Dylan Peterson 

Project #4

27. Take a picture of the sun

       This photo of the sun was taken in Newport beach at my new house, I was standing on my porch.

 69. Climb a tree take a picture
       This tree is on the Holy Jim trail near my house right at the head of the trail.  I was standing on      what was left of a tree just the trunk, a sad sight the beginning of the deforestation of my favorite hiking trail.  Soon it will never be the same.

 55. Significant Outfit
      This is the outfit I wore as my sister graduated from UCI, that only being half the significance because that same day I show up to my house for the party to find that I had been accepted to UCI a great surprise and relief.  I was able to share that day with my sister and now I can follow her footsteps.

Dylan Peterson

Project #3 

Redesigning Huntington Pier

For my art piece I am going to be redesigning an art piece in my local community of Huntington Beach. My idea is to have a symbolic structure for the community of the iconic surf city.  Huntington Beach is a tourist destination and is known to be the surf capitol of the world.  I would say 99 percent of its visitors actually don’t surf.  It’s just the main beach of Pacific Coast Highway that can handle crowds up to six hundred thousand at a time.  All of these people want a picture in front of the pier or of them down at the water, whatever it is they want to take away an experience from visiting Orange County’s most famous beach city. 

I think the experience of visiting surf city should actually involve the reason of why that town is so popular today.  By introducing a piece of art that would interact with the public. It would be a artificial concrete wave from huntington beach pier on the south side of the pier with a surfboard placed right in the pocket of the barrel.  Allowing all visitors alike to step on board and see what it feels like to be under the lip of a wave.  I think it is a good idea because it would give Huntington Beach a true sense of surfing, recognition to the founders of the wave and a memorable piece of art that is available to the public.  

The monument would look best at the front of the pier just off of PCH. It would draw in people wanting to jump up on that surfboard and show off their best surfing poses.  Allowing young children to imagine and families to come together. The estimated budget for this project would be around $60,000 dollars to be done properly.  There is a company that specializes in concrete moldings and designs they would follow my design and would be able to complete the project within 2 months during the winter season.  The materials would cost roughly $15 thousand dollars, the workers would then take $25 thousand and I would expect $ thousand for my art.  Half of my earnings would be donated to a surfing foundation to help protect beaches that are under the threat of modernization. 

The community of Huntington Beach deserves the proper monument to showcase their town and its origins.  The wave would be a huge attraction and sign of respect to those who brave the ocean everyday.  Best of all anyone can ride this wave, its meant for fun and memories. 

Assignment #33

Braid someone's hair.

This is a fishtail braid that I did on my cousin. 

 Assignment #27

Take a picture of the sun.

 Assignment #55

Photograph a significant outfit.

This is the outfit that I wore when my boyfriend surprised me with a promise ring. This was not expected, explaining my very casual outfit, which I will now always remember as something special.  

-Karen Sadik

Dylan Peterson 

Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree 

Part 1

Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist who bases all of her work on a form of wishing.  The piece I was chosen to analyze was the Wish Tree. This is a powerful art piece that started in 1996 and has been showcased in many of her exhibitions around the world in museums and cultural centers.  The Wish Tree is meant for people to open their minds and hearts and wish for what they want most.  

Ono admits that she does not read any of the wishes for they are personal and meant to be private.  From all of the places the Wish Tree has been Ono has collected over 1 million wishes.  Her goal is to have them house at the site of the Imagine Peace Tower, which will then be made into a tower sculpture which contains wishes of the people around the world of our time, it will be a very powerful sculpture. 

I think Ono’s creativity is beautiful.  Her art work in the present is a stepping stone to another one in the future.  Which will be just as moving as the first one, not only is it creative its interactive.  Anyone can participate, if you have a dream you have an important piece to this art work.  If a wish tree comes through orange county any time soon I will go out of my way to be apart of that movement. 

Learning To Love You More - Tiffany

I chose to do # 26, # 32, and #63. #26 is all about creating a dress for Mona to Crochet. I love the idea of wearing clothes that were made just for you, and the way that you like it to look. I included the front view along with the back view.

#26

Front of Dress

Color-Greyish-brown

Aqua-green lining

dress made with the hood

Back of the dress

 # 32

Scene from a movie that made me cry- RENT

This scene in Rent is where Angel is in the hospital dying from aids. I always makes me cry, because it has so many emotions.

 #63

I chose to do the assignment make a encouraging banner, because it is very important that i love myself everyday. I make it a daily habit to look in the mirror everyday and day to myself "I Love You" it helps me to stay motivated and keep a positive mind.

Fianl assignment

I choose do to #11, #27 and #55.

