The purpose of this project was to create a juxtaposed image using three different shapes made up of cut outs and copies from magazines, or other pictures that represent ourselves. The geometric shapes that I used were 3 linear, 5 circular, and 7 rectangular shapes.The basic theme of this piece is representational photographs that represent who I am, was, or want to be. Ive had horses all my life, and hope to continue to have them throughout my lifetime. The photograph of the baby holding his daddy's finger represents that one day i hope to be married and have a family of my own. Next is a picture of a porch swing looking out into a field. I grew up on a farm and when I start my own family hope to also live someplace peaceful, like represented by the porch swing and the view.My name, Abigail Leslie, will always be a part of me, and I'm proud of that. I am named after my aunt who was killed in a car accident when she was 5 years old by a drunk driver. Her name was Leslie Gail. The heart is representational of me being such a cheese and always caring so much about love. It is the most generic symbol possible, but it is still one of my favorites. The large picture on the right side of the canvas represents my fetish with shoes, but also my closeness to my mother. She also loves shoes and me and her are very very close to one another. The Holy Bible is an obvious symbol of religion. I am Methodist and used to be extremely religious, since I came to college I haven't been as close to God as I would have hoped, so I would like to eventually become close to God again and raise my children to also have faith. BGSU School of Art is obviously a huge part of who I am right now. My entire life is based around those four words, and I have to work my ass off to try and keep motivated and do my best while I'm here. The wedding ring is obvious, like I said before, I want to get married after I graduate college. The photograph next to it is of me and my current boyfriend, Brandon. We have been together for about a year and I am very happy with my relationship I have with him, and I hope that he also is in my future. The cell phone is also obvious...it's like my line to the outside world. Next to that is the word 'beauty' and a curling iron. On top of going to BGSU full time, I also attend the Toledo Academy of Beauty part-time. In this piece, there also are two rhinestones. When I was younger I used to always wear glitter and crazy things that made my very different from all of my peers. I see those rhinestones as a reminder to always be myself and believe in what I want for me.
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The image on the left is the same project, but done by one of my classmates, Meg Kettinger. Her approach as to what images she used was very different from mine because instead of using a different image or object for every shape and size, like mine, Meg chose to use the same object simply for each shape. This gave her project more of a sense of unity because the repetition of the same objects tied everything in together.Both pieces fulfilled the requirements by having all the shapes and all the different sizes, and also by focusing on having a dominant and subordinate positive and negative spaces. Both also have at least one image that goes off the page, giving it a larger sense of space. Also, both pieces of work make the viewer's eye move all around the page, not cause it to shoot off a corner or a side. It is important to keep the viewer involved with the piece and force them to look for the meaning behind it, to figure out who we really are from these simple photograph collages.
These pieces were very important for us to understand the basic principles of dominance, balance, and how to properly compose a piece. These baby steps in learning are what will help turn us into artists with skill and technique.
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