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A Reconstruction and a Deconstruction of the Visual Equivalents of a Personal (Myth) Language
Questions that arise are: 1. How will the form and content of my current work be affected by a more implicit narrative form? 2. How will the work be affected by: a. source of imagery? b. scale of images and overall works? c. materials? d. intent? Will the intent of my current work change because of a more linear narrative format? 3. Assuming the narrative will change from one piece to another, what will be the effect of placement of images in each work and how will the placement of each work in relation to the others be affected?
Date:
August 1984
Creator:
Floyd, Richard Rhodes
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Synthesis of a Image Vocabulary Using Found Objects as a Primary Source for Abstraction
The synthesis of mechanical/organic abstracted forms with suggestive power and specific purpose are elements i decided to continue to explore. I wished to make a more careful and systematic analysis of how something man-made could be transformed into a quasi-mechanical abstraction, perhaps a process similar to that in the Mayan art. The purpose of this project was: (1) to analyze how the shapes and forms arise in my abstract images and (2) to devise specific functions for them within the context of the final form.
Date:
December 1983
Creator:
Hayes, Lorraine J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Exploration of the Concepts of Ambiance and Nostalgia in Mixed Media Works
The question addressed in this project is as follows: How, if at all, are nostalgia and ambiance created in my work through the use of the following: 1. color 2. repeated patterns from textiles, wallpaper, and quilts 3. dimension 4. text 5. personal and nostalgic imagery 6. art deco motifs 7. fixed media/found objects. Each of these items will be discussed as it relates to each piece.
Date:
August 1982
Creator:
Carson, Cecile M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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
An Analysis of Spontaneous and Premeditated Working Methods
For my problem, I proposed to document and analyze the relationships of the spontaneous and premeditated approaches in my work. The pieces that I began during the Spring and Summer 1979 were to be my primary sources of data. Two means were used to document these works and my approaches to them. I photographed the pieces as they progressed up to and including the finished product, and a sketchbook-diary was used to compile ideas and responses.
Date:
May 1980
Creator:
Lowrey, Nancy K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ikat: The Combination and Rearrangement of Simple Individual Dyed Patterns into Complex Designs
Ikat is a technique used throughout the world for the surface enrichment of textiles. In Ikat, patterns are dyed into the warp, weft, or both by the use of various resists such as twine or plastic wrapped tightly around a group of yarns. The dyed yarns are then unwrapped and woven into fabric. Instead of stretching an entire warp or weft on a frame to apply resist, yarn can also be measured into small groups for tying and dyeing. These small groups of yarn can be dyed with simple patterns and later rearranged and combined to create more complex designs. In order to investigate the possibilities of the above mentioned methods, a series of Ikat fabrics was developed.
Date:
August 1981
Creator:
Erickson, Jeanne M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Imagery of "Man": An Analysis of Ten Paintings and Their Related Imagery
The Isle of Man and Southeast Texas both display unique aspects of their geographical localities. In many ways they share similar attributes. I feel strongly that we are a product of our past and of our surroundings. So what type of imagery can be dealt with as a personal icon to link the two diverse places of my past and present?
Date:
December 1990
Creator:
Kennaugh, Don Michael
System:
The UNT Digital Library
One-Sitting Paintings
Even Though I already did paint fairly rapidly, I felt I had a tendency to let the painting in progress sit too long in between times spent working on it. I also felt that I was spending too much time stepping back away from the work to look at it and was milling around the studio sometimes needlessly. Thus I became intrigued with the idea of doing a painting in one block of time. The purpose of this investigation was to explore and study the possibilities generated by a series of "one-sitting" paintings. I defined one-sitting painting as a painting which proceeded from beginning to end without a significant break, meaning that it could take anywhere from four to sixteen hours to complete.
Date:
May 1990
Creator:
Thomas, Craig C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
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
Masks and Nature
The intention of my mask-making was to present a body of work that visually captured my many encounters with spiritual presences in nature. From my perspective, these spiritual presences can be described most effectively as Platonic ideals, or the blueprints from which all physical forms are derived. These spirits are, therefore, the life breath and animating force behind the material world. I wanted to transcend the mere physical manifestations of nature and create in the masks a primary vehicle or conduit for the spiritual presences that I sensed in nature.
Date:
December 1990
Creator:
Cato, Maribeth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Fractal Object: Towards a Soluable Space
In this investigation the possibility of a "soluable" type of space and its formal properties was explored. The project took the form of four objects, ranging in size from three to eight feet in total length. The investigation was based on the following questions: 1. How does the form suggest extensions of itself in space? 2. How does color alter the viewer's response to the form? 3. How do color and form work together in suggesting additional elements? 4. In what manner do materials and/or patterns affect the form? 5. What new avenues of investigation does the work suggest?
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
Webber, Bruce
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Monoprint Techniques and Sequential Viewing Devices with Spontaneous Landscape Imagery
For the last few years my work has been concerned with an exploration of the landscape image through the use of the traditional printmaking techniques of intaglio and lithography. The images which were produced during this time became increasingly flat and at the same time increasingly spontaneous. At the onset of this project, the images were the result of feelings about and memories of landscape, rather than studies taken directly from nature or from secondary sources. As the desire for spontaneity within the image increased, I felt the need to alter my method of working in order to accommodate additional flexibility. I concluded that this would exclude the traditional print methods.
Date:
May 1982
Creator:
Nailling, Theresa M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Building a Personal History With Layered Symbolic Images
Since I was a young child, I have had a deep interest in all facets of the cultures of early humans and more modern primitive peoples-- in particular, their art and their mythology. It was my proposal, therefore, to combine these interests with the styles of my earlier works by using images drawn from the various aspects of my ancestry in several pieces of work in which the layering of those images-- similar to the layers of my heritage-- was used. My choices were limited to a set number of images listed in a "dictionary of symbols." I continued to engage in on-going research of these symbols to determine if there were relationships in their meanings between the various cultural elements of my ancestry.
Date:
August 1990
Creator:
Blair, Teresa A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Developing an Efficient One-Man Potter's Studio
The problem I proposed to explore involved making changes in personal work practices in the studio as well as studio organization. Using advice and practices that I have gleaned over the past few years, I made changes in the areas of studio organization, wheel production, and the glaze decoration process with the goal of adapting to a limited studio space and becoming more productive.
Date:
August 1990
Creator:
Bailey, John Scott
System:
The UNT Digital Library
As Thought is to Speech
This problem tries to bring together a comprehensive array of themes. There has been a duality between painterly techniques, recognizable images and disjunctive imagery. The subtractive painting technique used has created smooth transitions between images and made these hybrid realities more convincing.
Date:
May 1992
Creator:
Miller, Susan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bernhardt/Campbell: A Collaboration
The idea for this creative project evolved as the result of communication between myself and Cathie Bernhardt during the first half of 1977. Both of us had been dealing with similar concepts such as reliquary-like containers and the objects contained within them. We also had a congruent approach concerning the use of materials and the manner in which they can be fabricated. These two things resulted in a mutual respect for each other's forms and imagery. We, therefore, decided to explore and combine specific aspects of our talent and, in collaboration, produce a series of pieces. Our project became one of collaborative art, and we defined that as follows: One, the process of discussing ideas for pieces; Two, the act of working on pieces together, Three, the completion of pieces wherein both artists have contributed significantly to the final products.
Date:
August 1980
Creator:
Campbell, Frank M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of Symbols Generated In a Body of Work
In order to discover more about the nature of my work, I conducted an investigation of the evolution of symbols generated in a body of work. For the purpose of this study the term symbol was defined as something that represents the term symbol was defined as something that represents another entity by association, resemblance, or convention, specifically, a material object or image used to represent an idea.
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
McKenzie, J. Michael
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
The Interpretation of Facial Expressions by Drawings: Problem 1
This study deals with an analysis of facial characteristics and expressions and their interpretation through drawings. Through the past several years of teaching in a Dallas school where so many nationalities are represented and where the various peoples of the lowest privileged groups are segregated, the writer has become deeply interested in what is to be seen in the faces of children. The second problem of the study features an analysis of facial characteristics and expressions and their interpretation through drawings, modeling in clay, and papier mache.
Date:
August 1949
Creator:
Best, Alytiabel Johnston
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Illustrative Documentation of Afro-American Vernacular Dancers From the 1900's to 1945
It was impossible to document all of the important dancers of the era; however, certain individuals were notably exceptional. The purpose of this study was to document and illustrate some of those dancers who impacted and influenced the development of American vernacular dance during the early twentieth century through the mid-1940's. The individuals chosen were as follows: Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham, John Bubbles, Bill Robinson, Earl "Snakeships" Tucker, James Walker and Charles Green (Chuck and Chuckles), Katherine Dunham, Honi Coles and Cholly Akins (Coles and Akins) Josephine Baker, The Derry Brothers (Ananias, Jimmy and Warren), Eddie Rector, Willa Mae Ricker and Leon James. Emphasis was concentrated on capturing an accurate likeness of the individuals as well as on establishing a specific mood. Since all of the above-mentioned individuals were dancers, a special effort was made to recreate the lighting and aura of the stage.
Date:
May 1992
Creator:
Woosley, Brigitte J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Between Seeing and Knowing
I intended to create a body of work using a variety of media and a combination of imagery that is both subjective and objective in regards to representation. I incorporated into the work, words and phrases which are not related to the imagery. This has allowed the work to be variously interpreted. I wanted certain elements of the work to appear simultaneously very old and very new.
Date:
December 1991
Creator:
Middleton, Michael D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library