So…my first attempt to make a Cornell-esque assemblage is finished. It took many days and a lot of steps to complete, but it’s done and I’m excited to hear what the class thinks of it at tomorrow’s critique. The process involved:

1. Many hours of conceptualizing, trying to figure out how to visually represent my feelings of kitchen and how to give off a sense of nostalgia and a specific aesthetic quality that I was trying to achieve.

2. Looking through old family negatives, deciding which ones to print and spending time in the darkroom getting the photos just right for my vision of box #1.

3. Searching at thrift/antique stores for anything that I might want to use.

4. Days and days of arranging and rearranging the objects and photos until I had them situated the way I wanted, making baskets, hollowing eggs, painting things, cutting paper, and then attaching everything to be sturdy.

Throughout this process I’ve also been working on reading Diane Waldman’s Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams, which gives an in depth look at the life and work of Joseph Cornell, written by someone who knew him personally. Here are some tidbits I’ve picked up so far:

*Cornell preferred the english pronunciation of assemblage versus the more “artsy” sounding French pronunciation.

*He was highly influenced by the Surrealist movement

*He was obsessed with the performing arts including the opera and dance, specifically ballet

* His family has always been central to his life and definitely a major theme in his artwork

That’s all for now!

So…my first attempt to make a Cornell-esque assemblage is finished. It took many days and a lot of steps to complete, but it’s done and I’m excited to hear what the class thinks of it at tomorrow’s critique. The process involved:

1. Many hours of conceptualizing, trying to figure out how to visually represent my feelings of kitchen and how to give off a sense of nostalgia and a specific aesthetic quality that I was trying to achieve.

2. Looking through old family negatives, deciding which ones to print and spending time in the darkroom getting the photos just right for my vision of box #1.

3. Searching at thrift/antique stores for anything that I might want to use.

4. Days and days of arranging and rearranging the objects and photos until I had them situated the way I wanted, making baskets, hollowing eggs, painting things, cutting paper, and then attaching everything to be sturdy.

Throughout this process I’ve also been working on reading Diane Waldman’s Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams, which gives an in depth look at the life and work of Joseph Cornell, written by someone who knew him personally. Here are some tidbits I’ve picked up so far:

*Cornell preferred the english pronunciation of assemblage versus the more “artsy” sounding French pronunciation.

*He was highly influenced by the Surrealist movement

*He was obsessed with the performing arts including the opera and dance, specifically ballet

* His family has always been central to his life and definitely a major theme in his artwork

That’s all for now!

So…my first attempt to make a Cornell-esque assemblage is finished. It took many days and a lot of steps to complete, but it’s done and I’m excited to hear what the class thinks of it at tomorrow’s critique. The process involved:

1. Many hours of conceptualizing, trying to figure out how to visually represent my feelings of kitchen and how to give off a sense of nostalgia and a specific aesthetic quality that I was trying to achieve.

2. Looking through old family negatives, deciding which ones to print and spending time in the darkroom getting the photos just right for my vision of box #1.

3. Searching at thrift/antique stores for anything that I might want to use.

4. Days and days of arranging and rearranging the objects and photos until I had them situated the way I wanted, making baskets, hollowing eggs, painting things, cutting paper, and then attaching everything to be sturdy.

Throughout this process I’ve also been working on reading Diane Waldman’s Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams, which gives an in depth look at the life and work of Joseph Cornell, written by someone who knew him personally. Here are some tidbits I’ve picked up so far:

*Cornell preferred the english pronunciation of assemblage versus the more “artsy” sounding French pronunciation.

*He was highly influenced by the Surrealist movement

*He was obsessed with the performing arts including the opera and dance, specifically ballet

* His family has always been central to his life and definitely a major theme in his artwork

That’s all for now!

So…my first attempt to make a Cornell-esque assemblage is finished. It took many days and a lot of steps to complete, but it’s done and I’m excited to hear what the class thinks of it at tomorrow’s critique. The process involved:

1. Many hours of conceptualizing, trying to figure out how to visually represent my feelings of kitchen and how to give off a sense of nostalgia and a specific aesthetic quality that I was trying to achieve.

