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Corwin, Elizabeth Jane.
Botanical environments.
Degree: Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Art and Art History, 2016, Colorado State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173131 
► In creating an environment for botanical life, I have used clay and plants which are both harmonious and complimentary to each other. The milieu created…
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▼ In creating an environment for botanical life, I have used clay and plants which are both harmonious and complimentary to each other. The milieu created can be directly associated with my close personal involvement with nature. My forms clearly
state a respect for plants and nature's geological formations, such as mountains, rocks and the effects of erosion. I feel strongly that I have conveyed my aesthetic interpretation of these natural forms and processes, I felt clay to be the most versatile and appropriate medium because of its plasticity, tactile qualities and color both in the wet and fired states. Wanting to compliment the oranges, reds and browns I found in the local geology, I became involved with unglazed clays using a variety of experimental firing techniques. Emphasis, therefore, was placed upon the natural beauty and color of the clay. As a result of my using unglazed clays, I was able to achieve the harmony between the plant and the environment that I sought. My clay surface echoed the softness I found in plant forms. During the exhibit, it became obvious to me that I had failed to create the variation in scale which had been initially intended. A contrast between very small and very large proportions would have added to the overall effect. However, I feel strongly that in the future these scale proportions will be resolved when I channel my efforts into creating exterior environments.
Advisors/Committee Members: Hendry, Kenneth (advisor), Berland, John C. (committee member), Crow, Mary (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Vases; Flowerpots; Plants in art
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Corwin, E. J. (2016). Botanical environments. (Masters Thesis). Colorado State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173131
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Corwin, Elizabeth Jane. “Botanical environments.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Colorado State University. Accessed December 10, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173131.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Corwin, Elizabeth Jane. “Botanical environments.” 2016. Web. 10 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Corwin EJ. Botanical environments. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Colorado State University; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 10].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173131.
Council of Science Editors:
Corwin EJ. Botanical environments. [Masters Thesis]. Colorado State University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173131
Colorado State University
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Anderson, Loraine Lundquist.
Evolutionary cycles of light.
Degree: Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Art, 2016, Colorado State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/172993
► The mysteries of reflected and refracted solar light phenomena integrated with geometry and the technology of the 20th century are the major focus of the…
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▼ The mysteries of reflected and refracted solar light phenomena integrated with geometry and the technology of the 20th century are the major focus of the work in this thesis. It is concerned with the metaphysical and personal aspects of universal cyclic solar light used in ancient ritual and medieval theology, integrated with the contemporary external-oriented and impersonal use of solar energy. The objective was to explore ancient, medieval and contemporary differences regarding evolutionary cycles of solar light. For example, the Indians of Peru found order in the universe through observation of solar light cycles. Through veneration of the sun as god in personal internal-oriented ritual celebrating the beauty of light and giver of fertility and harvest, they explained their relationship to the cosmos. The meaning of the sun and its light manifest itself in the gold icons symbolic of the beauty of solar light. Medieval humanity in the 12th and 13th centuries further explored the organization of
state and theology in crystal and stone Gothic cathedrals. Opening the architecture to the sun with windows exemplary of the feudal
state and Christian religion, Romanesque shadows were banished from somber interiors. The God-given sun as divine light, shining through crystal combined with stone exemplified the medieval spirit of bright and dark, fierce passion and stillness, life and death. During the 20th century, scientists, astronomers and physicists gathered solar light for energy purposes without regard for its splendor and beauty, while natural light cycles integrated with art were ignored during post-medieval times until late 20th century. Based on the perception of light, Dewain Valentine, Larry Bell, James Turrell, Nancy Holt and Eric Orr have explored the content of light with sculptural form beginning with the l 970's. The sculptures in this thesis bring together the inherent order, harmony and intellect of geometric shape with the purity of solar light, presenting stability in a 20th century world of daily violence, economic crises and finite energy sources. Via a concentration of solar energy in reflected and refracted images from Plexiglas planes onto receptive surfaces in sculptural form, it is a search for the origin of personal energies. On another level, the works ask the viewer to examine her /his own source of strength and appreciation. Perhaps inquiry of their consciousness will lead them to a discovery of a new relationship to the universe and a world beyond time and space.
