February 2012
5 posts
Greatest Strength/Unrealized Potential Critique:...
Working with wire was an entirely new experience for me. I have learned many new and important techniques when working with wire and hopefully I’ll be able to utilize them on other projects in the future. As for the critique on my shoe:
Strengths:
I chose a shoe that was old because I knew that the wire shoe wouldn’t turn out to be exactly like the real thing, but it gave it enough...
Chapter 8: Constructing Meaning
Iconography:
Iconography, the study of symbolic visual images, is something everyone has experienced when analyzing an image for its surface or hidden meanings.
“Yellow Jacket” by Lily Haole (aka Lily-Fox) is a great piece which we can analyze for iconographic meanings (http://lily-fox.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1xctck) Also, check out the rest of her work on DeviantART, she’s...
Chapter 7: Developing Critical Thinking
The Wire Shoe project is challenging before you even start it; there are several challenges and obstacles one needs to tackle in order to complete it. However, the process does not have to be as confusing as the concept may sound. Chapter 7, Developing Critical Thinking breaks apart and blocks out a process that can be very beneficial to the amount of work one has to do and to one’s sanity....
Chapter 6: Problem Seeking and Problem Solving
After reading Chapter 6 it is apparent that all of the groups working on the Candle Project were using many of the ideas and techniques described in the chapter. The Candle Project required previous brainstorming before we could even begin building it, such as writing a list and gathering the materials we need, thumbnail sketches, and full comprehension of the problem at hand.
This was one of...