Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Growing Transition Mural (Title?)
So I hd a great meeting with the teachers of the Austin School for the Deaf and I feel like the mural concept and design is starting to really develope.
Here is the discriptive text for each section of the hall way.
Growing Transition Mural (Title?)
Austin School for the Deaf
A mural project by Mural Visions and the Blanton Museum
Wall 1: Elementary
• Blowing bubbles and exercise balls
• Teacher reading to group,
• Building with blocks,
• Doing schedule
Sign: Ball, Book
Real Object: Bubble wand with bubbles with glitter/sand texture
Wall 2: Barton Springs
• Background: Barton springs
• (Kids jumping into water, swans, swimming)
• Jump rope
Sign: Duck, Tree
Real Object: Tree Textures
Columns: (animal life cycles)
• Monarch Butterfly
• Frogs
• Turtles
• Flower
Wall 3: Middle School
• Kids bowling next to hallway hand rail area
• Science and computer classroom (school house shape, clock)
• New walker design
Sign: communication book (Velcro changeable)
Real Object: Bug collection plastic jar with plastic bugs inside.
Wall 4: South Congress Bat Bridge
• Background: Bat Bridge
• (People, bikes, bats, river, canoes)
Sign: hands in the bridge foundation
Real Object: plastic bats
Wall 5: High School
• Library, cooking, writing in journal
2nd half
• Special Olympics (volleyball, basketball, football & swimming)
Sign: Play
Real Object: book cover, half a volleyball or basket ball
Wall 6: Graduation/ Into the world
• 2 students graduating and painted on columns
• Open area for picture frames
2nd half background: City Skyline
• Working a clothing store
• Video phone in office
• Restaurant
• 2 graduated students leaving the school hand in hand with purse and backpack.
Here is the discriptive text for each section of the hall way.
Growing Transition Mural (Title?)
Austin School for the Deaf
A mural project by Mural Visions and the Blanton Museum
Wall 1: Elementary
• Blowing bubbles and exercise balls
• Teacher reading to group,
• Building with blocks,
• Doing schedule
Sign: Ball, Book
Real Object: Bubble wand with bubbles with glitter/sand texture
Wall 2: Barton Springs
• Background: Barton springs
• (Kids jumping into water, swans, swimming)
• Jump rope
Sign: Duck, Tree
Real Object: Tree Textures
Columns: (animal life cycles)
• Monarch Butterfly
• Frogs
• Turtles
• Flower
Wall 3: Middle School
• Kids bowling next to hallway hand rail area
• Science and computer classroom (school house shape, clock)
• New walker design
Sign: communication book (Velcro changeable)
Real Object: Bug collection plastic jar with plastic bugs inside.
Wall 4: South Congress Bat Bridge
• Background: Bat Bridge
• (People, bikes, bats, river, canoes)
Sign: hands in the bridge foundation
Real Object: plastic bats
Wall 5: High School
• Library, cooking, writing in journal
2nd half
• Special Olympics (volleyball, basketball, football & swimming)
Sign: Play
Real Object: book cover, half a volleyball or basket ball
Wall 6: Graduation/ Into the world
• 2 students graduating and painted on columns
• Open area for picture frames
2nd half background: City Skyline
• Working a clothing store
• Video phone in office
• Restaurant
• 2 graduated students leaving the school hand in hand with purse and backpack.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Permaset: Finally a non-toxic silkscreen ink!