Advisors/Committee Members: Berland, John C. (advisor), Wassell, Harold J. (committee member), Getty, Nilda C. (committee member), Henre, James (committee member), Cantrell, Carol H. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Sculpture; Light in art
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Anderson, L. L. (2016). Evolutionary cycles of light. (Masters Thesis). Colorado State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10217/172993
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Anderson, Loraine Lundquist. “Evolutionary cycles of light.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Colorado State University. Accessed December 10, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/172993.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Anderson, Loraine Lundquist. “Evolutionary cycles of light.” 2016. Web. 10 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Anderson LL. Evolutionary cycles of light. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Colorado State University; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 10].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/172993.
Council of Science Editors:
Anderson LL. Evolutionary cycles of light. [Masters Thesis]. Colorado State University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/172993
Colorado State University
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Molliconi, Michael Alan.
Sculptural forms in metal.
Degree: Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Art and Art History, 2016, Colorado State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173585
► The concern of this thesis is with the creation of sculptural forms expressing the synthesis of organic and geometric silhouettes. The thesis work is centered…
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▼ The concern of this thesis is with the creation of sculptural forms expressing the synthesis of organic and geometric silhouettes. The thesis work is centered on arrangements of silhouetted shapes as abstracted from my observed environment, employing these shapes as either "positive" mass or "negative" void. Abstraction of the elements is necessary to remove recognizable imagery in order to perceive the simultaneous occurrence of the shapes. The arrangements explore the crispness of the geometric forms in juxtaposition to the softness of the organic forms, synthesizing both into a logical whole. Through the cantilevering and balancing of the planes, an effort is made to exert a sense of dynamism on the composite of forms. This dynamism vitalizes the passive synchronous occurrence of the silhouettes as they exist in the environment. The final sculptural statements are expressions of my compositional attitudes concerning both natural formations and man-made structures. My perception of inanimate gestural qualities in these existing shapes, dictates the overall composition in an attempt to impose my personal sense of order to the seemingly random co-existence of the two contrasting elements in the environment.
Advisors/Committee Members: Berland, John C. (advisor), Wassell, Harold J. (committee member), Crocker, David A. (committee member), Kendry, Kenneth A. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Metal sculpture
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Molliconi, M. A. (2016). Sculptural forms in metal. (Masters Thesis). Colorado State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173585
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Molliconi, Michael Alan. “Sculptural forms in metal.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Colorado State University. Accessed December 10, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173585.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Molliconi, Michael Alan. “Sculptural forms in metal.” 2016. Web. 10 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Molliconi MA. Sculptural forms in metal. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Colorado State University; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 10].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173585.
Council of Science Editors:
Molliconi MA. Sculptural forms in metal. [Masters Thesis]. Colorado State University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173585
Colorado State University
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Bridges, Amy C.
Interior event.
Degree: Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Art, 2016, Colorado State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173587
► My work is based on rooms I have entered, where a corner or objects on a table quicken and stimulate me visually. The way things…
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▼ My work is based on rooms I have entered, where a corner or objects on a table quicken and stimulate me visually. The way things are placed geometrically and the way light falls to alter and distort them becomes a phenomenon or event. That arrangement or event spells out something very personal; a culmination of reality shown as pure form. It is a unique quality found only there at that moment, which is made up of unrepeatable consequences. These forms perceived in a certain relationship are an inspiration to me, and I create an image stemming from my emotion to it.
Advisors/Committee Members: Dormer, James T. (advisor), Ellerby, David A. (committee member), Berland, John C. (committee member), Orman, Jack L. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Space and time in art
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Bridges, A. C. (2016). Interior event. (Masters Thesis). Colorado State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173587
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Bridges, Amy C. “Interior event.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Colorado State University. Accessed December 10, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173587.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Bridges, Amy C. “Interior event.” 2016. Web. 10 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Bridges AC. Interior event. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Colorado State University; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 10].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173587.
