Soap Carving Animals

On Longing Assignment

Halie McConnell "The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale" Nutrition and fitness is important to me. The harder I work and more effort I put into my workouts, I love to see how my body changes and evolves into a better me. Halie McConnell "The souvenir exists as a sample of the now distant experience, an experience which the object can only evoke and resinate" This is a photograph of my uncle, aunt, cousins, and I. It is one of those pictures the workers take of you when entering the park. I love to look back at this "souvenir" to remind me of the great memories I made that night. Halie McConnell "The souvenir reduces the public, monumental, and 3-D into the miniature, that which can be enveloped by the body" Surfing is a great pleasure of mine. My friend Jordan and I go surfing between classes if the waves are good. This is a special memory for me because it's just her and I and the se

Balsa Wood Sculptures

In process photo Final pieces "Tipping" Balsa wood, masking tape, wood glue, black paint, paper 10" by 6" "Creeping In" Balsa wood, masking tape, black paint, pins 3" by 10"

Memento

In process photo Final piece "Stray Guatamala" Fur, clay, sand 2" by 3" Artist Statement - When I traveled to Guatemala, I took in so many beautiful sites. Traveling out of the country was an amazing, yet shocking experience for me. What stuck the most when I got back to the states were the stray dogs and black sand beaches. Early in the morning as the sun rose, I would walk the beach. The fog would be really thick, making it hard to see very far ahead of you. As I would walk, I would see many stray dogs roaming around the beach. Seeing all of the stray dogs on the beach was weird for me because there is nothing like that in the states. This piece is inspired by my trip to Guatemala. I used translucent baking clay, black sand, and fake fur to capture my memory into a palm sized memento. The translucent baking clay it used to capture the early morning fog. I then mixed the black sand and fake fur into the clay and molded it into a han

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