Long vs. short

For this assignment, I had to juxtapose the idea of long and short. So I chose to make recently invented item with medium used since the birth of humankind. 

I was imagining if there is a caveman who had a chance to come to 21st century and sent back to his own time period after few days, what would he try to make from items he saw that were used now. I thought he might want to make something related to computer.

So,

I planned to make a keyboard out of clay(oil clay).

 I thought I should put ancient language instead of English or Korean. So I put cuneiform in my keyboard, since the cuneiform was written in clay plates back then.

Putting cuneiform in the keyboard

Clay Keyboard

Because the medium I am using is absurd, I tried to make the keyboard as realistic as possible. So I made it in 17in*7in size, similar to real keyboards. I sticked some cubics to where little lights come in real ones. Lastly I put some strings to resemble cord for keyboard. 

I was glad I could make the keyboard as I wanted it to be. I have used oil clay before, but the whole making process was an adventure for me. Flattening clay, cutting clay into keyboard button shape, and imprinting alphabets clearly were three major crisis. I was relieved to go through all those tricky parts without big problems.

Time Map

I wanted to show progress in time with organic and graceful medium. 

So I thought of an Ink drop in a glass of water. The event itself is very unpredictable so I had to take several shots to get the drop to drop in a satisfactory way. Thankfully I was able to get what I expected to have in the end. 

The next thing I had to think of was presentation. I needed a presentation to effectively show time progress of the event I chose. Since the event has downward(falling) motion, I thought of hanging images to something round like a mobile. For the top part, branch part, I made a dream catcher. Time map is a map which tries to grab certain time, and dream catcher tries to grab good dreams. I thought the idea is somewhat similar.

I had to hang the mobile to somewhere to make it.

It is hard to see, but the top part resembles dream catcher.

 Time Map

This was my first project for the Time class. I believe it was not easy to come up with idea, actualize my idea, and finally making the product. It took me some time and money. It was heartbreaking to see the final product in the end. I should have thought the images would get closer as I stick them closer to the center. With my miscalculation, the middle part is hard to see from afar. I learned I should calculate more deliberately when making things like this.

Overall I think it wasn't bad.