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Weaving with Materials Native to the Texas Gulf Coast
The present study explores some of the materials native to the Texas Gulf Coast between Corpus Christi and Beaumont relative to their adaptability to weaving. The problem is three-fold: first, to collect and identify the indigenous materials which might prove suitable for weaving; second, to determine the range of uses which each might serve in a weaving program; and third, to test further each selected specimen by making a sample into a finished woven product.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Kerr, Thomas William
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Outdoor Advertising Art from 1920 to 1950
For several years the author has viewed with interest the various kinds of outdoor signs. College courses in advertising art and advertising procedure, as well as practical experience in the advertising field, have increased his interest in this fascinating business and prodded him on to further investigation. With the desire to extend his knowledge of outdoor advertising and to pass on the body of his research to others who find it useful, the author has undertaken this study.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Dyer, Rex
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Geometric Analysis of Four German Paintings in the National Gallery of Art
In a recent study of the geometric analysis of various masterpieces of many periods dating from early Egyptian to contemporary times, the author noted with particular interest the structure of the paintings of the German Renaissance masters. It seemed that the Germans used a simpler geometric plan in their compositions than did the Italian Renaissance painters. The writer was inspired to make further investigation to determine if such a theory were true.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Reid, Ana Perle Huffhines
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Method of Analyzing Linear Perspective for Presentation to Junior and Senior High School Students
The general purpose of this study is to develop a series of peep shows, or visual models, which will enable the young student to understand what the laws of perspective are, how they were found, and why his drawings will appear to have three dimensions if he follows the rules. The study is based upon a widely accepted idea--that it is much easier for most people to understand and remember a principle when they can actually see how it works. When rules are merely memorized, one is not assisted by reason, which is essential for useful retention.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Lacy, L'Louise Dial
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trends in Exhibitions in Four Texas Art Museums, 1940-1950
The problem of this thesis is to determine just what part the museum is playing in the cultural development of Texas. This study presents a detailed investigation of the exhibitions offered by four of Texas' major art museums for the period from 1940-1950. Each of the museums will be discussed separately and then compared so that an over-all picture can be achieved.
Date:
1951
Creator:
Carpenter, Willard Clifton
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Different Paper Surfaces on the Development of Finished Collages
The problem of this study will be to provide information on the degree of influence exerted by the choice of ground in the selection of collage elements and the final development of each collage.
Date:
December 1978
Creator:
Best, Rebecca Anne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Perceptual Responses to Changes in Scale Within a Given Body of Work
The purpose of this investigation, therefore, was to compare the viewer's perceptual response to the small-scale constructions with that of the large-scale ones. Specific questions of concern were: 1. What is my response as a viewer to these constructions when built as maquettes, with regard to the following specific concerns? a. Formal visual elements (i.e., line, shape, value, etc.). b. The presence of a sense of threat. c. Visual reference to a theatrical set. d. A make-believe, or childlike quality. e. Any physical or technical problems encountered. 2. What is my response as a viewer to the constructions when built on a large, or approximately life-sized scale, with regard to the same specific concerns listed above?
Date:
December 1989
Creator:
Burnley, Pamela B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Image Discovery: Intaglio Process
At the beginning of my graduate study, a series of clown images was executed. The entire surface was utilized in a rapid and spontaneous manner in the first few drawings. The clown images became more complex and visually perplexing. Yet, through an attentive study of these images, I felt a need to be more direct, expressive, and selective in approach and method. It seemed that, consciously or unconsciously, the process of drawing an image important to me was an attendant characteristic to the actualization of the image. The personal promise in these conceptualized and drawn forms was of major concern to me. My proposal, therefore, was to investigate the existing motivations behind these images, to explore the meaning and significance of the sum total of my work.
Date:
May 1980
Creator:
Martinez, Lydia G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Warp-Faced Weaving on an Architectural Scale
The impetus for this project emerged in an effort to move beyond small scaled weavings executed in neutral hues to larger pieces with more color. All of my previous work had been technically oriented, lacking in direction, and limited to neutral hues which blended well together and were readily available. I determined that the project would involve answering two basic questions: (1) could i successfully push these panels to large scale, and (2) could several of these large panels be manipulated to create an interchangeable piece that would work visually in more than one arrangements.
Date:
May 1977
Creator:
Kirk, Dianne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Materials and Fiber Techniques in Environmental Sculpture
There are three recurrent themes in my work: 1) environmental installations utilizing ecologically unsound materials 2) incorporating air space with plastics 3) conceptual inspiration derived from dreams. I proposed to address these three themes by employing materials traditionally used for industrial applications (as in plumbing supplies and dry-cleaning bags) as fine arts media using fiber related techniques in environmental sculptural pieces.
Date:
May 1991
Creator:
Maus-Simpson, Marcia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Self Portrait: Intimacy and the Effects of Scale
I perceived humans as a certain size, approximately five feet to six feet tall. This reality compelled me to do full length, life size, and larger portraits of my body again overlaid with the lizard's body. The study involved an investigation of self portraits and the effects scale had on their intimacy.
Date:
August 1986
Creator:
Burden, Rhae
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Influences on my Art Caused by Living in Saudi Arabia
This project was an investigation into the specific influences upon my art produced by my living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for two years from August 1976 through August 1978. Initially, I had to make a major psychological and environmental adjustment. This period of adjustment, referred to as culture shock, was a time of personal confusion about the differences between the American and the Arabian cultures. I characterized my state of mind during this period as a psychological numbness and confusion. This adjustment period altered my interests so that the drawings I had done before I left the United States no longer held their original significance and new interests began to appear. I hope to identify some of the changes that occurred by examining and comparing my earlier drawings with those completed since my return.
