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Flight Imagery Using Stretched Fabric Over Wire Armatures

Description: The purposes of this Problem in Lieu of Thesis are: 1. To explore the use of stretched fabric over constructed wire armatures to create sculptural forms that suggest the potential for flight; and 2. To evaluate the artistic merits of such forms as they relate to an interior architectural environment.
Date: August 1989
Creator: Griffith, David W.
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Plast-I-Kits: Thesis Pieces

Description: I proposed to base my thesis work upon an exploration of the ideas of the strength, power, and tenuous quality of metals, using a variety of metals in combination with appropriated and deconstructed forms to create cultural narratives. In this exploration, I addressed the materials of metalsmithing and their traditional use.
Date: August 1997
Creator: Laswell, Susan
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Observation of Two-Dimensional Printed Matter Within Three-Dimensional Formats

Description: It was my intent that the formats work harmoniously with the printed matter, conceptually, aesthetically, and functionally. Specific concerns addressed were 1. How did the format contribute to a clearer understanding of the print concept? 2. How did the functional design and construction of the formats contribute to or detract from the successful unification of print and format? 3. How did the aesthetic design and construction of the formats contribute to or detract from the successful unificat… more
Date: August 1982
Creator: Procacci-Kessler, Lorraine
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The Commemoration of Womanhood Through Small Sculpture/Jewelry

Description: The triumphs over daily conflicts correspond to monuments that commemorate specific events of my life as a woman. The monuments commemorating these events necessitated an intimate format because the events depicted deserve close personal attention. The intimate scale offers the option of being presented as a sculpture with a base that has a detachable, wearable part.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Scott, Michelle Milner
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An Investigation of Selected Decorative Ceramic Techniques and Their Relationship to Form

Description: The intent of this study was to construct a group of forty wheel-thrown vessels, comprised of four forms, in series of ten. The surface of these pots was to be enriched through the use of various materials and techniques. These included slip trailing, brushed slip, glaze and over glaze colorants. The decorative theme I pursued was based on abstract floral images. I admire both the ordered structure of plant forms and the slightly imperfect symmetry contained within their various parts. I have a… more
Date: August 1986
Creator: Olson, Dennis K.
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The Neutralization of the Figure Within a Controlled Environment

Description: The questions I have addressed in regard to neutralization were as follows: 1. How important was the figure to the environment? 2. How far could the figure's physical presence be reduced and still contribute to the concepts of the painting? 3. How vividly was the figure presented while still complying with the requirements to meet neutralization? 4. Did color and texture aid in neutralizing the figure, and, if so, how? 5. Did the scale of the paintings have any effect on the neutralization proc… more
Date: August 1979
Creator: Gibson, John R.
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Chair-Woman

Description: As the Chair-Woman series has progressed, I have explored the various means to enhance its interpretation. I have determined that materials such as wood and fabric result in a more intimate reading than bronze. However, I have not explored how scale and proximity to other objects will affect the reading. The questions I am seeking to resolve relate to possibilities for expanding the meaning and significance in the Chair-Woman series.
Date: August 1998
Creator: Weaver, Melanie L.
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Jewelry as Removable, Wearable Elements of a Larger Collage

Description: In developing the ideas for this project, one of the major questions to be addressed was how well this method of combining prints, drawings and jewelry into a single collage would contribute to expressing the themes of intimacy and secretiveness already present in the individual pieces. It seemed that surrounding the jewelry with an environment that shared and repeated the private qualities of these objects would increase the intimacy of the work.
Date: August 1986
Creator: Swann, Rebecca J.
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Effects of Angulation and Proximity of Components in A Series

Description: I proposed that two factors could be adjusted in a series of rings in order to achieve total control of implied movement: Proximity and angulation of components. Through careful adjustment of these two factors, I theorized that the implied motion in a ring series could be accelerated, slowed, or omitted altogether.
Date: August 1993
Creator: Mauldin, D. Bruce
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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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Messages from an Imagination

Description: The large scale format allows the images I created to have a more pronounced impact on the viewer. Self-reflective subject matter exhibited within the large attention-getting style allows an audience to better connect and identify with the figures in my work. The piece is a series of large scale paintings butted together both side by side at one hundred thirty-five-degree angles that provides a vehicle to surround the viewer. The paintings, when placed together, form a continuous image and pres… more
Date: May 1997
Creator: White, Derrick R.
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Wave

