He was popular in the 60s and 70s.
I came upon him one day while working in the library. A fellow student asked to see something from the special collections room. Upon returning the book to me, I looked into it and found some really lovely pieces. this guy is crafty.
So, for this 2-week ideation project, my strategy is crafting.
Crafting
-making things by hand
action words for such strategy:
cut
paste
assemble
bejewel
mold
bend
manipulate
knot
tie
dye
draw
paint
sew
materials for my strategy:
yarn
hot glue
paper
wood
clay
sequins
feathers
paint
found items
fake hair
fabric
beads
jewels
chains
string/thread
plaster
glue stick
foam
This is my strategy.. my concept is: create an emblem for Odechee Neebes
- also possibly a mini-zine explaining why crafting, and the religious importance of my object.
1 comment:
questions to think about while working on your project:
are you thinking about the emblem for the O.N. tribe along the same lines that samaras makes his fetish objects? his are often (if not always) self-referential. are you investigating his ideas/motives as much as his materials/techniques?
how will you use different crafting techniques and materials (as well as form, texture and color) to show the attitudes, behaviors, rituals, beliefs of the O.N. people?
more on samaras:
Samaras' early work was composed of objects such as straight pins, twine, glitter, and nails collected in boxes, which suggested personal fetish objects. He subsequently constructed room environments that contained elements from his own personal history.[2] His "Auto-Interviews" were a series of text works that were "self-investigatory" interviews.[3] The primary subject of his photographic work is his own self-image, generally distorted and mutilated. He has worked with multi-media collages, and by manipulating the wet dyes in Polaroid photographic film to create what he calls "Photo-Transformations. (from Wikipedia)
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