Research: Path of Inquiry

I divided this assignment in the 3 materials I am planning to use this semester:

1. Fabric

2. Wire

3. Wax

1. Fabric

2. Wire

3. Wax

Also I am adding the Path of Inquiry "Google Worksheet"

1. List your three specific materials to study. * 1. Fabric 2. Wire 3. Wax 2. Material A- List at least three specific sources to begin your research. Note: follow the guidelines on the blog regarding the specifications for your sources. * 1.Fabric: Where it comes from? (New York Fashion Center) 2. How to manipulate fabric? (www.mypatchwork.wordpress.com) (The Art of Manipulating Fabric by Colette Wolf) 3. Out relationship to fabric (Social Fabric) 3. Material B- List at least three specific sources to begin your research. Note: follow the guidelines on the blog regarding the specifications for your sources. * 1.Wire: Where it Comes from? (Premier Handling) (Wire Rope... Past, Present and Future by H.M Worcester JR) 2. How to manipulate wire? (HSN) (Edison Tech Center) 3. Our relationship to wire (www.thisiscolossal.com) 4. Material C- List at least three specific sources to begin your research. Note: follow the guidelines on the blog regarding the specifications for your sources. * 1. Wax: Where it come from? (Britannica Encyclopedia) (IgiWax) 2. How to manipulate wax? (Sculpture as experience by Judith Peck) (Encaustic Art: The Complete guide to creating fine art with wax by: Lisa Rankim) 3. Our relationship to wax (Boundless Biology) 5. Artist List- Choose at least 6 individual artists who's practice includes an investigation of the materials you have decided to focus on. You will research their approach towards these materials in their own art practice. Choose at least two artists for each material. The artists can overlap across material lists, but you have to end up with six artists total. Lastly, at least two of them need to be living, working artists. * 1. Mister Finch (Fabric) 2. Steven and William Ladd (Fabric) 3. Ruth Asawa (Wire) 4. Anne Mondro (Wire) 5.Gavin Worth (Wire) 6.Rebecca Stevenson (Wax) 7. Hoang Tran (Wax) 6. Technical List- List two local places you can research to find more ways of working with your materials. These can be businesses, manufacturers, craftspeople, etc. * 1. Yomairi Silva 2. Books and Books/ Barnes and Nobles/ Public Library 3. MDC Museum of Art and Design 4. History Miami 7. One paragraph for your technical goals. * My technical goal is to learn how to manipulate these materials. I want to be creative,conscious and apply these material successfully to photography to evolve my art from 2-d to 3-d. I want to learn new techniques and improve my craftsmanship to become a complete Visual Artist. Also, I want to experiment and mix between these materials to learn more about them. 8. One paragraph for your communicative goals. * My communicative goals is to learn how to communicate my feelings, ideas and intention successfully thru these materials. I want to use these materials as a voice and I want to learn how to combine this materials so they do not lose their communicative powers. Also, I want to give texture and Personality to my artwork using the materials as a tool.