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Toward a More Personally Expressive Method of Working in Clay
The goal of this work (entitled: Toward a More Personally Expressive Method of Working in Clay) was to create a body of work that was more personal, expressive, and less restrained that incorporate objects and non- clay elements.
Date:
May 1998
Creator:
Jacobson, Patricia M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Therapeutic Horseback Riding Programs for Adults with Physical Impairments
The purpose of this study was to assess the outcome of a therapeutic horseback riding program on physically disabled.
Date:
May 1997
Creator:
Tomaszewski, Sarah E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elementary School Teachers' Responses to Potential Child Abuse
This study was designed to evaluate: (a) teachers' behavior when they are confronted with potential cases of child abuse and (b) the information teachers require to make accurate decisions regarding the reporting of suspected child abuse. Teachers were presented with three vignettes describing cases of varying levels of suspected maltreatment, and different amounts of additional information. They were then asked to indicate how likely they would be to report the case to Child Protective Services (CPS). It was expected that reporting behavior would increase as available information increased. The results generally did not support this hypothesis. No significant impact on reporting behavior was found when teachers were presented with either the symptom list or the legal interpretation; however, there was a trend toward an interaction with the level of abusive indications in the case. These results are discussed in the context of the need for further training.
Date:
May 1997
Creator:
Driskill, Julie D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Motivational Style, Length of Residency, and Voluntariness in Relation to Nursing Home Adjustment
This study related length of residency, motivational style, and the resident's role in deciding to move to a nursing facility to adjustment, represented by a number of variables (e.g., desired control, expected control, life satisfaction, and affect). Fifty-five residents of nursing facilities and assisted-living apartments were given an interview, compiled of a number of brief measures relating to aspects of adjustment. While results from multivariate analyses of variance failed to support any of the hypotheses, post-hoc univariate analyses of variance and regression analyses revealed important relationships between motivational style and voluntariness regarding the move and factors of adjustment. Overall, post-hoc findings indicated that, in the relatively constrictive environment of the nursing home, persons with a non-self-determined motivational style and persons who decided themselves to come to the nursing home had higher scores on various factors related to adjustment.
Date:
May 1997
Creator:
Curtiss, Karin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Funware: A Lively Approach to Decoration on Dinnerware
This problem in lieu of thesis project looked at the style of a place setting as an exciting part of the meal. The study concluded that funware is achieved through a combination of color choice and a harmonious relationship of the dinnerware and the surface decorations.
Date:
May 1995
Creator:
Mcgrane, Nitja Baker
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Impact of TAT Card Selection on Evaluation of Object Relations Functioning Following Childhood Physical Abuse
The purpose of this study is to show principles of TAT card pull are applicable to object relations theory, and card pull effects are greater in subjects with greater impairments. Stories of physically abused and control child and adolescent subjects were evaluated on object relations scales of the SCORS (Westen et al., 1985). Scores varied systematically as a function of card stimulus characteristics. Analysis of scales assessing internalization of self supported stimulus inhibition interpretation while scales measuring views of others or individual affective experiences advanced stimulus pull explanation. Abused individuals' response patterns were similar to controls except on CR. Results of this study may increase TAT utility for evaluating object relations functioning by guiding card selection.
Date:
May 1997
Creator:
Grissett, Dana L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Balance of Contradictions: Abstraction and Representation, Formalism and Symbolism
This paper discusses the concept of figurative formalism and its application in six paintings on canvas by the author. Linda Leonhart McCall explores the work of Johannes Vermeer, Edward Hopper, and Richard Diebenkorn in discussing abstraction and representation.
Date:
May 1998
Creator:
McCall, Linda Leonhart
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Marriage of the Graceful and the Flagrant: A Sculptural Inquiry of the Modern Woman
This paper discusses the author's selected works, four sculptural pieces cast in bronze and painted with oil paint washes. Cari D. Ashworth explains how the works illustrate challenges faced by the modern woman in today's society, and how the dramatic flair of the pieces produces imagery.
Date:
May 1997
Creator:
Ashworth, Cari D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Imagery and Form
This paper discusses the integration of imagery and form in the author's works, wheel thrown pottery intended to make an individualized statement. Steven L. Phillips discusses the process of making these forms and the imagery they contain, drawing connections to philosophical concepts.
Date:
May 1994
Creator:
Phillips, Steven L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Unification of Clay and Steel in the Representation of Machined Forms From My Past
This paper discusses the author's art works, which involved the integration of clay and steal to create sculptures of pipe forms similar to the machined forms they worked with in the agriculture and oil industries. Vicente GarcÃa discusses the methodology of creation and analyzes the works.
Date:
May 1993
Creator:
GarcÃa, Vicente
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Space and the Unexpected
I intend to explore various canvas sizes and many formal issues, focusing on space and the application of paint are paramount in my work. I used closely cropped photographs to aid in this study and my exploration addressed the following questions: 1) How does the speed of execution affect the spontaneity and authority of the piece? 2) How important is the unexpected for the success of my painting in regards to formal issues?