#11: Photograph a scar on your body. Make it a close-up shot so that it shows just the scar. Include a story.

This scar is on my right knee and is a good sized scar. I started doing Competitive cheering when I was in fifth grade and my sophomore year of high school my team and I were at a big competition and we were up to show our routine. I was going a flip in the air during our routine on the stage and I tore my ACL. I had my coach running on the mat and grabbing me off the stage. Then a year later I had to have surgery on it again because I had an inch of cartilage around my ACL.   

 This is assignment #27: Take a picture of the sun. Just a picture of the sun, nothing extra or fancy. Please make sure the sun is visible in the photo, we won't accept reflections of the sun or photos where the sun is not visible. Please be careful not to look directly at the sun through your camera's viewfinder; looking directly at the sun could damage your eyes.

 Assignment #55: Remember exactly what you were wearing during a recent significant moment. Maybe it was the day that your boyfriend broke up with you, or the day your nephew was born, or the day you decided to become a vegetarian. It should be something that happened in the last six months. Lay out what you were wearing on the floor, as if you are dressing an invisible, flat person. Tuck the shirt in to the pants, the socks in to the shoes, etc. Don't forget the other things that complete your outfit such as jewelry, purse, hat, etc. Do not add anything extra, like a wig or a mask - just the clothes you were wearing. Stand on a chair or table and photograph the clothes from directly above. Not from above at a slight angle, but so that the camera is pointing straight down.

This outfit is significant because I wore it to my grandpas funeral.

-Kathryn Wardenburg

Final Assignment: Hannah Raudsep

I chose to do assignments #6, #11, and #27.

Assignment #6 Make a Poster of Shadows

This is what the description was: "You may take pictures of the shadows or simply trace them. These solid shapes should then be drawn on paper and colored in with a single color. You are not interested in anything but the shadow itself, and you are most interested in shadows that don't look anything like the objects that created them; abstract shapes.. Choose either brown, pink, light green, orange or white. Use only one of these colors. If you would prefer you may cut out the shapes from colored paper. The shadows should appear on the page in a grid formation, in rows. Treat this like a index of shadows rather than a work of abstract art. The finished report should include 10-20 shadows and should be pasted on (or drawn on) white paper of any size (even if, especially if, the color you chose for your shadows was white.) Do not label this poster in any way, except to write your name and the date on the back. My god these are going to be beautiful."

I walked around my backyard and found all of these shapes.

Assigntment #11 

This is the description from the site: "Photograph a scar on your body or on someone else's body. Make it a close-up shot so that it shows just the scar. Include a story (write it on a computer as a separate file, don't write it on the photograph) about how the scar happened. Please do not send images of wounds that are fresh and have not healed. Only images of scars will be accepted."

This scar is from when I was camping when I was about 5.  I had went to the little store up the road from the campsite with my brother who was 12 at the time.  The road of gravel and I have always been a little clumsy.  After we got our popsicles we were on our way back to the campsite and I tripped.  I got right back up and didn't even start crying until I looked down and saw blood running down my leg and a rock stuck in my knee.  At this point my brother picked me up and carried me back to the campsite for my mom to make everything better.  I probably should have gotten stitches, but my mom just put a butterfly bandaid on it cleaned up my leg and I ran off playing again.  I was always a tough kid. I rarely cried, and never wanted a scratch to be a reason I missed out on playing outside.

Assignment #27 Take a Picture of the Sun

This is the description from the site: "Take a picture of the sun. Just a picture of the sun, nothing extra or fancy. Please make sure the sun is visible in the photo, we won't accept reflections of the sun or photos where the sun is not visible.Please be careful not to look directly at the sun through your camera's viewfinder; looking directly at the sun could damage your eyes. If you need to, just point the camera towards the sun and shoot the photo."

Fremont, CA

Fremont, CA

-Hannah Raudsep

Here is my paper model of my art piece at University of the Pacific. This sculpture  is outside the DeRosa center in the water.  

-Kathryn Wardenburg

Project 3

-Karen Sadik

Project # 3- Campus art

Mural Pond-

 

~Tiffany

Dylan Peterson

Project #1 drawings

 tiffany

karen

kathryn

Hannah

Project #3

Here is a mock up of the mosaic for the wall along the entrance of the aquatics complex. It includes both swimming and waterpolo.  

-Hannah Raudsep

This picture above is my sculpture that would be put in at the University of the Pacific. This Sculpture is a great design that is meant for everyone to stop and stare. The tiger on top is the school’s mascot which is important and shows school spirit. On the tigers right foot is a scholarship roll, representing scholarship and how important it is at Pacific. On the rock above the side that we can see has all the Sorority and Fraternity names engraved into the rock, The sororities and fraternities on campus do a lot for the community and the men and women who are in these organizations do much more outside of their organization like working for Asuop, being a student advisor and just working all around campus.

