{"id":23,"date":"2018-03-16T15:25:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T15:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d18\/?p=23"},"modified":"2018-03-16T15:25:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T15:25:30","slug":"introduction-portfolio-allie-connor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d18\/2018\/03\/16\/introduction-portfolio-allie-connor\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction + Portfolio, Allie Connor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello all,<\/p>\n

Welcome to D term! My name is Allie, I am a senior studying chemical engineering, and I am excited to be making art this term! Previously, I have worked with mostly sketching, some Photoshop, and have made a few sculptures. The style of art I am most familiar with pen sketching; I like to freehand a sketch with only a rough idea of what I am drawing, and let the drawing evolve on the paper as I sketch it.<\/p>\n

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Peacock! From Outer Space<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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3IRD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Light Distractions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also have some Photoshopping experience:<\/p>\n

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I also have some Photoshopping experience…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cell-Scaffold 20X Microscope Image from the Lab\u00a0 (Photoshopped)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am particularly proud of of a big metal pterodactyl sculpture that I created a while back. This took a very long time to make (I had to weld metal parts together to make it, which needed supervision). I almost stopped halfway through because I needed to find access to a welder- but I am very glad I didn\u2019t and the sculpture now hangs in front of one of my windows.<\/p>\n

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Active State\u00a0 \u00a0(I want to customize the lighting in this class)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am taking this light art practicum to mix it up a bit- I am also an undergraduate researcher in Professor Young\u2019s lab. He works with several strains of luminescent yeast, and has allowed me to use them to create living, glowing art.<\/p>\n

I have always drawn heavily on organic forms when I create artwork. My pet birds and fish often lend themselves as inspiration, along with reptiles and dragons from mythology books I read as a child. Since I became a researcher, I also became fascinated with the growth forms that microbes assume. Often, when you look under a microscope you feel like you are looking at art. I would like to convey the sense that the barriers between biotechnology and art are only perceived.<\/p>\n

In addition, I like to layer my drawings, so that you have to look a few times to see everything (i.e. the eye of a bird is also the eye of another bird, the beak of one may be the tail of another, etc.). I am looking forward to the challenge of applying these concepts with glowing yeast.<\/p>\n

I am excited to see what we all come up with. Let\u2019s make art!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello all, Welcome to D term! My name is Allie, I am a senior studying chemical engineering, and I am excited to be making art this term! Previously, I have worked with mostly sketching, some Photoshop, and have made a few sculptures. The style of art I am most familiar with pen sketching; I like … <\/p>\n

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