Interspersed Color Blend Lithography (open access)

Interspersed Color Blend Lithography

Interspersed color blend lithography is a technique that facilitates simultaneous multi-colored printing. The problem of color blending was to gain control over the process and explore a variety of uses. The research was entirely experimental. Interspersed color blend lithography is a unique process that allows for the application of any number of colors at one time, and complete freedom in their placement. The results of the investigation produced a process that is at once predictable, simple and immediate.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Bergmann, John E., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of the Metaphor as Visual Poetry (open access)

The Use of the Metaphor as Visual Poetry

Up until this time I have made little effort to investigate the mental processes that I use in the development of these metaphors. I believe these processes are on the unconscious or semiconscious level, and I am interested in finding out how these processes work in the development of the metaphors. I believe these processes are on the unconscious or semiconscious level, and I am interested in finding out how these processes work in the development of the metaphors. I therefore decided on a creative project that would investigate the use of the metaphor in my art work. In order to discover something about the development of my metaphors, I asked myself questions during a period of artistic work.
Date: August 1978
Creator: Miller, Steven James
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combining Woodblock and Intaglio Into the Editionable Print (open access)

Combining Woodblock and Intaglio Into the Editionable Print

The problem for this creative research in lieu of thesis has been to investigate in depth the difficulties and possibilities encountered when combining the woodcut and intaglio media into one entirely editionable print. Arriving at this particular problem was natural-- I feel an innate affinity and facility for creating with the woodcut medium.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Medler, Susan Joanne Oren
System: The UNT Digital Library
Large Graphite Drawings on Gessoed Surfaces (open access)

Large Graphite Drawings on Gessoed Surfaces

The problem for the project emerged threefold: (1) to further explore the uses of the graphite medium including the possible integration of wet media color on large surfaces, (2) to use the human figure as subject matter, and (3) to explore gessoed drawing surfaces of masonite and paper.
Date: August 1975
Creator: Aguilar, Eduardo E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Three Procedures for Creatively Joining Paper and Fabric Surfaces in Painting (open access)

Three Procedures for Creatively Joining Paper and Fabric Surfaces in Painting

During the last several years, my art work has evolved around a developing concept nurtured by a fascination with timeworn relics of the past centered itself around an emotional sensibility toward deteriorating fragmentary remnants of archaeological finds and relics of ancient art, predominately pottery shards and old textiles. I was intrigued and stimulated by the feeling of age and by the beauty of these worn and irregular shapes.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Crump, Carole Huddleston
System: The UNT Digital Library
Combining Clay and Light Into Sculptural Forms (open access)

Combining Clay and Light Into Sculptural Forms

This problem concerns the feasibility of combining the elements of light and clay in a sculptural concept of design. The study has determined various procedures of combining the sculptural ceramic forms for the internal inplant of light sources. Specific questions posed were 1. Can the surface decoration be enhanced by external and internal lighting? 2. How does each surface quality, raku, and low-fire salt glaze differ with the interplay of light? 3. In what way may two surface qualities be applied to the same sculptural ceramic forms? 4. How does scale effect each of the pieces?
Date: August 1978
Creator: Munoz, Gilberto, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Neutralization of the Figure Within a Controlled Environment (open access)

The Neutralization of the Figure Within a Controlled Environment

The questions I have addressed in regard to neutralization were as follows: 1. How important was the figure to the environment? 2. How far could the figure's physical presence be reduced and still contribute to the concepts of the painting? 3. How vividly was the figure presented while still complying with the requirements to meet neutralization? 4. Did color and texture aid in neutralizing the figure, and, if so, how? 5. Did the scale of the paintings have any effect on the neutralization process?
Date: August 1979
Creator: Gibson, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adapting Reproduction Knowledge and Photomechanical Techniques to Serigraphy for Non-Commercial Purposes (open access)

Adapting Reproduction Knowledge and Photomechanical Techniques to Serigraphy for Non-Commercial Purposes

This problem is involved with attempting to answer two basic questions: (a) Can I, a commercial artist, expand and develop as an artist through screen printing and make valid aesthetic statements unrelated to client and/or product? and (b) Can knowledge of reproduction methods and photo-mechanical techniques be successfully utilized in screen printing for non-commercial purposes? Extensive notes in the form of a journal were maintained as work on the project progressed. These notes, combined with the completed prints, were the sources of data for this paper.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Adkins, Margie J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interplay of Forms: Cast, Constructed, Forged as Functional Jewelry (open access)

