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Ironically, I have ‘overlooked’ writing a post about this recent piece. Despite the fact that I completed it for the end of Spring semester, I still think it merits a post. ‘Overlooked’ was intended to be my final project for Drawing II, but I got a little carried away and it quickly became much more work than the project specifications (or time limit) were designed around. The theme of the piece easily lended itself to a notebook which also fit with the eclectic art mix my brain was begging to create. (The pictures below show a mere sampling of the pages in the notebook.)

I have a personal fascination with the idea of what happens to pennies that are tails side up. In our society, pennies have no perceived value; we feel free to take or leave a penny without thought. This notebook is a study of things that are often overlooked, with an underlying feeling of deep personalization given to each page. I brought in old photographs and materials to reference what is forgotten in time, and I used transparency and layouts that reference the physical process of looking (or overlooking.) By incorporating some interactive elements, my goal is to force the viewer to give personal input to the piece, making it harder to ignore or forget.

Unfortunately, effect is lost without the physical interaction with the materials. A lot of time was put into materials experimentaion. I wanted to explore materials that are often overlooked as art media, and use them in unexpected ways. Some examples are tissue paper and ink (manipulated and heated in different ways to create a range of textures) sandpaper, and a U.S. map that folds out of the book.