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Adapting Reproduction Knowledge and Photomechanical Techniques to Serigraphy for Non-Commercial Purposes

Description: This problem is involved with attempting to answer two basic questions: (a) Can I, a commercial artist, expand and develop as an artist through screen printing and make valid aesthetic statements unrelated to client and/or product? and (b) Can knowledge of reproduction methods and photo-mechanical techniques be successfully utilized in screen printing for non-commercial purposes? Extensive notes in the form of a journal were maintained as work on the project progressed. These notes, combined wi… more
Date: December 1976
Creator: Adkins, Margie J.
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Adding and Subtracting Color in the Painting and Serigraphic Processes: A Development of Consistency in Two Art Media

Description: This is a method in which designs as a whole are not pre-planned or pre-arranged, but are developed by applying layers of color. This is an additive method for obvious reasons, and it is subtractive because shapes can be covered with opaque paint or very intense stain. Transparent layers of color applied over existing colors cause hue changes, and the process creates subtleties resulting from one color showing through another.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Gilbert, Richard W.
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Altering the Muzak Situation

Description: The project involved producing a group (16) of audio-visual installations that successfully displayed and exposed various Muzak situations. The following questions, relating to individual pieces, were of concern: 1. What is the basic intent of each installation or piece? 2. Does the piece communicate the intent of the artist? 3. Which installations or pieces will adapt to any space? 4. What visual documentation is necessary to preserve the idea?
Date: December 1979
Creator: Finch, Carl Wayne
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An Analysis of Space and an Investigation Into the Nature of the Block-Out Process in My Current Work

Description: The purpose of the creative project was to investigate the relationship of figure to ground in a series of paintings in order to better understand how I perceive the space in my work and to analyze the block-out process. Questions regarding the figure/ground relationship are as follow: 1. What is figure, what is ground and what is ambiguous as I see it? 2. What effects do overlapping, shape size, color and value have upon the figure/ground relationship? The portion of the investigation concerni… more
Date: May 1978
Creator: Werner, Lois Wetzel
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Collaborative Art

Description: Our problem was to produce art in a collaborative manner. Due to the nature of our problem, we proposed to explore specific aspects of collaborative art and answer these questions: 1. in what ways is the co-artist's input beneficial? 2. How are the artist's skills broadened by working with a fellow artist? 3. What is involved in developing a professional working relationship between male and female artist? 4. What understanding of differences in working styles is acquired? 5. What are the diffe… more
Date: May 1979
Creator: Bernhardt, Catherine A.
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The Combination of Objects in Box-Like Containers

Description: For my project, I chose to construct ten containers in which clay and non-traditional drawings were combined. The various materials used were ceramics, drawings on Plexiglas, wood, and other found materials. The questions to be answered by the completion of the ten pieces were the following: 1. What types of containers are most complimentary in combining ceramics and drawings? 2. What types of drawing media are most successful for combining drawings with ceramics? 3. What types of presentatio… more
Date: August 1978
Creator: Ellis, Lou
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The Combination of Sewing Techniques, Manufactured Fabric, Paper, Paint, as a Creative Process

Description: My problem was to investigate some of the possibilities which have arisen through my previous work by producing twelve fabric pieces and eight paper pieces. Specifically, the following questions were to be examined: 1. Are there traditional designs or techniques in quilts of the past that can be utilized in my own work? 2. Are the primary colors (red, yellow, blue) in manufactured unaltered fabric more effective than painted or altered fabric? 3. Is there a correlation between the color and ima… more
Date: May 1978
Creator: Outlaw, Marilyn Jeanne
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Combining Clay and Light Into Sculptural Forms

Description: This problem concerns the feasibility of combining the elements of light and clay in a sculptural concept of design. The study has determined various procedures of combining the sculptural ceramic forms for the internal inplant of light sources. Specific questions posed were 1. Can the surface decoration be enhanced by external and internal lighting? 2. How does each surface quality, raku, and low-fire salt glaze differ with the interplay of light? 3. In what way may two surface qualities be ap… more
Date: August 1978
Creator: Munoz, Gilberto, Jr.
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Combining Silkscreen, Drawing, and Painting on Canvas

Description: It is the purpose of this study to visually and technically explore the combination of the direct methods of drawing and painting and the more indirect process of silkscreen printing on canvas. The flexibility of the three technical areas- silkscreen, drawing, and painting- proved to make the combination more feasible.
Date: August 1974
Creator: Bennett, Jolynn N.
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Combining Woodblock and Intaglio Into the Editionable Print

Description: The problem for this creative research in lieu of thesis has been to investigate in depth the difficulties and possibilities encountered when combining the woodcut and intaglio media into one entirely editionable print. Arriving at this particular problem was natural-- I feel an innate affinity and facility for creating with the woodcut medium.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Medler, Susan Joanne Oren
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The Compositional Application of the Photograph in the Production of My Prints and Drawings

Description: My work is based upon the photographic image and deals with the juxtaposition of abstract elements within a figurative format. The camera and the photograph have become my sketch book and, as such, seem to influence the manner in which I approach and compose my prints and drawings.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Smith, Rhonda J.
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Dreams as a Source of Imagery

Description: Dreams can be defined as a series of thoughts, images, or emotions that occur during sleep. The impression of strangeness, which is certainly a characteristic of dreaming, comes from three primary performances: (1) a loosened temporal and spacial world, (2) short attentional controls and (3) fewer critical evaluations. In dreams, time and matter are not bound by physical properties, and scenes may change with remarkable rapidity or awesome slowness. One out of three people can recall dreams up… more
Date: December 1979
Creator: Penn, Patricia L.
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Exploring the Possibilities of Combining Hand Fabricated and Mold Formed Ceramic Processes