Date:
May 1999
Creator:
Fortson, Joey
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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
Installation: Sculpture and Painting as a Hybrid Within Virtual Reality
My work has developed to the point where it exists within the grey area between painting and sculpture. These hybrid works necessitate the transition from creating objects to that work singularly to installations of various works that operate as a whole. The purpose of this study is to identify successful methods of making this transition through the use of the computer. The computer should provide new strategies to integrate sculpture and painting into a hybrid form.
Date:
May 1996
Creator:
Ashton, Leo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Art by the Yard: Exploring Narrative Drawings
I am interested, both from a personal standpoint and from a cultural perspective, in pursuing the meaning of thes eimages singly and as they combine with others. In turn, the results, I hope, will lead to the discovery of more images for my image encyclopedia. After this introduction subsequent chapters will explore my reasons for the combinations of images I choose and will place the finished drawings in their contemporary art context. My goal will be to note the changing meanings of the objects as they interact serially.
Date:
May 1990
Creator:
Sale, Thomas Fancher
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transcendence and Paradox: A Question of Female and Male
For the problem in lieu of thesis, a series of ten works were created in which a male image replaced the female image; I continued to utilize the same materials, format, and centralized frontal figure. A record of the work was accomplished by maintaining a written and visual journal on progress and outcome. Some research was made into topics related to the work, and the findings from the literature comprise chapter two of the paper. In executing this body of work and researching related topics, I hoped to better understand my conscious and unconscious processes and motivations in creating both the self-portrait series and the new series.
Date:
May 1991
Creator:
Bennett, Karen M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Living Walls: The Integration of Clay and Architecture
Although clay has been used throughout history as an embellishment of architectural structures, clay elements have usually remained subordinate to existing architectural forms. Three-dimensional ceramic modules which divided an existing space, altered or obscured architectural forms, and intersected with or penetrated established planes provided a greater interaction between clay and architecture. I explored the use of clay as an integral three-dimensional element which interacted with an architectural space, rather than merely surfacing it. Because the installation of these works was temporary, methods of connecting the clay elements to the architecture were also investigated.
Date:
May 1994
Creator:
Gray, Douglas E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Presentation Options for Sculpture
The act of putting anything on a base isolates it and makes it seem more precious. The base separates the viewer from the sculpture and affects the relationship between the sculpture and viewer. The problem for me was to remove the base and experiment with the possibilities now opened to my work. The purpose of this study was to explore the presentation potentials of sculpture freed from the constraints of the plinth.
Date:
May 1992
Creator:
Morrow, Elizabeth Lynn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Breathing Life into the Reductive Format
a. How does the use of different materials such as string, screen, fabric or wire personalize the work? b. How does the addition of subtly recognizable imagery change the reductive field? c. How do processes such as wrapping, printing, dripping, and other techniques infer meaning? d. How does the choice of color and scale affect the work?
Date:
May 1999
Creator:
Smith, Charlotte D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ordering Chaos: The Integration of Form and Surface Through a Combination of Chance and Design
The purpose of this research was to develop a body of work which exhibited unity between form and surface, but which relied upon a combination of deliberate intent (specific form, glaze, firing temperature, etc.) and the occurrence of random accident to achieve this unity. The project dealt with the integration of altered wheel-thrown and hand-built organic clay forms with a variety of surface treatments. The firing/glazing techniques chosen (which included cone 9 reduction firing, raku firing, and saggar firing) could be controlled to some degree. However, even minor differences in glaze and/or firing treatments evolved through a variety of chance incidents into marked differences in the finished piece.
Date:
May 1994
Creator:
Rhudy, Dannon
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Two Dimensional Printed Elements Within Three Dimensional Structures
I believe the frame or housing of a printed image plays an integral role in the context of the work. It functions as a vehicle for possible interpretation. It should respond to and complement the concept of the central image. The image presented in a vessel or reliquary format should instill a meditative or religious response.
Date:
May 1994
Creator:
Hubner, Lynne J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Body Conscious: Pushing the Boundaries of Traditional Western Adornment
The focus of the problem was to challenge the more traditional. Western approaches to jewelry as adornment in respect to areas such as placement and scale. Approaching adornment as sculptural forms interacting with the human body could possibly challenge the individual's awareness of jewelry as wearable art. This approach brought up the issue of using the human body as a pedestal for adornment.
Date:
May 1998
Creator:
DeRuiter, Margaret A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Patterns and Evolution
My interest in the patterns of nature and culture has led me on a long journey through studies of math, sciences, and religions culminating in my current studies in art. Continuing my inquiry into processes of human perception and conception of time. My intention was to incorporate the "process" aspect of the printmaking medium into the final work by creating hybrid works that would take the "print" out of its traditional two-dimensional form. Finally, I planned to utilize the "multiple" aspect of printmaking to address ideas of patterns and evolution.
Date:
May 1999
Creator:
Lewis, John E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Geometric Imagery
It was those problems and possibilities I wished to explore in my problem in lieu of thesis. While the simple, geometric images were very satisfying to that part of myself that craves order and rationality, it was all too easy to make work that was dull and uninteresting. I wanted to find a way to produce rich, sensuous, engaging work using only simple geometric forms.
Date:
May 1996
Creator:
Dodd, Guthrie McRae
System:
The UNT Digital Library