orld 6 5as going
to do and that over5hel!ed !e a lot. "or those that %no5 !e; 6 get ver( stressed ot easil( and <st the
thoght o* this #ro<ect had !( stress level at a !a=i!!. 6:! sr#rised that 6 thoght o* so!ething this
creative and 5as a,le to !a%e a #ro<ect ot o* rando! o,<ects. 6 do 5ish 6 5as so!eone that can easil(
do this ,ecase so!e reall( cool #ieces o* art has ,een created? 6 *eel li%e creativit( is so!ething that
co!es natrall( to #eo#le and others have to 5or% reall( hard *or it Ali%e !(sel*.B6t has !ade !e thin% o*
#ossi,l( #racticing this !ore ,ecase it can actall( ,e a *n sorce o* entertain!ent. -his #ro<ect !ade
!e realiCe that 6 reall( can do things that 6 *eel li%e 6 cannot do. 6:! ver( #rod o* !(sel* and than%*l 5e
5ere assigned this #ro<ect. 6t e=#anded !( vie5 on creating #ro<ects ot o* ever(da( things that 5e thin%
o* 7gar,age9 or not 7se*l.9