2. Looking through old family negatives, deciding which ones to print and spending time in the darkroom getting the photos just right for my vision of box #1.

3. Searching at thrift/antique stores for anything that I might want to use.

4. Days and days of arranging and rearranging the objects and photos until I had them situated the way I wanted, making baskets, hollowing eggs, painting things, cutting paper, and then attaching everything to be sturdy.

Throughout this process I’ve also been working on reading Diane Waldman’s Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams, which gives an in depth look at the life and work of Joseph Cornell, written by someone who knew him personally. Here are some tidbits I’ve picked up so far:

*Cornell preferred the english pronunciation of assemblage versus the more “artsy” sounding French pronunciation.

*He was highly influenced by the Surrealist movement

*He was obsessed with the performing arts including the opera and dance, specifically ballet

* His family has always been central to his life and definitely a major theme in his artwork

That’s all for now!

For my first post, I wanted to pay tribute to the three artists who have inspired me to do this project: Joseph Cornell, Francesca Woodman, and Sally Mann.

The assemblage work of Joseph Cornell captures the dream-like, surreal nature of memory and nostalgia in the format of boxes. He was fascinated by the past, especially the Victorian Era and he was heavily influenced by his family life, his love of theater and dance, and his strong religious beliefs. His creative mind and  attention to detail is apparent in his ability to assemble small fantasy worlds. Here are some examples of my favorite pieces:

Sally Mann has been one of my favorite artists for many years. Now that I have a little experience working with black and white photography in the darkroom, I admire her talents even more. Much of her body of work is centered around her family life. The photos she takes of her children captures the magic of childhood and gives me a sense of nostalgia for my own childhood. Here are a few of Mann’s photographs that inspire me:

Francesca Woodman is a highly respected American photographer whose prolific career ended much too soon when she committed suicide at the age of 22. Her work deals heavily with decay and a fading sense of self, which for me, represents memory and the impermanence of life. The concepts of nostalgia, memory, and identity are deeply intertwined. She used the dilapidated domestic space that her family was living in to effectively combine all of these concepts. Here are some examples of her photography:

For my first post, I wanted to pay tribute to the three artists who have inspired me to do this project: Joseph Cornell, Francesca Woodman, and Sally Mann.

The assemblage work of Joseph Cornell captures the dream-like, surreal nature of memory and nostalgia in the format of boxes. He was fascinated by the past, especially the Victorian Era and he was heavily influenced by his family life, his love of theater and dance, and his strong religious beliefs. His creative mind and  attention to detail is apparent in his ability to assemble small fantasy worlds. Here are some examples of my favorite pieces:

Sally Mann has been one of my favorite artists for many years. Now that I have a little experience working with black and white photography in the darkroom, I admire her talents even more. Much of her body of work is centered around her family life. The photos she takes of her children captures the magic of childhood and gives me a sense of nostalgia for my own childhood. Here are a few of Mann’s photographs that inspire me:

Francesca Woodman is a highly respected American photographer whose prolific career ended much too soon when she committed suicide at the age of 22. Her work deals heavily with decay and a fading sense of self, which for me, represents memory and the impermanence of life. The concepts of nostalgia, memory, and identity are deeply intertwined. She used the dilapidated domestic space that her family was living in to effectively combine all of these concepts. Here are some examples of her photography:

For my first post, I wanted to pay tribute to the three artists who have inspired me to do this project: Joseph Cornell, Francesca Woodman, and Sally Mann.

The assemblage work of Joseph Cornell captures the dream-like, surreal nature of memory and nostalgia in the format of boxes. He was fascinated by the past, especially the Victorian Era and he was heavily influenced by his family life, his love of theater and dance, and his strong religious beliefs. His creative mind and  attention to detail is apparent in his ability to assemble small fantasy worlds. Here are some examples of my favorite pieces:

Sally Mann has been one of my favorite artists for many years. Now that I have a little experience working with black and white photography in the darkroom, I admire her talents even more. Much of her body of work is centered around her family life. The photos she takes of her children captures the magic of childhood and gives me a sense of nostalgia for my own childhood. Here are a few of Mann’s photographs that inspire me:

Francesca Woodman is a highly respected American photographer whose prolific career ended much too soon when she committed suicide at the age of 22. Her work deals heavily with decay and a fading sense of self, which for me, represents memory and the impermanence of life. The concepts of nostalgia, memory, and identity are deeply intertwined. She used the dilapidated domestic space that her family was living in to effectively combine all of these concepts. Here are some examples of her photography:

For my first post, I wanted to pay tribute to the three artists who have inspired me to do this project: Joseph Cornell, Francesca Woodman, and Sally Mann.