Description: From this investigation, I hoped to answer the following questions. 1) Was there a relationship between the apparent disorder evident at a boundary area and the wave form? 2. Was the wave configuration an archetypal motif? 3. If there was an archetypal wave form, did its presence transcend the use of a scientific medium?
Date: October 1989
Creator: Fernandes, Leslie
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Formulating Stains for use in 08 Temperature Salt Firing

Description: I developed twenty-three stains to use in low-temperature salt firing for my work. The stains that i made were compared to the commercially made stains to determine the similarities and differences. I felt that after much experimentation using a variety of different oxides in different amounts and calcining these amounts together in an electric kiln (heating the oxides up to about 1733 degrees Fahrenheit) that I was able to produce stable and consistent stains.
Date: August 1983
Creator: Brady, Kevin J.
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Artists' Books: An Investigation Into Another Genre of Artistic Expression

Description: For centuries, books have been a traditional way to display prints. Contemporary artists' books have become more than simply a method of displaying prints and have, in fact, become a relevant medium for artistic expression. It has been important to my work that each of my artist's books have functioned as a unified whole, all parts of complementing each other and strengthening the overall concept.
Date: August 1995
Creator: Zipfel, Karen K.
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Presentation and Preparation: A Survey of Functional Forms

Description: While I worked, I made a number of pieces that followed a common theme, each relating to the piece made before and after. This way of working revealed new possibilities for expression. During this particular body of work, I explored a specific series of forms that could be used in the preparation and presentation of food and drink.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Herbst, Frederic
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The Sculptural Book: An Exploration of Form in Conjunction With the Elements of Design

Description: My premise was the marriage of two forms, book and sculpture. My goal was to determine if these two unique types of work could be joined as one. In each oth the proposed works, I focused on an element of design as well as the challenges present when works are produced for a particular space (the Cora Stafford Gallery).
Date: May 1999
Creator: Herbst, Alicia
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An Exploration of the Words and Their Significance in my Art

Description: The purpose of this project has been to consider the importance of the words in my work. The problem was to focus more clearly on the use of words and their relationship to the visual elements and content. It was hoped also that it would determine how the work is altered by these factors.
Date: May 1984
Creator: Eubank, Mary Ann
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A Reconstruction and a Deconstruction of the Visual Equivalents of a Personal (Myth) Language

Description: Questions that arise are: 1. How will the form and content of my current work be affected by a more implicit narrative form? 2. How will the work be affected by: a. source of imagery? b. scale of images and overall works? c. materials? d. intent? Will the intent of my current work change because of a more linear narrative format? 3. Assuming the narrative will change from one piece to another, what will be the effect of placement of images in each work and how will the placement of each work in… more
Date: August 1984
Creator: Floyd, Richard Rhodes
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The Synthesis of a Image Vocabulary Using Found Objects as a Primary Source for Abstraction

Description: The synthesis of mechanical/organic abstracted forms with suggestive power and specific purpose are elements i decided to continue to explore. I wished to make a more careful and systematic analysis of how something man-made could be transformed into a quasi-mechanical abstraction, perhaps a process similar to that in the Mayan art. The purpose of this project was: (1) to analyze how the shapes and forms arise in my abstract images and (2) to devise specific functions for them within the contex… more
Date: December 1983
Creator: Hayes, Lorraine J.
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The Exploration of the Concepts of Ambiance and Nostalgia in Mixed Media Works

Description: The question addressed in this project is as follows: How, if at all, are nostalgia and ambiance created in my work through the use of the following: 1. color 2. repeated patterns from textiles, wallpaper, and quilts 3. dimension 4. text 5. personal and nostalgic imagery 6. art deco motifs 7. fixed media/found objects. Each of these items will be discussed as it relates to each piece.
Date: August 1982
Creator: Carson, Cecile M.
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Loss Versus Hope: A Printmaker's Investigation

Description: Using this conflict between death and dying versus hope and new life, I searched for an undogmatic way to convey a Christian antidote to the despair and ugliness of post modern art. The struggle was to find the imagery, format, and media combinations to express a vision, with realism and hope, for the late twentieth century, in a unique and interesting context.
Date: December 1993
Creator: Clevenger, Sara Lisbeth Brown
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An Exploration of Organic and Geometric Form Combined in Stone Sculpture

Description: Dualities of all kinds exist in the world today. Being a visual artist and sculptor I recognize these dualities every day of my life in the natural and man-made forms I see. These forms can be broken down into two categories: the geometric and the organic. The purpose of this problem in lieu of thesis was to explore how organic and geometric form could be combined to create a unified sculpture in stone and how the finished sculpture affected me as a viewer. The figure was the main organic form … more
Date: December 1993
Creator: Rippeon, Wesley P. D.
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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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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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