Council of Science Editors:
Bridges AC. Interior event. [Masters Thesis]. Colorado State University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173587
Colorado State University
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Dirrim, David M.
Human figure as fragmented form in space, The.
Degree: Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Art, 2016, Colorado State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173135
► The works in the Master's Thesis exhibition are the result of the past five months of growth and study. The thesis represents the experimentation with…
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▼ The works in the Master's Thesis exhibition are the result of the past five months of growth and study. The thesis represents the experimentation with the human figure as fragmented form in space, in relationship with a spontaneous intuitive approach to the casting process. Throughout the creative act, an attempt has been made to utilize the various steps of the casting procedure (modeling, mold making, wax, investing) in such a manner that they become essential in the communication of a spontaneous and immediate attitude. To further convey a spontaneity in approach, traditional attitudes of refining the work have been replaced with a selective approach to the finishing process. In each of the individual works, a variable use of color has been used in order to convey a natural aging process.
Advisors/Committee Members: Berland, John C. (advisor), Orman, Jack L. (committee member), Twarogowski, Leroy A. (committee member), McKee, Patrick L. (committee member), Wassell, Harold J. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Sculpture; Human figure in art
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Dirrim, D. M. (2016). Human figure as fragmented form in space, The. (Masters Thesis). Colorado State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173135
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Dirrim, David M. “Human figure as fragmented form in space, The.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Colorado State University. Accessed December 10, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173135.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Dirrim, David M. “Human figure as fragmented form in space, The.” 2016. Web. 10 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Dirrim DM. Human figure as fragmented form in space, The. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Colorado State University; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 10].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173135.
Council of Science Editors:
Dirrim DM. Human figure as fragmented form in space, The. [Masters Thesis]. Colorado State University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/173135
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Stroh, Dennis Lee.
Aluminum sculpture : assemblage compositions in full mold sand casting.
Degree: Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Art and Art History, 2016, Colorado State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/176169
► These works attempt to convey visual situations that are disquieting in their exploration of space, visually unstable through apparent tenuous balance, or fragile in quality.…
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▼ These works attempt to convey visual situations that are disquieting in their exploration of space, visually unstable through apparent tenuous balance, or fragile in quality. The aspects of potential change and fragility are in contrast to the feeling that cast metal is stable and structural. These pieces explore the relationships of frameworks placed one in front of another to achieve simultaneous viewing of several parts of the piece. This situation invites the viewer to participate in the piece, to walk around it, and experience the change in shapes and their visual relationship to one another. The parts of these works are a result of selection and shaping of rigid polystyrene packing materials. The assembled whole is a result of intuitive interaction between artist and shapes. The pieces, thus, are predetermined as to shape and shape relationships; however, the casting process, through warpage and surface distortion, can change the end result. The surface and shape changes that occur promote a feeling of rawness which is accepted or promoted by the finish. The finish also enforces the idea of parts and their relationships. The final sculpture, due to the manner by which the shapes were determined and the changes that occur because of the casting process, is affected, at least to some degree, by chance.
Advisors/Committee Members: Berland, John C. (advisor), Wassell, Harold J. (committee member), Twarogowski, Leroy A. (committee member), McBride, William G. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Metal sculpture
…casting process.
Dennis Lee Stroh
Art Department
Colorado State University
Spring, 1979
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Stroh, D. L. (2016). Aluminum sculpture : assemblage compositions in full mold sand casting. (Masters Thesis). Colorado State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10217/176169
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Stroh, Dennis Lee. “Aluminum sculpture : assemblage compositions in full mold sand casting.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Colorado State University. Accessed December 10, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/176169.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Stroh, Dennis Lee. “Aluminum sculpture : assemblage compositions in full mold sand casting.” 2016. Web. 10 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Stroh DL. Aluminum sculpture : assemblage compositions in full mold sand casting. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Colorado State University; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 10].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/176169.
Council of Science Editors:
Stroh DL. Aluminum sculpture : assemblage compositions in full mold sand casting. [Masters Thesis]. Colorado State University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/176169
Colorado State University
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McLerran, Jennifer.
