Saturday, November 24, 2012

Artists Statement


I truly enjoy the process of layering tape, and being able to cut away new and old layers of tape. Working with my hands and expressing myself, I found that I can manipulate tape in many ways even using the crazy color schemes I chose.
I used strong bold colors such as bright red, black, gold, silver, and neon green. The reason I chose these colors's were because I found them to be relatable to everyday objects and things around us that we take for granted. This was also the reason I started experimenting and working with tape. They are both ordinary everyday materials that can be layered and morphed using lines and symbols to create a work of art. I hope that my work can create a sense of chaos, and how that feeling of craziness was implemented in the carving of the tape.
Another way I manipulated this material was by incorporating small details and designs throughout the carvings to help symbolize the feelings and emotions such as anxious, busy, and stressfulness of life. Our lives are like roads that are meant to be traveled, and sometimes they lead to mysterious places, ether way everyone has their own road and they are always complicated.
As for this work, I decided to change everyday materials to convey the craziness of life around us, while also creating intriguing patterns that have many different levels to help catch the viewers eyes. Lastly creating a work of art using tape to create straight lines was enjoyable because it solelt depended on the line-work of the tape. Hopefully each line can lead the viewer to a different place in their minds, memories, or lives.

 

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