Dustin 4D

2 artists whose work I appreciate 1. Maggi Hambling – “Scallop” Sculpture on the Beach is a tall sculpture that honors composer Benjamin Britten. It invites people to experience the power of nature through sound. Her sea paintings use the ocean to explore topics like time, death, and the ongoing flow of life. 2. Joe Webster – "Painting in Storms" on the Coast was done during a wild storm, capturing the textures that reflect the force of the wind and rain. Part 1: Drawing on an Object – Challenge #1 Object: A rock Materials: Paint and vine Action: I pressed my fingerprints into paint and applied them to the rock’s surface, then tied it with a vine from outside. Additive or Subtractive: Additive – Added paint and a vine to the rock. Permanence or Impermanence: Mixed – The paint may stay, but the vine could dry out or fall off. I used a rock as my canvas. I pressed my fingerprints in paint and added them to the surface, then tied a vine around it. The fingerprints and vine conn...

My partner was Jay. His favorite lost childhood object was a wooden circle puzzle that had spikes. He described it as having a few sharp edges, the size of a baseball, which was a puzzle. I have a wooden ball the size of a baseball, so I started out with that. My original idea was to draw cut-out looking puzzle pieces on the wooden ball, then glue these chocolate-filled waffle cones to it. I had these chocolate-filled waffle cones for a snack. I thought that would make the perfect spikes. Unfortunately, that did not work. The cone's base was jagged and wouldn't stay glued onto a ball, so I had to think of another way to recreate Jay's object.  I went to art class to explore the available materials. I saw that there were aluminum sheets. I wrapped the wooden ball with  aluminum sheets, and the leftover aluminum I shaped into a spike. I repeated the process several times to have spikes on the ball as he described. The material was much easier to use on a circle than gl...