Memento

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Memento
Materials:
Wood, fabric, and thread
Dimensions: 5.5 x 2 in.
For this project, we had to create a piece from a memory. I wanted to go with a precious memory that I hold close to my heart. When I was twelve I had a major surgery at Wolfsons Children's Hospital in Jacksonville. When I woke up, the first thing I saw was the window to my right shinning light down on the St.Johns river. This is such a vivid and important memory to me because it signifies the start of a new phase in my life. I chose wood as the firm foundation since this experience was solid and strong. I chose blue fabric to signify the water I saw when I woke up, and I chose gold thread to represent the sun shinning on the river.




 Research:
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http://www.circletrim.com/arched-curved-millwork.aspx
 
http://foundations3ddesign.blogspot.com/2016/05/sarah-sommer-student-work.html
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https://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/74580-recent-ceramic-sculpture?tab=EVENT


On Touch Imaged With Statements:
"The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale."- Susan Stewart
While walking the shoreline, I noticed how vast the ocean is compared to myself. It really blows my mind at how small humans are to earth's natural elements. I chose this image for this sentence because without experiencing in person how massive the ocean really is compared to my body I wouldn't of gained an understanding of how small humans really are in the world.




"Capacity of objects to serve as traces of authentic experience."- Susan Stewart
I chose this image for this sentence because to me when I graduated community college my diploma held such a high/capacity for me at the time. The journey to receiving this diploma was such an experience, from dual enrolling at the age of sixteen to finally graduating at the age of nineteen was such an accomplishing thing for me. This diploma is much more than a piece of paper, its a paper full of accomplishing memories and experiences.
" The souvenir reduces the public, the monumental, and the three-dimensional into the miniature, that which can be enveloped by the body." - Susan Stewart
When walking around downtown during Night of Lights I noticed the structure the lights were set up in around the plaza and the public's amazement. The memory I have of experiencing this breathe-taking sight is a genuine souvenir.

" To have a souvenir of the exotic is to possess both a specimen and a trophy."- Susan Stewart

By nature, I'm a introvert. Often, I let experiences and thing pass me by because I don't want go beyond my comfort zone level. But since I started attending Flagler,  I decide to try and break out of my comfort zone level and actually experience things I've been wanting to try/do. To me, the new adventures, or the "exotics", I experience are my trophies and specimens that I find to be very precious.
"... The nostalgic input of the handmade in a " plastic world."- Susan Stewart
This is a picture of my closest friends of twenty years and me. We have quite a bit of memories built up over the years since we were babies and I'm so I feel so privileged to have such a "handmade", solid, and strong friendship.  I feel like in today's society, a "plastic world," is fake. Society makes you feel like you need to be a certain way to fit in or befriend specific types of people. So to have this type of real and genuine bond is very special.






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