Maker Faire 2008
I had a great 2 days at the Maker Faire and meet some really great makers. I wish I had taken more time to check out more but I spent most of my time explaining how to burn silkscreens and make lino cuts. I found the public to be a really nice group of people and some really cute families with kids not afraid to ask questions or try new things. Thanks to my tabling neighbor and fellow UT Design and Hampshire College Alumni I found out about Permaset Fabric Printing ink. Finally a non-toxic silkscreen ink and it works great!
http://www.colormaker.com.au/Permaset/Permaset
“Permaset Fabric Printing Colour: A complete range including metallic and fluorescent colours ensures your creativity is unlimited. All colours are water based so equipment can be easily cleaned up with water. Water based inks do not contain PVC or phthalates and are much more environmentally friendly. Permaset Aqua inks do not contain any toxic chemicals at all. It is formulated free from Lead and other heavy metals and passed the Oekotex Class 1 standard with 60% to spare. It is safe to use on baby clothes under 2 years, underwear and swimwear. Permaset Aqua inks do not contain ozone-depleting chemicals such as CFC's and HCFC's, aromatic hydrocarbons or any volatile solvents. And you don't need solvents to clean the screens down after they've been used - you can clean them with water. Most screen printing companies were using Plastisol inks as water based inks can be difficult to use due to air drying and usually, they are not as durable and opaque as Plastisol inks.”
The event was very heavy on the robotics/textile side and I wished there had been more eco design/ electric vehicles/alternative energy. Last year I found there was lot more and it would be a great area to strengthen next year.
I did enjoy the local food, community garden tent and talked to some nice green builders. They had a great cob over demo going.
There was plenty in the interactive public art project category to choose from.
• 10-bicycle snake that kids and parents got to ride all over the fair ground.
• A clothing swap with donated clothes for people to silkscreen and transform
• Large instrument art sculptures for the public to play
• Bike- carnival rides
Cob oven
I had a great 2 days at the Maker Faire and meet some really great makers. I wish I had taken more time to check out more but I spent most of my time explaining how to burn silkscreens and make lino cuts. I found the public to be a really nice group of people and some really cute families with kids not afraid to ask questions or try new things. Thanks to my tabling neighbor and fellow UT Design and Hampshire College Alumni I found out about Permaset Fabric Printing ink. Finally a non-toxic silkscreen ink and it works great!
http://www.colormaker.com.au/Permaset/Permaset
“Permaset Fabric Printing Colour: A complete range including metallic and fluorescent colours ensures your creativity is unlimited. All colours are water based so equipment can be easily cleaned up with water. Water based inks do not contain PVC or phthalates and are much more environmentally friendly. Permaset Aqua inks do not contain any toxic chemicals at all. It is formulated free from Lead and other heavy metals and passed the Oekotex Class 1 standard with 60% to spare. It is safe to use on baby clothes under 2 years, underwear and swimwear. Permaset Aqua inks do not contain ozone-depleting chemicals such as CFC's and HCFC's, aromatic hydrocarbons or any volatile solvents. And you don't need solvents to clean the screens down after they've been used - you can clean them with water. Most screen printing companies were using Plastisol inks as water based inks can be difficult to use due to air drying and usually, they are not as durable and opaque as Plastisol inks.”
The event was very heavy on the robotics/textile side and I wished there had been more eco design/ electric vehicles/alternative energy. Last year I found there was lot more and it would be a great area to strengthen next year.
I did enjoy the local food, community garden tent and talked to some nice green builders. They had a great cob over demo going.
There was plenty in the interactive public art project category to choose from.
• 10-bicycle snake that kids and parents got to ride all over the fair ground.
• A clothing swap with donated clothes for people to silkscreen and transform
• Large instrument art sculptures for the public to play
• Bike- carnival rides
Cob oven
Do kids even know how to play chess?
I have found the New York Department of Cultural Affairs to be a great resource to learn more about the public art process and see projects with interactive public art components.
“The City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program makes art accessible and visible throughout our city, one of the world’s cultural capitals. Public art serves as an expression of the community, as well as a landmark. These public sites provide an important venue for all New Yorkers and visitors to appreciate artwork outside the traditional museum or gallery setting. Percent for Art projects are site-specific and engage a variety of media—painting, mosaic, glass, textiles, sculpture, and works that are integrated into infrastructure, or architecture.”