Interplay of Forms: Cast, Constructed, Forged as Functional Jewelry

This study involves investigating the combination of delicately cast forms, domed shapes and forged silver into an aesthetic form of jewelry. The specific questions considered were as follows: 1) can the sequential interplay of forms be interrelated from initiation to completion of the study? 2) Can the techniques contrast with one another? 3) Can the scale of the forms be varied? 4) Can the three techniques of construction create body adornment? 5) Can these forms individually or in a combined grouping make a personal statement?
Date: May 1979
Creator: Johansson, Dorothy A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gum-Bichromate Photographic Printing as Applicable to the Ceramic Process (open access)

Gum-Bichromate Photographic Printing as Applicable to the Ceramic Process

The questions answered by this investigation were as follows: 1. Will a clay surface accept multiple emulsions and multiple development processes with little or no loss of detail? 2. Can a gum-bichromate print be accomplished using a normal 35 millimeter negative in an enlarger? 3. What is the effect of different oxides and fluxes on the emulsion? and 4. What is the effect of firing on the experimental emulsions?
Date: August 1977
Creator: Glover, Tom F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study Combining Stoneware and Found Objects (open access)

A Study Combining Stoneware and Found Objects

The intention of this study is to examine the relationship between fired clay and certain found objects. Working from the assumption that clay, being a natural substance, shares a common ground with certain other natural substances, such as wood, hemp, rock, etc., a primary aspect of the investigation consists of discovering successful combinations of these materials. In each design two subordinate problems were encountered. These were (1) determining the best means of combining and preserving objects in a semi-permanent state and (2) ascertaining whether the thrown form is by itself visually satisfying or if it would be improved by distortion.
Date: December 1975
Creator: Grafa, Otis Micheal
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Series of Self-Portraits Made In Jewelry Form (open access)

A Series of Self-Portraits Made In Jewelry Form

The problem consisted of creating a series of jewelry pieces in metal which embody the concept of a self-portrait. Each piece in the series has a physical outside and an inside area in its structure which together form a conceptual self-portrait. Each piece was partly preplanned in detail and partly spontaneously executed. The spontaneously executed parts of the individual pieces serve to include the presence of the subconscious self-image. The series when viewed as a whole or as individual parts will give an insight to my self-image.
Date: December 1978
Creator: Jones, Deborah Jan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Compositional Application of the Photograph in the Production of My Prints and Drawings (open access)

The Compositional Application of the Photograph in the Production of My Prints and Drawings

My work is based upon the photographic image and deals with the juxtaposition of abstract elements within a figurative format. The camera and the photograph have become my sketch book and, as such, seem to influence the manner in which I approach and compose my prints and drawings.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Smith, Rhonda J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Six Works-- A Discussion of Subject Matter in My Work (open access)

Six Works-- A Discussion of Subject Matter in My Work

Three intaglio prints and three drawings will be investigated to answer three specific questions. The questions are: 1. Is it possible to isolate the source of subject matter in my work? 2. What effect do media and subject matter have on each other during image development? and 3. Does my subject matter contained in an entire work contribute to the subject matter of my later works?
Date: May 1976
Creator: Clinkinbeard, Alan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Non-Heat Joining of Metals (open access)

Non-Heat Joining of Metals

The concern in this project was the utilization of metal joining processes which used no heat in the construction of sculpture. The problem area was motivated by an attempt to avoid some of the inherent problems and limitations incurred when welding, brazing soldering are employed. Specifically, the following questions were considered: 1) Can the non-heat joining process be utilized as a design element? 2) Does non-heat joining allow the use of lighter (30-16) gauge metal? 3) Are distortion and bracing problems reduced by use of non-heat joining processes? 4) Can more diverse metals such as aluminum, copper, brass and bronze be utilized in these processes? 5) Do these non-heat processes make allowances for manipulation of the metal prior to the construction of the sculpture?
Date: August 1977
Creator: Donahue, John Joseph, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Printmaking Experimentations: A Personal Approach (open access)

Printmaking Experimentations: A Personal Approach

Experimentations with overlays of color within my imagery have developed an interest in surface embellishment resulting from the juxtaposition of overlapping hues, integration of collage, and extended use of mixed-media as a printed visual statement. Past printmaking experiences include exploration of a variety of procedures including lithography, intaglio, and serigraphy. Prints have been executed in edition and monoprints, singular techniques and in combination. Individual techniques were expanded through the use of collage and linear application of graphite.
Date: December 1979
Creator: Bechtold, F. Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Horizontal, Vertical, and Contour Lamination to the Sculptural Form (open access)

