Rodriguez- Crit #6

Experimental /Process piece

     In creating this piece, I sewed the main body- being the gray spheres along with the pale yellow link- then separately  hand sew and machine sewed organic shapes that I derived from observing cartoon characters from TV shows, or my own doodles. I wanted to create new work and explore something new while making it; in thinking about how to create something different while learning how to develop my piece in a different way, my dog chewed up one of my objects and had the idea to include by dogs into the process of creating my piece. 

     I used crackers and bells, stuffed inside of each object along with the cotton, to encourage them to play with the piece, throw it around, tear it open and chew it up. I wanted to take the piece out from my own hands and add a diffferent component to it by giving it character.

ORIGINAL:

Rodriguez- Crit #3

Experimentation/ Small Works:
     "You know when you take your pants off right after you get home from a night out, and you throw your pants into the dirty clothes.. then you wash it and then you find something in your pocket that makes you remember what you had done that night..."
      I wanted to experiment with the idea of a pocket and common objects you'd find in your pocket. I made a list of objects that you'd normally find in your pocket that you'd find after you put your jeans through the washer and threw them into the washer in pockets I hand-sew or actual jeans and saw what had turned out of both the object and the pocket. I wanted these pockets to either embody the object, create a home for them, embody the context the item can be in or stand on it's own.
      Artist inspiration: Mike Kelley, Sarah Sze, Aurora Molina.

After it was put through the washer

After it was put through the dryer along with an orange crayon

  

After the washer and dryer

The left shows the remains of the crayon after the washer and dryer and the top left is part of the latex pocket i had made. The right shows the 'Chorus Line' ticket after the washer and dryer.

I had put a bunch of M&M's in the pockets of a pair of shorts and put it through the washer and dryer