Trash Bag Dress

This dress was inspired by urban culture.  Lots of the clothing we wear today are ripped and torn and reflect our society.  This dress, is a reflection on the glamourous spin our culture often puts on the raggedness of our lives.  The bottem is ripped, and the top cover up layer frames the out line of the top of the dress.  This shows the beauty within the wreck.  How we can make the mess of society into beautiful chaos.  Originially I got these trashbags thinging they would be useful and hidden within the sculture I made, but after playing with my materials some I gained the most inspiration from it.

Tutu

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Flowers

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Tape candle

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Headband

Created by a few paper clips and some colorful feathers, this lovely accessory has the power to attract. I became inspired to make this feather headband because wearing a headband on your forehead seems to be the new trend now. So, I thought to myself, "Hey! I have an entire BOX of paper clips and a bag full of cute and stylish feathers at home, so why not make a cute headband to compete with the others!" If I were to ever sell these beautiful head products, I believe they would sell more than all the others out there. My reasons being that it's extremely unique, it doesn't create a strange dent from the top half of your hair to the bottom like the other leading headbands, and it was created with love :). There isn't a reason NOT to like it!

Straw Sculpture

It all started with just a few straws and no plan. What to do? No one knew. Originally, I planned on making it a really cool straw creation with water flowing all around inside the straws. But sadly, that plan had no way of being put into action. So, one day a friend of mine named Evan arranged the straws in a way that I cannot explain. 'Twas a beautiful form. 'Twas in a form of a colorful butterfly, but also in a sprouting straw sculpture. My art teacher also helped me come up with the idea to create two more of the same arrangement and put it all together, so that it created this wonderful object. I like to think of it as a toy, or a decoration, or maybe even a flying butterfly. But whichever way one is to look at it, its main goal is to entertain.

Umbrella

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Key Holder

Wrist Bands

 

This piece was inspired by a kandi kids.  Kandi kids love flashy clothing items, and (often) live using the concept of PLUR.  PLUR stands for Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect.  Ravers often intertwine this with their clothing choices and use lots of accessories.  These assories catch the eye easily and draw more attention to you.  These wrist bands are purely for looks, and a fashion statement.  The materials i used were things that caught my eye and went well with the concept.  It is made with two colors of steel wool and duct tape on the inside.  The duct tape allows these to be more easily worn and comfortable to the wearer.  These wrist bands are actually wearable and make a fashion statement. 

This is my second project that I made. I got the idea to build a robot when I saw the TV in the corner a couple weeks before Halloween. I thought it would be cool to have the robot play old horror films, but decided that the static gave it a unique addition. This robot is made out of a TV for its head, two fans for a body; its arms are made out of air vents and a mini table for legs. When the TV is plugged in, it is supposed to give the observer the feeling that the robot is on, but not completed yet.   Also, when the two fans are on it represent its motor running as if the robot was actually on and alert.- Chelsea

Wiffle Balls Hanging Decor

99 Cent Store Project - Basket Light

This was my first project out of the two I had created. I got the idea by finding lava lamp rulers at the 99 cents only store. To me, the liquid inside the ruler reminded me of splatter paint. This influenced me to splatter paint the basket in neon colors, similar to the colors of the ruler. And, the best way to make neon colors show is to put it with a dark background, which is why the basket's main color is black. The basket and rulers created a funky chandelier. The best part about the chandelier is that the light goes through the little openings causing the shapes to show on the wall.-Chelsea 

Stairway to Present

This project began when our class had a discussion on Andy Warhol's American Supermarket exhibition.

We were inspired to recreate this piece because we saw it in 2-D and decided to make a 3-D version. The final sculpture was visually inspired by Piet Mondrian's painting (shown below).  Once we decided to represent how mass production is taking over our society opposed to a literal translation, our idea of a staircase built with plain boxes came about.  We wanted to show how everything has now become black and white in the eyes of the consumer.
Upon reaching this goal we had to overcome a few obstacles. One of them being that we didn't really know what position to put the boxes in. After continuously throwing the boxes in a random order and switching and turning them in every way possible, the staircase idea came to life by our art teacher Mrs. Roberts. Since we already had the same color boxes as in Piet Mondrian's painting below, we were able to re-create it in a staircase form.

Welcome!

Welcome to our blog.  Here we will explore mixed media and show you our mixed media projects.  We are:  A group of young artists aiming to explore a variety of themes and materials and share our work with you.