Date:
May 1979
Creator:
Proctor, Beatrice J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Anxiety
In summary my main three objectives are as follows: 1. To create large black and white photographic murals of isolated facial expressions with written phrases beneath each image. 2. To explore my capability to magnify and reinforce a strong emotional feeling through the large images. 3. To discover if the written phrases strengthen and support the photographic image.
Date:
August 1980
Creator:
Sturdivant, Max L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Media and Content
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between media and content in my work. I began a series of paintings in the fall of 1985 which was based on 35mm transparencies. At this point, the slides were nothing more than a visual aid, a way to augment my technical skills; my chief interest in these paintings was narrative. I was also taking a drawing class at the time, and several times I recycled a transparency I had used with a painting to create a drawing. Sometimes Both versions were relatively successful (though often for very different reasons), other times one version would be more successful than the other. Technical proficiency (or lack of it) did not seem to be the determining factor in these cases.
Date:
March 1987
Creator:
Crouch, Ron Taylor
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Effects of Color and Line on Sculptural Forms
The purpose for this study was to investigate the effect of painting and drawing when used as an integral part of sculptural form. The following questions are addressed in this study: 1. Does color increase or decrease the three-dimensionality of a form? 2. When used, is color an integral part of the sculptural form or a superficial decoration? 3. Can drawn line (on the sculpture's surface) be used to flatten or deny the sculptural form? 4. Can drawn line be useful in describing or enhancing sculptural forms?
Date:
May 1991
Creator:
Hinz, Timothy W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Visual Potentials of Combining Plastic Materials with Paper or Fabric or Both
In this creative project, I chose to explore the visual potentials of combining plastic materials with paper or fabric or both in such a way as to produce both visually strong and personally meaningful works. During the completion of the ten pieces, a written journal was kept in order to maintain a record of the progress and outcome of this investigation. In addition, data was illustrated by photographic slides. One piece was photographed at various stages of development, and all of the pieces were photographed at completion. The following analysis of the finished work was made from this information.
Date:
December 1979
Creator:
Wheeler, Marilyn Sue
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Layering as a Possible Method of Achieving a Visual Color Mix in Weaving
The problem, as proposed for this project, focused on an investigation of the possibility of using a layering method in weaving to effect a visual color mix. Colored layers of transparent fabric were to be woven simultaneously, in such a way as to retain a structural separateness while producing a perceptual blending of color. A minimum of three weavings were to be made with yarns dyed to control hue, value, and intensity, and each varying in number of layers from two to four. Technical sketches in the form of maquettes were to precede work on the loom, and throughout the process a journal was to be kept to record pertinent data and guide analysis and evaluation.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Miletto, Joan E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Evolution of Three-Dimensional Mixed-Media Forms From Two-Dimensional Mixed-Media Surfaces
This document is an attempt to objectify the subjective. The purpose of the investigation was to determine how a previous mode of expression, namely, two dimensional mixed media, could evolve toward an expressive mode which incorporated the making of three dimensional works. The main concern was to determine how the two dimensional statement gave way to one which was three dimensional, or what constituted the three dimensionality of the work.
Date:
December 1976
Creator:
Feld, Cecelia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Exploration of Devices to Intensify the Disruption in Perception in my Painting
The purpose of the creative project was an attempt to intensify the perceptual disruption while simultaneously continuing my exploration of the expressive power of certain images and symbols. These ideas were explored in a new series of paintings.
Date:
August 1984
Creator:
Harrington, Susan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Spontaneous Installations of Flexible Combinations of Woven Modular Forms
The purpose of this project was to investigate the possibilities of reorganizing space by arranging woven modules. These units were to be separable and flexible in regard to their spacial relationships and interrelatedness in any installation. This problem was examined in these specific ways: 1) Is it possible to create a sense of volume in forms woven flat on a standard floor loom as simple, single-layer or double-layer fabrics and later manipulate them into three-dimensional structures? 2) how can fundamentally simple, fibrous materials be utilized to achieve an effect of scale without overpowering their intrinsic qualities? 3) To what extent, if any, will lighting interact with woven fabric to create the illusion of an extended space? 4) can woven modules be created with enough flexibility of form to be responsive to varying relationships to each other and to specific installation spaces?
Date:
August 1979
Creator:
Burchett, Jayme Schaumann
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Photography Versus Direct Observation: An Investigation in Painting
To clarify this investigation, certain questions were formulated to guide the research. These were: 1. is the working procedure markedly different when using a photograph as a source for a work than the procedure used when working from direct observation? 2. If different, does this working procedure affect the final outcome or product? and 3. Whether the working procedure is similar or dissimilar, is the end result, i.e., the work of art, affected by the method used? That is, will the style of the works done from photographs be different from the style of those done from direct observation?
Date:
May 1977
Creator:
Sheppard, J. C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Combining Silkscreen, Drawing, and Painting on Canvas
It is the purpose of this study to visually and technically explore the combination of the direct methods of drawing and painting and the more indirect process of silkscreen printing on canvas. The flexibility of the three technical areas- silkscreen, drawing, and painting- proved to make the combination more feasible.
Date:
August 1974
Creator:
Bennett, Jolynn N.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Black and White Pottery: Developing a Vocabulary of Patterns and Motifs Based on Neolithic Precedents
The purpose of this study was to develop a vocabulary of patterns and motifs based on Persian and Mesopotamian styles. Then, using the characteristics mentioned above, to create a body of work, approximately twenty pieces, using that vocabulary.
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
Brigman, David Henry
System:
The UNT Digital Library