Description: The abstract expressionist movement aided in the development of this new personality for the clay world. An entire new dimension was added with extreme manipulation of ceramic pieces. My work reflects feelings and ideas concerning today's society and the status-quo. Common, everyday images recur in my art objects, with a major interest in cars, food, slogans, and puns. These are all a part of the hysteria of the American scene today.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Moss, Mary
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Factors Which Motivated Me to Produce as a Working Sculptor

Description: The purpose of this project is to provide a record, much like the ones left to us by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, of the personal influences which motivated the present artist to function productively as a sculptor for a period of one semester: from September 1, 1975 through December 12, 1975. The methods involved in charting such artistic transpirations consisted of two types: a written diary, daily recorded, which indicated the progress, regression, frustration, inspiration, and percep… more
Date: December 1977
Creator: Campbell, John T.
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Gum-Bichromate Photographic Printing as Applicable to the Ceramic Process

Description: The questions answered by this investigation were as follows: 1. Will a clay surface accept multiple emulsions and multiple development processes with little or no loss of detail? 2. Can a gum-bichromate print be accomplished using a normal 35 millimeter negative in an enlarger? 3. What is the effect of different oxides and fluxes on the emulsion? and 4. What is the effect of firing on the experimental emulsions?
Date: August 1977
Creator: Glover, Tom F.
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The Incorporation of Silkscreen Techniques in the Decoration of Raku-Fired Ceramics

Description: The questions answered by this investigation are as follows: 1. Which silkscreens and stencils will work in screening flat and three-dimensional objects? 2. Which mediums and coloring agents will survive a glaze firing to produce an acceptable image? 3. How can the image be modified by screening during the different stages of a ceramic piece (wet, green, bisque, glazed)? 4. What glazes and glaze applications will be compatible? 5. Generally, what is the relationship between the image and the ob… more
Date: May 1978
Creator: Allen, James Franklin
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Indian Patriots: A Study Through Portraiture

Description: In the fall of 1972 I was required to read Dee Brown's "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" as an "atmosphere setter" for a seminar on artists of the westward expansion in the United States. When I first started making drawings of some of the Indian leaders, I had no idea of doing a series. I also had no idea that Indians and more especially those of the West, would be consuming so much of my time and thoughts for such a long period. In the beginning the drawings were prompted by a fascination with … more
Date: May 1976
Creator: Cundall, Edwinia Tillinghast
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Interplay of Forms: Cast, Constructed, Forged as Functional Jewelry

Description: This study involves investigating the combination of delicately cast forms, domed shapes and forged silver into an aesthetic form of jewelry. The specific questions considered were as follows: 1) can the sequential interplay of forms be interrelated from initiation to completion of the study? 2) Can the techniques contrast with one another? 3) Can the scale of the forms be varied? 4) Can the three techniques of construction create body adornment? 5) Can these forms individually or in a combined… more
Date: May 1979
Creator: Johansson, Dorothy A.
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Interpretive Drawing: Self-Portraits

Description: The objectives of the creative problem may be stated in two parts. First, the utilization of the self-portrait theme in order to explore a variety of drawing techniques, media combinations, and surface manipulations; and second, the maintenance of a sketchbook-diary which accompanies the study as supportive data. The sketchbook entries include not only pertinent visual material but also verbal commentary. The sketchbook-diary is sequential and denotes the various stages of development as well a… more
Date: December 1973
Creator: Taylor, Sandra L.
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An Investigation of Large Scale in Painting

Description: As a painter, I have been working the past few years to develop a mature pictoral image and the concepts of space that were flexible enough for me to produce what I believed was a valid art statement. I have investigated several avenues for improving my work, i.e., acquiring certain technical painting skills, reading more to broaden my concepts and imagination, and visiting various art galleries and museums. During an earlier critique it was realized that the majority of my paintings were all … more
Date: August 1976
Creator: Coffee, Baxter L.
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An Investigation of the Evolution of Three-Dimensional Mixed-Media Forms From Two-Dimensional Mixed-Media Surfaces

Description: This document is an attempt to objectify the subjective. The purpose of the investigation was to determine how a previous mode of expression, namely, two dimensional mixed media, could evolve toward an expressive mode which incorporated the making of three dimensional works. The main concern was to determine how the two dimensional statement gave way to one which was three dimensional, or what constituted the three dimensionality of the work.
Date: December 1976
Creator: Feld, Cecelia
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An Investigation of the Influences on my Art Caused by Living in Saudi Arabia

Description: This project was an investigation into the specific influences upon my art produced by my living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for two years from August 1976 through August 1978. Initially, I had to make a major psychological and environmental adjustment. This period of adjustment, referred to as culture shock, was a time of personal confusion about the differences between the American and the Arabian cultures. I characterized my state of mind during this period as a psychological numbness and confus… more
Date: May 1979
Creator: Proctor, Beatrice J.
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An Investigation of the Sculptural Possibilities of Warp Distortion and Manipulation Through Warp Weighting

Description: The purpose of this project is to investigate the sculptural possibilities of warp distortion and manipulation through the utilization of the weighted-warp process. A secondary purpose is to explore the technique of warp weighting beyond a single fabric layer. It is projected that a weighted layer can be combined with one which is tensioned evenly and tied onto the floor loom (loom tensioned). In this manner, the loom-tensioned layer remains stable. The weighted layer is free to move through th… more
Date: December 1978
Creator: Shields, Janis
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