Final Reflection

After completing my black and white paper cutouts and my final rayogram, I reflect and see that I tended to be drawn to geometric shapes with small areas of natural shapes and figures. But while using these geometric and natural shapes, I found that in these projects, I found that I was working towards on common goal, to create contrast and show negative space in my art. My most compelling piece of artwork was probably the rayogram because I feel that it displays balance, contrast, directional movement and was an overall interactive piece of art. It was by far the most laborious of my work, it required on to find objects that would display negative space nicely. Next one would have to scan it under a light for 8 seconds after positioning their objects, then use the developer, the fixer, the stop bath, the water wash, the perma wash, and then a second water wash. This process was not too time consuming, but it was laborious. While creating these artworks, I was forced to work and rework the pieces to satisfy what I had previously envisioned the end result to be. I probably spent half (or more) of my time repositioning my objects to fulfill my vision and ultimately create a, what I believe is, well unified pieces of art. One artistic habit of mind that I had was engage and persistence. I was constantly readjusting the materials on my works and was always trying to connect one object with another and trying to tie up all of the materials to one message or expression. But while I excelled with engaging and persisting, I lacked stretching and exploring new concepts. I repeatedly used the same ideas and foundations for my works. I used geometrical object that tended to be larger or more interactive than the small natural objects I would use. I never used all geometrical figures or all natural figures, but rather stuck to my comforts and built off those. Not that staying in your comfort level is bad, but I would rather reach out and stretch to explore new concepts and maybe develop new artistic traits.