JordanM+Spring+2018+Page

Hi, my name is Jordan Morris and welcome to my art studio page. I am an Integrative Studies major which basically mean that I am interested in Education. I have taken a few basic art courses while I was in high school but never really went higher than intros because I'm a bit "artistically challenged". I'm not great at art even though I wish I was. I have seen some of the worlds most famous paintings and statues throughout my life time, which has made me appreciate art in a different way. I love the history of art and how different techniques were so new at their time. My favorite kind of art period is the Italian renascence. I love all the new humanism ideals and creative new art techniques. I guess my interesting fact about me would be that I am a military kid that has lived almost entirely in Europe, that is how I have seen so many great art pieces, I'm not just spoiled. I just moved from England 6 months ago after living there for 7 and 1/2 years. I'm excited for this class and what it will teach me!

**Gestalt Principle**




=**Line**=
 * I can't figure out how to rotate any of my pictures but this is a** **picture of my stairs and I thought this fit because of all its horizontal lines.**


 * this picture of this basket I thought worked because of all of it's interwoven horizontal lines.**


 * These lines on my mirror has different density and directions.**


 * My rug outside definitely has variation of direction throughout it.**


 * The trees outside had different weights of its branches and different amounts of density.**


 * The molding on out ceiling had a interesting amount of density in certain areas and different weights throughout it as well.**


 * The design on our furniture had different directions all through it and different kinds of weights too.**


 * The brick in our house has the same direction through it but the thickness of the lines in it seemed to also be consistent.**


 * These flower stems and leaves had different directions all throughout them.**


 * One of the chests in my house had different weights, densities, and directions all over it.**

=**Homework Drawing Assignment**=

**Contour drawings**




**Gesture Drawings**


Inflatable This is our inflatable blown up. Bri was drawing a hand in class when we were discussing what to do for our inflatable. I then went off her idea and suggested that we do a boxing glove. It seemed to fit all the criteria for the project and thought it wouldn't be too difficult, I ended up being wrong and it was very hard to make. So the first thing that I did was help Bri make the bottom of the structure. We used a clear plastic tarp to hold the trash bags that we put in it. We thought this would be a good idea to do this because we thought that a sold heavy base would help keep the top light and easy. It was a collaborative effort to make this bottom. I then helped the group attach the middle section to the bottom. One of the days that we planned to meet outside of class, I was the only one to show up. So after waiting for my group to show up for 30 minutes, I got to work myself. I added three layers of bags to lead into the top of the glove. After doing that I make adjustments to the rest of the inflatable. After making other adjustments and making the top, I decided to make the thumb. The next time that we met in class I discussed with my group what I had done by myself to get their opinion. I then attached the thumb to the hole that we made to fit it onto the structure. After, I attached the top of the glove to the middle with the help from Mehul and Matt. We then patched up other parts that needed help. I also taped the top of the glove down so it would actually look like a boxing glove instead of an oven mit. We, as a group, then decided that we were gonna meet up on another day to work on our project. Mehul was the only other person that showed up to work at all. We had tried to blow up the glove in the class before and noticed that it was having a problem standing up without support. So Mehul and I decided that we should find a way to help make it stand up. I thought that we needed something that could hold it up from all the sides. I then grabbed the left over tarp that we had and said that we should try to roll it up so it was stable to hold up the glove. I helped Mehul roll up and tape together all the tarp and thought we would leave it like that to ask our peers opinion. That next class, Matt and I were the only ones in our group to be there. At this point I was very frustrated with my group since they don't ever want to show up. Matt and I talked about what to do next on holding our structure up. We were given PCP piping to try and find a way to use it. At that point we felt like the bottom needed to be taken off and our rolled up tarp was going to be useless. After we cut off the bottom of the infrastructure we had to make a whole new base. We took bags from inside the bag that weren't ripped. Matt and I worked together to tape the new bottom onto the remaining middle part. I had to make a hole in the side to attach to the air pump. After we tried to blow it up we found that it kept ripping so we were taping everywhere we could but then had to give up for the day. The next class that we met we had to just blow it up to take the picture of it. It was difficult and needed a lot of support but we got the shot. So overall, I did a lot for this project. Arguably the most out of everyone in my group. I worked hard in and out of class trying to find the best way to do everything with what we had. I honestly gave my all and work my butt off to do it. I went out and bought extra material that we didn't even end up using along with the required amount of materials. I don't like to brag about myself or try to sound like I did all the work but I deserve to this time. I taped most of this project together and built things that needed to be without being asked. I also had to be the main person to problem solve when something would come up. I wish I had more pictures but when you are the only person doing something it is hard to remember to do that, but thats no excuse. I just wish our glove stood up on its own so we could have done it justice.