Mint museum visit on 2/17

Daily class notes

The museum was great. So great that I told my family to go visit it. Some works made me see a new side in making art. Preston Singlefary, for example, made a hand blown glass plate that was engraved with a lizard and other shapes and the shadow of that piece had the exact image that was engraved on the glass. So he made use of the shadow that was casted by his piece. Danny Lane's piece was also amazing. It made me think of a rainbow where its colors were made from colorful objects rather than just plain colors. In my opinion the best piece was by Nicholas Arroyave, the "Slashed Piece". It was a piece of clay that was covered with fabric. The fabric was actually slashed with the piece of clay. You can see the inside of the clay piece. It was a clay piece with an unusual and unexpected texture. I like to see common objects approached in an unusual way and that's why his piece grabbed my attention. The material of the fabric also helped show depth of the shapes that are made on the piece.

Nicholas Arroyave- portela, Slashed Piece

Photograph: http://www.jra.org/Get%20Involved/Trips.htm