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Like Random Piles of Debris in My Mind (open access)

Like Random Piles of Debris in My Mind

In this project, I further examined my work as a fictional layering of vernacular culture within the discourse of historical art. This investigation addressed the sources of my art, both in the outside world and in the context of an inherited art tradition. I focused on the issues of the formation and function of my work as an estheticized representation of this culture.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Garrett, Randall D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bomaki/Arashi Shibori as a Pleated Texture in Silk Used in a Garment (open access)

Bomaki/Arashi Shibori as a Pleated Texture in Silk Used in a Garment

The purpose of this study was to use the bomaki/arashi shibori process to create three-dimensional fabric forms which could be incorporated by the design of a garment.
Date: August 1993
Creator: Heartsill, Jean Louise
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recurring Images Rising Out of a State of Obscurity (open access)

Recurring Images Rising Out of a State of Obscurity

Through this study I intended to analyze and determine the significance of the recurring imagery that emerged as an integral part of my compositions. Furthermore, I attempted to discern the importance and over all the effects of the small scale upon my work and determine how vital is the spontaneity that is used to obtain each composition.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Aberu, Nancy E. Vendrell
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Sculptural Expression, Based on Dream-Derived Imagery, of the Preciousness of Certain Tools in a Meditative Journey (open access)

A Sculptural Expression, Based on Dream-Derived Imagery, of the Preciousness of Certain Tools in a Meditative Journey

To emphasize the preciousness of these tools, I envisioned object-specific carrying cases, like a violin case or my grandmother's china cabinet. The object-specific case or cabinet is, like the tool it houses, special and singular inits utility and serves to underscore the ceremonial nature of the tool. Of all the examples of object-specific environments I've looked at, most have been constructed of fine woods; many have also been either covered or lined with various skins, silk, or velvet to reflect the preciousness of their contents.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Martin, Brian Scot
System: The UNT Digital Library
In Search of Depth (open access)

In Search of Depth

In this proposed study, I hoped to discover compositional elements that once added to the work would convey my conceptual ideas. I was interested in exploring the addition of deep pictorial space and increasing the size disparity between the figures as possible solutions for injecting a level of irony and/or eluding to the subverted agenda of the content. I wanted to see if these two secondary compositional adjustments subtly conveyed not only a strategic contradiction of the art historical concept of expressionism but the numerous accepted truths in society.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Bhagwat, Tanya A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sculptural Creation of a New Form of Visual Awareness Concerning Predators: The Cheetah and the Wolf (open access)

The Sculptural Creation of a New Form of Visual Awareness Concerning Predators: The Cheetah and the Wolf

The problem I have addressed this year revolves around my search for a means to visually challenge mankind's present concepts and ideology concerning the wolf and the cheetah. At the same time, it was essential that I find a way to visually challenge previous artistic interpretations of these animals. This involved the discovery of a new form of animal representation relevant to modern societies' problems concerning the future of wildlife and the significance of the predator.
Date: August 1993
Creator: Ballmann, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Commemoration of Womanhood Through Small Sculpture/Jewelry (open access)

The Commemoration of Womanhood Through Small Sculpture/Jewelry

The triumphs over daily conflicts correspond to monuments that commemorate specific events of my life as a woman. The monuments commemorating these events necessitated an intimate format because the events depicted deserve close personal attention. The intimate scale offers the option of being presented as a sculpture with a base that has a detachable, wearable part.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Scott, Michelle Milner
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Angulation and Proximity of Components in A Series (open access)

Effects of Angulation and Proximity of Components in A Series

I proposed that two factors could be adjusted in a series of rings in order to achieve total control of implied movement: Proximity and angulation of components. Through careful adjustment of these two factors, I theorized that the implied motion in a ring series could be accelerated, slowed, or omitted altogether.
Date: August 1993
Creator: Mauldin, D. Bruce
System: The UNT Digital Library
Loss Versus Hope: A Printmaker's Investigation (open access)

Loss Versus Hope: A Printmaker's Investigation

Using this conflict between death and dying versus hope and new life, I searched for an undogmatic way to convey a Christian antidote to the despair and ugliness of post modern art. The struggle was to find the imagery, format, and media combinations to express a vision, with realism and hope, for the late twentieth century, in a unique and interesting context.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Clevenger, Sara Lisbeth Brown
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Exploration of Organic and Geometric Form Combined in Stone Sculpture (open access)

An Exploration of Organic and Geometric Form Combined in Stone Sculpture

Dualities of all kinds exist in the world today. Being a visual artist and sculptor I recognize these dualities every day of my life in the natural and man-made forms I see. These forms can be broken down into two categories: the geometric and the organic. The purpose of this problem in lieu of thesis was to explore how organic and geometric form could be combined to create a unified sculpture in stone and how the finished sculpture affected me as a viewer. The figure was the main organic form represented and addressed in this problem.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Rippeon, Wesley P. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nature's Cycle: A Relationship in Fiber (open access)

Nature's Cycle: A Relationship in Fiber

The focus of my study is the utilization of fiber to create interpretations of animal skins that reflect the cycle of nature through varying degrees of multiplication and repetition of the fibers. In exploring this problem, I have addressed the following questions: 1. Which fibers work best for achieving these interpretations? 2. What problems were encountered in creating structural supports? 3. What are the effects of repeating fiber elements?
Date: May 1993
Creator: Silva, Oscar
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altered Interiors and Reality: The Subtle Changes of Perception (open access)

Altered Interiors and Reality: The Subtle Changes of Perception

It was my intent to find objects that were both historically symbolic and symbolic of the times we live in, and that could be melded into a nineteenth century interior where their presence would be secondary to the overall atmosphere. I wanted to incorporate objects that would function as metaphors or personal symbols as well as historical icons.
Date: May 1993
Creator: Fairlie, Carol Hunter
System: The UNT Digital Library