         As well as being a great sculpture to put into the University it is also a great location, right in front of the DeRosa center in the water fountain we have out front. This is a perfect location because there are benches all around it making it easy to sit and look at the sculpture.  Also the DeRosa center is where all the students go eat so the sculpture will always be being admired. This is a great piece of work that everyone would enjoy looking at.

  

For the tiger part of the sculpture the tiger would be a steel material which would cost around $600-700 dollars. Then for the bottom part, what the tiger is standing on It would be a light colored rock, which would cost around $250. Then we would engrave all the sorority and fraternities names into the rock also the saying on the other side of the rock. The intire project would be about $9,000. We will also need to pay for workers to help me put in this magnificent sculpture. For my salary since I am a new artist I would say about $16,000. 
-Kathryn Wardenburg

Project #1

Dylan Peterson

Collaborative Arts 

May, 21 2012

My Backyard 

Sitting in the middle of my freshly cut lawn I am surround by roses, vines, fruits and birds.  Above me is a crape myrtle tree that acts as a dome, hanging upon the tree is bird feeders and wind chimes.  Not the biggest of yards but enough to escape the crowded city.  Living in Anaheim my neighborhood is on a grid so my backyard is a uniform rectangle.  Although my Mom has put much love into making our backyard special and one to enjoy.  

Starting to my left there is a Dog house, made by my Dad it four feet tall and and six feet wide.  Its white and is shaded by our orange tree that sits just right of the house. There are many oranges flourishing the tree.  Just next to the tree is a Japanese firecracker that shoots into the sky blossoming orangish red firecracker like flowers. The next 12 feet leading to the corner of my backyard furthest from my house are four white rose bushes, these are rose bushes on steroids because when they bloom there are almost more roses than leaves. 

Now looking directly at the corner of my backyard there is the small reminder of suburbia. A telephone pole thats hidden by climbing roses with jasmine. In my neighbors back yard there is a pomegranate tree that welcomes itself into my backyard, a deep green with red flowers waiting for October. As I pan to my right now looking at the back wall of the yard is an antique wagon dry cracked wood, that houses desert plants that are sharp and rustic.  On the wood fence is a lantern that holds candles at night lighting our patio.  My patio has a fireplace right in the corner of our yard in front of the light pole and roses.  In front of the fire place is a patio table with a red umbrella.  Imagine from where Im sitting in my backyard looking at the corner of the two walls that meet, one fence running west and the other coming at me running south towards me.

Next to the lantern and desert pants stands a water fountain which is oval shaped at the top, has three levels of waterfalls and has a column as the support, that is the bathing house to many birds.  Its the sound of running water that drowns out the city noises.  To the right of the fountain is another rose bush that hasn’t bloomed just yet and is twenty feet wide and15 feet tall its stems shooting out each direction.  Below the rose bush is a lavender bush that has hundreds of purple flower buds waving back and forth in the wind. The last thing I see before turning my head is a yellow bush full of daisies.  Kind of ironic because at my feet are my two dogs Beau and Daisy, they are white labs and love hanging out in their lavish oasis of a yard.

Project #2

Party Wave

-Dylan Peterson

Tiffany's Proposal

 – Mural Pond

I am presenting this proposal in order to implement a mural called the “We Express” which would rise out of a surrounding pond. The mural pond will be located near the Alumni House and under the oak tree. The idea behind the mural pond is to incorporate an area outdoors free to the campus community as an outlet to be able to freely express individual thoughts.

The mural will have a background with a lite blue and white color that will look like clouds. Faces intermingled with the clouds will focus on student both past and present who have made a difference on campus and or have conquered amongst trials and rocky roads to degree completion.  An example would be; students who have had children while still attending school, deaths of loved ones, injuries and scholarship. The mural will be a cloud of faces which will grow over time.  The pond will be built with rocks in a jellybean like shape. Within the structure of the pond there will be holes/slots that students are able to submit written expressions in. The pond will allow thoughts to be projected anonymously as a way to release stress and negative energy that does not openly offend other people. The pond will also give a relaxed environment a place to go that is calming and not confined by walls.

The concept of the mural pond is exclusive and innovative. It will take a lot of work and craft for it to successfully come together. Because the structure is for the students I would like to recruit a few who are in the art department to help build it. I will need workers to help, however by using students it would be more of a Co-Op or practicum that will give them the experience and knowledge in working with projects that are extensive and with a contractor.   The student that I recruit to help with the project will gain credits and hours that will also help them in the start to a great portfolio. The budget for this project is $38,000 which will include my payment ($15,000) the materials ($23,000). The materials that we will be using are all biodegradable. That will include the mural structure made up of eucalyptus trunks mounted together for a canvas, the paint, and the rocks that will be the foundation of the pond.

