Transformation Artists

Transformation artists are artists that use everyday objects and materials to make an entirely new thing out of it. Here are some examples of those artists and their art:

Tara Donovan
She used plastic cups, buttons, etc. to create amazing, large-scale, landscape-like structures.

Tom Friedman 

He uses toothpicks, pencils, and aluminum foil (and many other materials) to create amazing abstract art.

Laura Splan

She uses her skills in embroidery to create beautiful, comforting objects of non-comforting substance.

Such as pill pillows, and disease cell doilies. 

Rebecca Horn

She creates performance out of things that we consider everyday objects such as a piano and a dress. The  piano hangs from the ceiling and comes apart demonstrating it in a whole new way than people usually imagine pianos. She also made a dress out of metal that holds her off the ground while other people control it with a remote.

Damien Hurst

Took what we know to be a pharmacy, and turned it into art. He used the organization and pretty colors to create a room looking like a museum display.

Project Display

Sarra and I are going to paint our cabinet today! This is the cabinet we will be using for our museum display! After it is painted all we have to do is go fake ingredient shopping for our magical potions! Then of course the last stage is the assembly, which we be fairly easy! I am so excited!

Upside To The Storm

So the other day I was driving home (to Idaho City) on the snow covered roads. I have to admit, I hate winter. After growing up in Idaho City where there is tons of snow, I only got good at one winter sport.... shoveling. So I was of course excited to move to Boise where there are much lighter winters. But it seems as if I've brought the snow with me!
But on my drive home, I found a great upside to snowy days! They make for beautiful pictures! I was on Warm Springs road and I passed one of my favorite trees. A cow just so happened to be under it seeking shelter from the storm. With the eyes of a photographer, I saw potential for an amazing photograph.
After finding a place to pull over and trudging over in the snow, the cow began walking away. I was soooo very disappointed, but I got a pretty good picture all the same:

America's Next Top Model

So I watched the finale of America's Next Top Model today. For the past several weeks of the show, the cast has been in Italy! I've always wanted to go to Italy, but this is making me long for it! Italy is so beautiful! Its full of history, art, and beauty. I can't wait to go there with my camera and take some amazing pictures! I want to go to Venice and Milan for sure! And after Italy, I'm off to Greece!

Michelangelo-Artist

Michelangelo was a famous Italian renaissance artist. He was a painter, sculptor, and architect. He was the rival of Leonardo da Vinci.
He is known for his paintings in the Sistine Chapel and his Statue of David. His work was very consistent with most art in Rome, but stood out from all the rest, due to his imagination and technical skill, to this day. Michelangelo is a talented painter and sculptor of marble.
He was a dedicated artist. Much of his work was inspired be his desire to create better symbolic art. He spent years, even decades perfecting much of his work.
Here are some pictures:

Leonardo da Vinci-Artist

Leonardo da Vinci was and still is a very famous painter, sculptor, and architect, along with many other things. He has produced many of the most well known art today. That includes the Mona Lisa and The Last Super. 
Leonardo was an Italian man with great success in every aspect of art and academics. His art often showed or supported his scientific theories. He was a diverse person and artist.
Probably his most famous painting is the Mona Lisa. This particular painting is simple, but has intrigued people for decades. Her slight smile appears to be hiding something behind it. Many people have in depth theories about Leonardo da Vinci, such as the book The Davinci Code. Personally, I wouldn't put some of those crazy theories past him. After all, he was an extremely intelligent and talented man.
Here is some of his work:

Final Group Project!

Sarra, Tori, and I have accumulated 25 glass bottles for our project! We filled all of them up with different colored water and are going to add other weird ingredients on tuesday. I also found a great cabinet to use to display the project in. The cabinet is red, but the inside will be painted light brown. It will be perfect to display the potions in a pharmacy like manner.

My Cousins Baby Shower!

I recently went to my cousins baby shower! Her sister has a one year old and I was able to take some great shots of little girl Sadie and her mom. I haven't had a great deal of experience shooting kids that young, but it gave me some great practice! Her are some of my best shots:

Bart Hess-Artist and Photographer

Bart Hess is an artist and photographer. He creates 3D art and photographs them to make a 2D piece. His work mostly consists of some type of costume.
He creates unique extensions of the body. People then model these extensions for him so he can photograph them. These photographs can startle you, or amaze you.

Marcel Duchamp-Artist

Marcel Duchamp is known to be the first Conceptual Artist. His piece "Fountain" was the birth of conceptual art. His work is... controversial to say the least. The "Fountain" is a already made urinal. Marcel Duchamp took this urinal, laid it on its side, signed it, and called it art.
Most people were angry that he called this piece art, but no matter their attitude toward the piece, people noticed and started talking about this new idea in art. And with that, conceptual art was born.
Marcel Duchamp was born in Northern France. He attended a special school for seven years that focused on "intellectual development." Soon after, he decided to be an artist.

Here is his piece "Fountain," along with a few other works: