March 2022 – Page 2 – Digital Sculpture 1: Fabrication

PUCK – gluing and shaping the foam layers

Carefully cut apart all pieces of foam with a razor knife

Try to cut in along the middle of the area between parts.

Throw away all extra pieces of foam so they wont be confused for parts

Carefully trim extra material off of parts so they can be lined up.

Sand flat any surfaces that will be glued

stack your pieces to determine order of assembly

to prepare to glue, line up your parts very carefully and make registration marks with a sharpie..

FOR SMALL PARTS: apply hot glue and press parts together for 30 seconds. Be sure to line up your registration marks. Wait 2 minutes before putting any stress on the joint so that the glue can cool down.

FOR LARGE PARTS: Large parts will need to be glued with the spray adhesive and put under weight for approximately 12 hrs.

After gluing manual shaping will be necessary where the Shopbot was unable to carve undercuts.

Cole Zehe – artsXpose 2

Title of Event: Screen Time: Photography and Video Art in the Internet Age
Date & Time of Event: Wednesday 3/2 at 1:00pm
Location of Event: ELC Samek Art Museum
Type of event: Art Museum Exhibit

On fluid simulations

An old post on fluid simulations (with an outdated version of Blender): http://digitalsculpture.blogs.bucknell.edu/fluid-simulation-in-blender/

Additional youtube videos on fluid simulations: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fluid+simulation+blender+cup+splash

Related – Zbrush and collision volumes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqoCyOME8Jo

Correia – ArtXpose

Over zoom classes one of the few options I had for artxpose were the PBS documentaries which I ended up really enjoying, so this time around I decided to watch and report of the episode “Protest” (Art21: Season 4 Episode 2.) This episode featured a handful of artist (Nancy Spero, An-My Le, Alfredo Jaar, and Jenny Holzer) who all discussed how their art is a way to protest and note conflict in the larger world. The first artist who appeared was Nancy Spero who talks about her life with more specific details on her War work. A point of hers that resonated with me was that not all “protest” inspired work is what we would think a protest is today. Now we often think of activism as large gatherings of people with similar conflicting ideas. However Nancy notes how her definition of protesting is less about the activism and more so about changing the world into what she wants. I think with ones work being so personal and interpretation of art is so individual that this idea makes a lot of sense. Similarly to Nancy, An-My Le uses memories of her childhood and war in her past, from the smells she remembers to specific moments, to drive and inspire her work. That being said she notes that many of her pictures are incidental, or she couldn’t control everything like most artists would want to. She notes that she actually thinks it was the right thing to shoot and create the most authentic version rather then hiring actors. Further she also notes how one can use specific methods to emphasize ones points. For example, one thing she noted that stood out to me was the use of (larger) scale to show how insignificant we are, specifically in the scope of war for this example. Artist Alfred Jaar also spoke on his work. One exhibit that resonated with me was “Flowers in bloom.” This piece tells the story of a misused poem to convince people to join a revolutionary cause unjustly. He notes that despite the work having very deep and disturbing meaning it can still be beautiful. He shows flowers getting whipped around by wind to show the juxtaposition of the clashing forces of water and life and the wind showing either misinformation or the idea of death. I think theres something very profound this this statement because often protests are seen as something exposing the ugly side of society, however this can be done in amazing and beautiful ways.

Location: Holmes Hall Exposition Room

Type of Event: Studio Art Major Senior Exhibition

Ryan Horowitz – ArtsXpose

Title of Event: Simulations by Angela Meckley
Date & Time of Event: Monday 2/28 at 1pm
Location of Event: Holmes Hall Exposition Room
Type of event: Studio Art Major Senior Exhibition