Friday, September 24th
After visiting Muriel’s Doll House and Treasure Mart I came away with images of toys and started to narrow down the types of toys I wanted to focus on in my project. I determined that I was more interested in handcrafted toys then mass-produced toys such as Barbie.
(3 hours)
Sunday, September 26th
I came to studio and continued to work on my woodblock of a dollhouse. I was also able to transfer another dollhouse onto a piece of wood and start carving that as well.
(4 hours)
Tuesday, September 28th
Continued to work on my woodblocks…
(3 hours)
Thursday, September 30th
Continued to work on my woodblocks and had an important conversation with Seth that changed my image ideas. From now on I will choose images that engage the viewer from a child’s perspective. For example, instead of a full outsiders view of a dollhouse I will show the interior spaces so it mimics the perspective of a child better. I also searched for other images online and plan to buy and take more interactive photos of toys this weekend. Hopefully, my new images will help to push me more towards the thinking and imagination of a child instead of an adult’s perspective.
(3 hours)
For this week…
I plan to search for toys this weekend that I can photograph from a child’s perspective rather than my perspective. Hopefully, I will be able to run a proof of one of my woodblocks and continue to cut into my blocks more for next week.
- Woodblock -
Anna,
ReplyDeleteI’m very glad about your decision to do the toys from a child’s point of view. I was disappointed when you said you were done with the dollhouse because I had been picturing images like the one that is third from the end in your collection of photos – with the door open and looking into the room. I think that is very evocative because it is what a child sees. Done in this way, the way you are talking about now, you are actually trying to recapture the experiences that you feel you have lost. You’ll have to actually get down on the floor with the toys and take photos and/or make drawings. You’ll have to think about whether you want environmental indications of scale, such as chair legs or people’s legs, or if you want to eliminate context and only have the point of view on the object communicate your vantage point. I suggest you try both in order to make a decision.
Janie