The Use of Horizontal, Vertical, and Contour Lamination to the Sculptural Form

The purpose of this problem was to investigate the advantages and possible limitations of horizontal, vertical, and contour laminating to the sculptural form. Specific questions were set forth to help determine the different aspects of these types of lamination. The specific questions for which answers were sought are as follow. 1. How complex a design can be executed by the laminating process? 2. How close to the design will the initial lamination be? 3. What are the best methods of lamination for each process: types of clamps, types of wood, types of glue, dowels and weights? 4. How successful may these lamination techniques be combined? 5. As the work was in progress, which became more important-- the surface quality or the form? 6. Will laminated forms remain stable?
Date: August 1978
Creator: Holsch, Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Creative Investigation of Sprays in Drying Oil Paint (open access)

A Creative Investigation of Sprays in Drying Oil Paint

The reason for this paper is to present a study of several commercial clear sprays used to affect drying of artists' oil paint. A number of tests were conducted in order to discover which spray might achieve optimum drying without inhibiting creative efforts. After the initial experiments, or "test panels," the information derived was used to complete the remaining panels required for the creative project.
Date: May 1974
Creator: Reese, B. Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adding and Subtracting Color in the Painting and Serigraphic Processes: A Development of Consistency in Two Art Media (open access)

Adding and Subtracting Color in the Painting and Serigraphic Processes: A Development of Consistency in Two Art Media

This is a method in which designs as a whole are not pre-planned or pre-arranged, but are developed by applying layers of color. This is an additive method for obvious reasons, and it is subtractive because shapes can be covered with opaque paint or very intense stain. Transparent layers of color applied over existing colors cause hue changes, and the process creates subtleties resulting from one color showing through another.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Gilbert, Richard W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Production of Large Scale Ceramic Pieces and its Affect on the Working Methods of the Artist (open access)

The Production of Large Scale Ceramic Pieces and its Affect on the Working Methods of the Artist

This problem concerns the production of large scale ceramic sculpture and its affect on the working method of the artist. Traditionally, western ceramics deals with functional pieces of a personal scale, that is smaller ceramic works which serve specific utilitarian purposes. The concepts of clay as an art medium and the studio-potter have developed over only the last 125 years of western ceramic history.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Dennard, William C., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Interpretation of Various Aspects of Dualism as Found in the Art of Africa and China (open access)

An Interpretation of Various Aspects of Dualism as Found in the Art of Africa and China

The purpose of this study is to endeavor to interpret these various aspects of dualism through an analysis of selected examples of art from two cultural areas, Africa and China.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Lee, Jini Yet Har
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Humanist Outlook for the Contemporary Artist (open access)

A Humanist Outlook for the Contemporary Artist

The problem being considered in this paper is the alienation of the general viewer from contemporary art. Modern art has become less understandable than ever before to the non-art audience because it has, in many cases, ceased to deal with human-oriented subject matter, and has become detached from life. This paper examines ways in which modern art might be made more accessible to the world through the artists' use of emotion, intuition, intelligence, and other Humanistic elements as content for paintings. It contains a four-part proposal of what Humanist art is. The basic form is the use of rhetorical questions about modern art, leading one to more questions and to a broader, more open-minded attitude toward modern art.
Date: May 1978
Creator: Humphries, Judith Garrett
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Student Interior Design Laboratory Manual for Perspective Drawing 134 (open access)

A Student Interior Design Laboratory Manual for Perspective Drawing 134

This paper is to present a student interior design laboratory manual for Perspective Drawing 134. A mechanical and freehand approach to the grid method of perspective is used. Chapter I reviews the significance of the problem, definitions of terms of perspective, data sources and method of procedure. Chanter II explains a brief overview of perspective from primitive man to its present use in interior design. Chapter III reviews the general principles of perspective. Chapter IV presents the grid method to one-point and two-point perspective, both mechanical and freehand approaches. Included are step by step illustrations and explanations of the method. Chapter V summarizes the intent of this study.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Farias, Anna Laura
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of an Art I Curriculum Guide for the Mesquite Independent School District (open access)

The Development of an Art I Curriculum Guide for the Mesquite Independent School District

This study reports on the development of a curriculum guide to insure some degree of experience uniformity in the first art course available to students in high schools in Mesquite, Texas. Current general education and art education literature as well as curriculum guides from American schools provided the behaviorally oriented framework and objectives, content, and teaching strategies. The guide reflects a balance between the ideal and the real physical environment in which the guide will be implemented. Conclusions include the concepts that teacher education in using behavioral objectives is necessary, that a behaviorally oriented guide will work in Mesquite high schools, that behavioral objectives will facilitate evaluation, and that the trend toward tri-part subject content will increase in art curricula.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Bradley, Cynthia Cathy
System: The UNT Digital Library