Texture Block Pairings

Throughout my entire series, I focused on using black, white and gray tones with one red block.  In this group of four, I like the cool gray tones across from each other and the white ones across from each other as well.  Also, the top right box stands out more than the others, but I like how they all complement one another.

In this group of four, I like how all of them are one dimensional, as opposed to the three dimensional blocks in the previous series.  One of my favorite blocks in this series is surprisingly the foil covered one because it is simple, but works well with the more complex blocks.  Also, the other three blocks in this series have many layers, which unites those together.

This group stands out from the others, as the blocks have a lot more going on, except for the red one.  My favorite block is the button one because it is all one material, but the buttons have their own sense of individuality.  I also wanted to keep the red block in this series simple and without any other materials, except for paint, because the color made it stand out on its own.

This picture is my entire series and I am very pleased with how it turned out.  I like the mixture of one dimensional and three dimensional blocks as they remain different in size, but united because of their shade of color.  The red block definitely stands out from the others, but I like the diversity in the series.  The many layers and different shades of gray ended up working well together and I'm excited to see what this project leads to.

For my next project, Beth and I talked about using the blocks again, but putting my pictures on the blocks, instead of different textures themselves.  We talked about taking overexposed pictures of the city and of sand, which would both include texture.  The physics idea of using kinetic energy would be incorporated with the pictures of the city as the lights would portray "energy of motion."

I will only need blocks for my project, but I'm not sure how many, so I will get back to you on that.

Mini Texture Block Series

When the artist in residence, Beth Mullins, first described this project it sounded kind of perfect to me.  I've always been intrigued by texture and hearing about Beth's work furthered my interest.  In the picture below is my first four blocks of a larger series of twelve blocks.  I've decided for my entire series to use black, white or gray materials and then to have one red texture block.  I'm really excited to see the red block stand out from the others, but also for the black, white and gray blocks to have their own sense of individuality.

In my first mini series, I used baking cups, old darkroom prints, old negatives and playing cards.  Not only does this series work as a cohesive unit because of it's color palette, but the many layers on each individual block adds to join them together with a more 3D element, instead of being one dimensional.  I'm very excited to continue working on this project and see what it leads to for the larger assignment in a few weeks.

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