The assemblage work of Joseph Cornell captures the dream-like, surreal nature of memory and nostalgia in the format of boxes. He was fascinated by the past, especially the Victorian Era and he was heavily influenced by his family life, his love of theater and dance, and his strong religious beliefs. His creative mind and  attention to detail is apparent in his ability to assemble small fantasy worlds. Here are some examples of my favorite pieces:

Sally Mann has been one of my favorite artists for many years. Now that I have a little experience working with black and white photography in the darkroom, I admire her talents even more. Much of her body of work is centered around her family life. The photos she takes of her children captures the magic of childhood and gives me a sense of nostalgia for my own childhood. Here are a few of Mann’s photographs that inspire me:

Francesca Woodman is a highly respected American photographer whose prolific career ended much too soon when she committed suicide at the age of 22. Her work deals heavily with decay and a fading sense of self, which for me, represents memory and the impermanence of life. The concepts of nostalgia, memory, and identity are deeply intertwined. She used the dilapidated domestic space that her family was living in to effectively combine all of these concepts. Here are some examples of her photography:

For my first post, I wanted to pay tribute to the three artists who have inspired me to do this project: Joseph Cornell, Francesca Woodman, and Sally Mann.

The assemblage work of Joseph Cornell captures the dream-like, surreal nature of memory and nostalgia in the format of boxes. He was fascinated by the past, especially the Victorian Era and he was heavily influenced by his family life, his love of theater and dance, and his strong religious beliefs. His creative mind and  attention to detail is apparent in his ability to assemble small fantasy worlds. Here are some examples of my favorite pieces:

Sally Mann has been one of my favorite artists for many years. Now that I have a little experience working with black and white photography in the darkroom, I admire her talents even more. Much of her body of work is centered around her family life. The photos she takes of her children captures the magic of childhood and gives me a sense of nostalgia for my own childhood. Here are a few of Mann’s photographs that inspire me:

Francesca Woodman is a highly respected American photographer whose prolific career ended much too soon when she committed suicide at the age of 22. Her work deals heavily with decay and a fading sense of self, which for me, represents memory and the impermanence of life. The concepts of nostalgia, memory, and identity are deeply intertwined. She used the dilapidated domestic space that her family was living in to effectively combine all of these concepts. Here are some examples of her photography:

For my first post, I wanted to pay tribute to the three artists who have inspired me to do this project: Joseph Cornell, Francesca Woodman, and Sally Mann.

The assemblage work of Joseph Cornell captures the dream-like, surreal nature of memory and nostalgia in the format of boxes. He was fascinated by the past, especially the Victorian Era and he was heavily influenced by his family life, his love of theater and dance, and his strong religious beliefs. His creative mind and  attention to detail is apparent in his ability to assemble small fantasy worlds. Here are some examples of my favorite pieces:

Sally Mann has been one of my favorite artists for many years. Now that I have a little experience working with black and white photography in the darkroom, I admire her talents even more. Much of her body of work is centered around her family life. The photos she takes of her children captures the magic of childhood and gives me a sense of nostalgia for my own childhood. Here are a few of Mann’s photographs that inspire me:

Francesca Woodman is a highly respected American photographer whose prolific career ended much too soon when she committed suicide at the age of 22. Her work deals heavily with decay and a fading sense of self, which for me, represents memory and the impermanence of life. The concepts of nostalgia, memory, and identity are deeply intertwined. She used the dilapidated domestic space that her family was living in to effectively combine all of these concepts. Here are some examples of her photography: