The Compositional Application of the Photograph in the Production of My Prints and Drawings (open access)

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
Exploring the Possibilities of Combining Hand Fabricated and Mold Formed Ceramic Processes (open access)

Exploring the Possibilities of Combining Hand Fabricated and Mold Formed Ceramic Processes

The abstract expressionist movement aided in the development of this new personality for the clay world. An entire new dimension was added with extreme manipulation of ceramic pieces. My work reflects feelings and ideas concerning today's society and the status-quo. Common, everyday images recur in my art objects, with a major interest in cars, food, slogans, and puns. These are all a part of the hysteria of the American scene today.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Moss, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Indian Patriots: A Study Through Portraiture (open access)

Indian Patriots: A Study Through Portraiture

In the fall of 1972 I was required to read Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" as an "atmosphere setter" for a seminar on artists of the westward expansion in the United States. When I first started making drawings of some of the Indian leaders, I had no idea of doing a series. I also had no idea that Indians and more especially those of the West, would be consuming so much of my time and thoughts for such a long period. In the beginning the drawings were prompted by a fascination with the bone structure of the Indian faces. The high cheekbones, the prominent noses and unusual eyes caused marvelous patterns of light and dark, making the faces very conducive to caricature. As I began to know these faces as individuals and personalities, however, I knew that caricature was not the direction which i wanted to pursue.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Cundall, Edwinia Tillinghast
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Visual Oppositions in Drawing and Printmaking (open access)

An Investigation of Visual Oppositions in Drawing and Printmaking

I resolved to consciously examine the role of precise and spontaneous aspects of my drawings as my creative project. I felt that an investigation into the use of precise and spontaneous elements and their relationship to each other would strengthen my understanding of my own work.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Fagan, Danielle
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Production of Large Scale Ceramic Pieces and its Affect on the Working Methods of the Artist (open access)

The Production of Large Scale Ceramic Pieces and its Affect on the Working Methods of the Artist

This problem concerns the production of large scale ceramic sculpture and its affect on the working method of the artist. Traditionally, western ceramics deals with functional pieces of a personal scale, that is smaller ceramic works which serve specific utilitarian purposes. The concepts of clay as an art medium and the studio-potter have developed over only the last 125 years of western ceramic history.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Dennard, William C., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Six Works-- A Discussion of Subject Matter in My Work (open access)

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
A Structuralist Analysis of my Art (open access)

A Structuralist Analysis of my Art

This project is an investigation into the sources of sustained, thematically related images through a series of drawings, prints, photographs and sculpture. Because I have always worked best when I have hit upon an image or set of images of considerable symbolic depth, and because I have generally found such images intuitively, a major portion of this project is to determine if such images can be discovered more consciously.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Sale, Mary Chlotilde Loper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Three Procedures for Creatively Joining Paper and Fabric Surfaces in Painting (open access)

Three Procedures for Creatively Joining Paper and Fabric Surfaces in Painting

During the last several years, my art work has evolved around a developing concept nurtured by a fascination with timeworn relics of the past centered itself around an emotional sensibility toward deteriorating fragmentary remnants of archaeological finds and relics of ancient art, predominately pottery shards and old textiles. I was intrigued and stimulated by the feeling of age and by the beauty of these worn and irregular shapes.
Date: May 1977
Creator: Crump, Carole Huddleston
System: The UNT Digital Library
Warp-Faced Weaving on an Architectural Scale (open access)

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
An Analysis of Space and an Investigation Into the Nature of the Block-Out Process in My Current Work (open access)

An Analysis of Space and an Investigation Into the Nature of the Block-Out Process in My Current Work

The purpose of the creative project was to investigate the relationship of figure to ground in a series of paintings in order to better understand how I perceive the space in my work and to analyze the block-out process. Questions regarding the figure/ground relationship are as follow: 1. What is figure, what is ground and what is ambiguous as I see it? 2. What effects do overlapping, shape size, color and value have upon the figure/ground relationship? The portion of the investigation concerning the block-out process has two questions. They are as follow: 1. How do I begin the block-out process? 2. How do I decide what to block out?
Date: May 1978
Creator: Werner, Lois Wetzel
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Combination of Sewing Techniques, Manufactured Fabric, Paper, Paint, as a Creative Process (open access)

The Combination of Sewing Techniques, Manufactured Fabric, Paper, Paint, as a Creative Process

My problem was to investigate some of the possibilities which have arisen through my previous work by producing twelve fabric pieces and eight paper pieces. Specifically, the following questions were to be examined: 1. Are there traditional designs or techniques in quilts of the past that can be utilized in my own work? 2. Are the primary colors (red, yellow, blue) in manufactured unaltered fabric more effective than painted or altered fabric? 3. Is there a correlation between the color and imagery in the paper pieces and those of the fabric pieces? 4. Of the project pieces, is there a size that generally appears to be more successful than others?
Date: May 1978
Creator: Outlaw, Marilyn Jeanne
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Incorporation of Silkscreen Techniques in the Decoration of Raku-Fired Ceramics (open access)

The Incorporation of Silkscreen Techniques in the Decoration of Raku-Fired Ceramics