-www.nyc.gov
Barry Holden and Nina Yankowitz created “Garden of Games” in 1997 with the materials of: granite, concrete, neon, stainless steel. It is located at the Intermediate School 145, in Queens, NY. I find this project interesting because of the artists’ attempt to create interactive environments with featured granite mosaic inlaid games such as chess and backgammon. This project also features 4 interactive bronze sculptures that educate students on the basic principals of science. I could not find images of the bronze sculptures though the idea interests me more then the mosaic games. I do think it’s interesting to provide students with board games during a time when so many students play digital video games. (this project is 12 years old) Do kids even know how to play chess? I was lucky to grow up with a chess geek of a father and enjoyed family game time with him.
“The City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program makes art accessible and visible throughout our city, one of the world’s cultural capitals. Public art serves as an expression of the community, as well as a landmark. These public sites provide an important venue for all New Yorkers and visitors to appreciate artwork outside the traditional museum or gallery setting. Percent for Art projects are site-specific and engage a variety of media—painting, mosaic, glass, textiles, sculpture, and works that are integrated into infrastructure, or architecture.”
-www.nyc.gov
Barry Holden and Nina Yankowitz created “Garden of Games” in 1997 with the materials of: granite, concrete, neon, stainless steel. It is located at the Intermediate School 145, in Queens, NY. I find this project interesting because of the artists’ attempt to create interactive environments with featured granite mosaic inlaid games such as chess and backgammon. This project also features 4 interactive bronze sculptures that educate students on the basic principals of science. I could not find images of the bronze sculptures though the idea interests me more then the mosaic games. I do think it’s interesting to provide students with board games during a time when so many students play digital video games. (this project is 12 years old) Do kids even know how to play chess? I was lucky to grow up with a chess geek of a father and enjoyed family game time with him.
Barry Holden and Nina Yankowitz
The Garden of Games, Gate, Clock Tower and The Garden of Scientific Ideas
desires and longing for a lost utopia: Ming Fay
I have admired this piece for many years. It was my metro stop on the F line in the Lower East Side of NYC and always memorized me every time I got off the train. The glass mosaic colors with metallic highlights are breath taking and do a great job of masking the underground dirtiness of this NYC subway stop. It has defiantly influenced my obsession to learn public art mosaic techniques. I am also interested in the artist’s natural history metaphors and inspiration from nature shown in his work.
Ming Fay worked with the MTA Art for Transit Project to create two large wall mosaic murals. One is titled “Shad Crossing” and the other is titled “swimming”
“ In the late 19th century, these shad were found along the Hudson River when new immigrants came to New York, most of them settled on the Lower East side. The Uptown side is titled "Delancey Orchard"; it has a cherry orchard mosaic, which symbolized the cherry trees owned by the Delancey family in the 18th century, near the present day Orchard Street. “
-Ming Fay
“In recent years, my work has focused on the concept of a garden as a symbol of abundance, paradise and the location for the ultimate desirable state of being. As humans we are consumed with desires and longing for a lost utopia. The garden that I have created is a mindset where I cultivate an imagined place for mystical forms to exist in a sculptural landscape” –Ming Fay
mingfay.com
Ming Fay worked with the MTA Art for Transit Project to create two large wall mosaic murals. One is titled “Shad Crossing” and the other is titled “swimming”
“ In the late 19th century, these shad were found along the Hudson River when new immigrants came to New York, most of them settled on the Lower East side. The Uptown side is titled "Delancey Orchard"; it has a cherry orchard mosaic, which symbolized the cherry trees owned by the Delancey family in the 18th century, near the present day Orchard Street. “
-Ming Fay
“In recent years, my work has focused on the concept of a garden as a symbol of abundance, paradise and the location for the ultimate desirable state of being. As humans we are consumed with desires and longing for a lost utopia. The garden that I have created is a mindset where I cultivate an imagined place for mystical forms to exist in a sculptural landscape” –Ming Fay
mingfay.com
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)