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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Form and Function in Ceramic Dinnerware (open access)

An Investigation of the Relationship Between Form and Function in Ceramic Dinnerware

The problem I proposed to explore involved the evaluative process of finished dinnerware. For the problem I made three sets of dinnerware in three different patterns. Based on this work I asked the following three questions. 1. How do the different forms within each series visually relate to one another? 2. What qualities make this work visually successful? 3. What qualities enable these pieces to function well?
Date: December 1988
Creator: Grovesteen, Rachel R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation Into the Use of the Computer as a Design Tool in the Creation of Modular Sculpture (open access)

An Investigation Into the Use of the Computer as a Design Tool in the Creation of Modular Sculpture

The idea of using the computer as a design tool seemed ideal for my sculpture. The simplicity of my sculptures and their repeating elements are easily rendered by computer technology. The computer allowed me to perceive my designs accurately from different perspectives. My hand-rendered designs, by contrast, were difficult to read, especially from multiple views. The computer sharpened my designs, while showing me the different views in less time. Although the designs were computer assisted, I commanded all of the manipulations. This procedure is different from computer-generated design, in which the computer is programmed to do the designing itself. My investigation of the computer as a design tool answered several questions.
Date: August 1988
Creator: Kent, Carolyn E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Encounters: Traditional Oriental Theme Paintings with Western Influences (open access)

Encounters: Traditional Oriental Theme Paintings with Western Influences

My proposal involved gathering and analyzing both visual and written information. The following steps were specifically considered: 1. Exhibition catalogues and related information on Robert Rauschenberg and Zao Wou-Ki were reviewed. Those artists deal with cross-cultural ideas in their work. 2. A sketchbook and an artistic journal were kept, as well as a record of my creative processes. 3. A body of work was done in a consistent matter. I employed a spontaneous/intuitive strategy in my creative activity. I kept myself flexible in order to approach the idea in a loose manner by simultaneously making several paintings with the same content.
Date: December 1988
Creator: Lou, Shutse
System: The UNT Digital Library
Connections (open access)

Connections

In my problem-in-lieu-of-thesis, I investigated the connections formed between images which refer to disorder and those which connote imposed order; therefore, I pursued the following questions: 1. What connotations did each of the images have for me? 2. How was each image affected by taking it out of one context and placing it in a new one? 3. What relationships formed between images thus juxtaposed?
Date: May 1988
Creator: Miller, David
System: The UNT Digital Library
Family Roles and Personality Factors in First and Last Born Children of Alcoholic Parents (open access)

Family Roles and Personality Factors in First and Last Born Children of Alcoholic Parents

This study focuses on alcoholism and intervention of alcoholism. Considering the vulnerability of children of alcoholic parents, the study examines personality development among first and last born children with an alcoholic parents.
Date: 1988
Creator: Price, David M.
System: The UNT Digital Library