The questions answered by this investigation are as follows: 1. Which silkscreens and stencils will work in screening flat and three-dimensional objects? 2. Which mediums and coloring agents will survive a glaze firing to produce an acceptable image? 3. How can the image be modified by screening during the different stages of a ceramic piece (wet, green, bisque, glazed)? 4. What glazes and glaze applications will be compatible? 5. Generally, what is the relationship between the image and the object?
Date: May 1978
Creator: Allen, James Franklin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Zinc, Magnesium, and Aluminum as Etching Surfaces (open access)

Investigation of Zinc, Magnesium, and Aluminum as Etching Surfaces

The introduction to printmaking in most universities and college directs students to learn the basic techniques of intaglio using zinc. This continues throughout one's academic career, with little emphasis placed on experimentation with other metals. During my undergraduate and graduate studies I etched with zinc. I had wanted to use aluminium and magnesium in order to explore the similar and dissimilar qualities of the three.
Date: May 1978
Creator: Stark, John E., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Collaborative Art (open access)

Collaborative Art

Our problem was to produce art in a collaborative manner. Due to the nature of our problem, we proposed to explore specific aspects of collaborative art and answer these questions: 1. in what ways is the co-artist's input beneficial? 2. How are the artist's skills broadened by working with a fellow artist? 3. What is involved in developing a professional working relationship between male and female artist? 4. What understanding of differences in working styles is acquired? 5. What are the differences reflected in each artist's earlier works as compared to the collaborative pieces?
Date: May 1979
Creator: Bernhardt, Catherine A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interplay of Forms: Cast, Constructed, Forged as Functional Jewelry (open access)

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
An Investigation of the Influences on my Art Caused by Living in Saudi Arabia (open access)

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
The Use of Blacksmithing Techniques in the Construction of Outdoor Sculpture (open access)

The Use of Blacksmithing Techniques in the Construction of Outdoor Sculpture

The purpose of this problem was to investigate the advantages and limitations in the use of blacksmithing techniques combined with the construction techniques of arc welding and the use of power tools to construct large outdoor sculpture. Specific questions will be asked to determine the suitability of this method of working. The questions are: 1. Can blacksmithing techniques be used in the construction of large outdoor sculpture? a. what specific techniques are appropriate? b. Will some techniques be used more than others? 2. Will these techniques be used more than others? 2. Will these techniques take an inordinate amount of time and make them impractical for the artist to use?
Date: May 1979
Creator: Zinck, Henry G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Spontaneous and Premeditated Working Methods (open access)

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
Combining Warp Ikat and Crowfoot Satin Weave with Supplementary Weft Techniques to Produce Architecturally Scaled Textiles (open access)

Combining Warp Ikat and Crowfoot Satin Weave with Supplementary Weft Techniques to Produce Architecturally Scaled Textiles

My problem was to combine warp ikat woven in crowfoot satin weave with supplementary weft techniques, in order to increase visual depth and maintain visual unity.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Rose
System: The UNT Digital Library
Image Discovery: Intaglio Process (open access)

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
Presentation Techniques of Three-Dimensional Woven Forms (open access)

Presentation Techniques of Three-Dimensional Woven Forms

The intent of this problem was twofold: (1) to demonstrate the adaptability of woven tubular forms in an exhibition space and (2) to demonstrate how support structures could be successfully combined with woven fabric forms as part of the overall design. The problem was executed to alleviate some of the limitations imposed by exhibition spaces. Specifically, the more versatile the piece, the greater the potential for aesthetic and structural effect.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Eby, Eugene J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Representationalism in Woven Tapestry Technique (open access)

Representationalism in Woven Tapestry Technique

My interest in pictorial representationalism began when I started painting and drawing as a child, and my concern for working realistically continued and developed through my undergraduate years in college. In this investigation i explored the working processes used in a representational approach to contemporary woven tapestries. A brief discussion of the origins of representational woven tapestries with concentration upon Twentieth Century textiles was followed by an analysis of the influences upon my work by artists and stylistic trends.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Dees, Lynne
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Artist's Book as an Alternative to the Gallery Installation (open access)

The Artist's Book as an Alternative to the Gallery Installation

I examined and evaluated three sets of gallery installations and related handmade books. The following questions were considered foremost: 1) Visually, how different from and how similar to the gallery installations are the books? 2) What verbal elements are adapted from the installations to the books? 3) How does the difference in format (that is, the books) alter or affect the content and meaning of the installations?
Date: May 1981
Creator: Bush, M. Rowena
System: The UNT Digital Library
Imagery Contexts: The Effect on Painting Format (open access)

Imagery Contexts: The Effect on Painting Format

As a result of my interests I became concerned with 1. The invention of eccentric imagery for use in painting formats. These images were intended to subtly allude to archaic and archetypal objects of forms (artifact reference) yet remain anonymous in terms of absolute identity. 2. Random and ambiguous placement of the imagery on a surface resulting in a mapping or diagramming of a possible 'place,' with a broadly interpreted landscape orientation to space. 3. Paintings having the characteristics of the objects in terms of materials and processes used, surface tactile qualities, irregular shape. These three ideas formed the basis of the problem.
Date: May 1982
Creator: Simcoe, Barbara
System: The UNT Digital Library