Vessels.
Degree: Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Art, 2007, Colorado State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86866
► My artwork serves as a means of exploration of ideas and of representations of experience. I choose to deal with symbols because, as carriers of…
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▼ My artwork serves as a means of exploration of ideas and of representations of experience. I choose to deal with symbols because, as carriers of meaning in the context of various cultures, symbols afford an exploration of the varied ways in which meaning is made. Use of symbols from diverse cultures allows me to comparatively examine the systems of thought from which such images arise. I intend to make no definite assertion in my work regarding the nature of symbol systems or of the meanings conveyed through such symbols. I only intend tentative explorations. The lack of definite assertion in my work is appropriate to its thematic concerns – symbols of birth, images of time's passage and its manifestation in the process of aging, and conceptions of death and an afterlife – since any understanding of these aspects of experience must ultimately remain tentative. I aim to express a sense of this mystery in my work, but to do so with a sense of irony.
Advisors/Committee Members: Yust, Dave 1939- (advisor), Dietemann, David L. (committee member), Berland, John C. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Symbolism in art
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McLerran, J. (2007). Vessels. (Masters Thesis). Colorado State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86866
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
McLerran, Jennifer. “Vessels.” 2007. Masters Thesis, Colorado State University. Accessed December 10, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86866.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
McLerran, Jennifer. “Vessels.” 2007. Web. 10 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
McLerran J. Vessels. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Colorado State University; 2007. [cited 2019 Dec 10].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86866.
Council of Science Editors:
McLerran J. Vessels. [Masters Thesis]. Colorado State University; 2007. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86866
Colorado State University
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Parr, Tara L.
Unsettled territory.
Degree: Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Art, 2007, Colorado State University
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86896
► In a surreal manner, my work tests the burgeoning notion of art as life and life as art. Artistic effort to be more real than…
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▼ In a surreal manner, my work tests the burgeoning notion of art as life and life as art. Artistic effort to be more real than reality has a long tradition, but it is beginning with Marcel Duchamp that the particular turn of mind which fascinates me becomes evident in art. The overwhelming doubt in regard to the finality of a proposition is the motivation for my representation of experience. In my work there is a focus on seemingly commonplace events, objects, and forms whose significance has been enhanced in an ambiguous statement. In a new context specific objects and materials function in relationships foreign to their identity. A certain credibility in this new identity makes them psychologically provocative. My use of objects reflects the influence of Jasper Johns, Robert Rauchenberg, and Rene Magrite. They used objects in an overtly confrontational manner. In my work there is a reserved atmosphere where the confrontation is denied. The impermanent, unprecious nature of the materials is a part of the fast changing, disposable attitude in my modem society. The imposing presence of the work contradicts impermanence, and this creates a paradox by presenting miscellaneous objects in a precious manner. Feelings of static confinement are tempered by unresolved spontaneity. These opposing qualities are subtle and achieve a form of coexistence. In content the use of human manipulation echos man's mimicry of natural order. Levels of order reflect my personal beliefs about their psychological functioning. I propose an ordered atmosphere of reserved human normalcy where tensions and contradictions arise, build, and expire.
Advisors/Committee Members: Wassell, Harold (advisor), Runyan, William E. (committee member), Lundberg, Thomas R. (committee member), Berland, John C. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Collage; Mixed media (Art)
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Parr, T. L. (2007). Unsettled territory. (Masters Thesis). Colorado State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86896
Chicago Manual of Style (16th Edition):
Parr, Tara L. “Unsettled territory.” 2007. Masters Thesis, Colorado State University. Accessed December 10, 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86896.
MLA Handbook (7th Edition):
Parr, Tara L. “Unsettled territory.” 2007. Web. 10 Dec 2019.
Vancouver:
Parr TL. Unsettled territory. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Colorado State University; 2007. [cited 2019 Dec 10].
Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86896.
Council of Science Editors:
Parr TL. Unsettled territory. [Masters Thesis]. Colorado State University; 2007. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86896
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