I would like to really implement this project because I believe that the Mural Pond would be something that is needed on the campus to encourage our students to express themselves in a positive way.

~Tiffany

Proposal

 This is a proposal for an artwork on campus. When one looks around campus there are many beautiful and simplistic sights to see, but nothing that really catches one's eyes. This is why an art piece that draws attention and sends a message is needed. My idea is to design a sculpture that sends a positive message about education. This is why I have come up with composing a sculpture made out entirely of books. The first step to education is the ability to read, therefore anything that is sculpted out of books will give the message of becoming educated for a good cost. I was thinking about making a giant sculpture of a chair, entirely out of books. The purpose of a chair is to rest, escape, and to give a person support. Therefore the combination of the two represent escaping into a new book, or reading to educate so one is able to support themselves in the future.
   The location of this sculpture would be perfect next to the library, because that is the first place to go when searching for any type of information, or just wanting to relax with a book. The materials used to construct this chair will be mostly books. Cement will also be needed so that the sculpture can be secured into the ground. Other essential materials and tools such as hammers, nails, glue, and sheets of wood would also be needed so that the sculpture can be sturdy and firmly constructed. It is necessary for the sculpture to be strong enough, because the public will interact with it by sitting on it, or being near it to take pictures and so forth.
 The overall cost of this project should not exceed over $35,000. $25,000 is what an Artist like me would charge to construct and design a project like this on campus due to its volume. Cement is $100 per square foot, therefore it should amount out to nearly $1,000.  Other simpler materials that will be needed including sheets of wood, glue, nails,and hammers should not exceed $5,000. Most of the books used for the sculpture will be donated, which they should not cost too much of the budget. Lastly we would need to construction workers to help lift heavy things, and securely place things in the right place. The last of the budget would be paid to these workers.
  This project is something that is well needed in a school environment because it sends out a positive message. When students are surrounded with positive messages in feeds to their motivation and helps them to do better.

-Karen Sadik

Project #3 Proposal & Design

The sketch above is for my mosaic design.  The swirls/waves throughout will be made of a combination of different blue tiles.  The lane line will be orange and black representing University of the Pacific school colors.  The water polo ball on the right will consist of yellow and orange tiles.  The 1851 will be in black. The goal will have a while frame and a black net.  The flags will alternate orange and black.

I decided that I wanted to do something to celebrate athletics by creating a mosaic wall along the entrance to the swimming pool.  Currently this wall is plain and entire swim facility lacks spirit, creativity, and enthusiasm.  The materials necessary will consist of broken pieces of ceramic plates, mugs, and bowls as well as cement based mortar to place between the tiles and adhere them to the wall. After my research I have found that the tiles if bought new would cost approximately $100 to cover the square footage of the wall.  The cement mortar would cost around $50.  The real cost in this process is the price of labor.  Creating a mosaic is very time consuming and would require a team of people.  The installation could be completed over a 2 day period needing a third day to complete the setting process and finish drying.  Approximately people would work on this project.  The cost of labor would be $5000.   The cost of travel and living expenses would not be included in the cost of labor but would be $300 per team member in a total of $900.  This would make the total cost of the project $6,050.  Because I am early in my career as an artist I can not see charging more than this amount.  Also after attending Pacific I would love the honor of contributing a piece of my artwork to the campus.

While entering the aquatics center people would immediately be greeted with school spirit and enthusiasm, as well as a bit of pacific history while observing this mosaic.  I would hope that this piece could set a precedent for future athletic complexes around campus to display a similar installation to show their enthusiasm for the presence of that sport.

-Hannah

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national memorial in Washington DC. Its purpose is to honor U.S veterans that passed away during the Vietnam war. Its simplicity captures the pure essence of its meaning, because of how much meaning and emotion can derive from something so basic. The memorial consists of 58,195 names of veterans.The wall  is made up of two 'gabbro' walls 246 feet 9 inches. The stone for the wall came from Bangalore, Karnataka, India and was deliberately chosen because of its reflective quality.When visitors pass by and look at the wall they are able to see their own reflections as well as the names which are engraved in it.  One wall points toward the Washington Monument, the other in the direction of the Lincoln Memorial, meeting at an angle of 125° . I am very glad that I was assigned to do the Vietnam Veterans Memorial because it is one that I am very familiar with. I feel like this memorial was designed in a very symbolic way due to its ability to capture a very sad moment in the lives of many, by turning it into positive energy and remembrance. 

-Karen Sadik