Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Project 6: 3D

Single Object

Collage

When this project was first assigned, I had no idea what I wanted to do as far as an object, let alone a collage of objects. I always strive to create art with meaning, with love, and with true ideas that I value, but there aren't many objects that I hold close to me... or so I thought. At the beginning I had the idea to model my keys. I figured, "It'll be easy enough I can do it quick, and I'll knock it out in a few hours."So I began on my project, but as I was modeling each individual piece, each edge, each face, a deeper meaning behind them started to emerge. Each object, or key means something extremely deep to me and this project helped me find a true sense of connection to an everyday object, or set of objects that I hold everyday. The small silver key means a lot to me because it's the key to my house. But not only does it open the door to my home, but it also opens a door into my relationship with my best friend, my girlfriend. This is our first apartment together and we've been blessed to make it a home. She means the world to me, and this key is another step towards growing closer together as boyfriend/girlfriend, but also as best friends. The black key in the middle and the car door remote above it are grouped together because this is is my first car. I've had a car in the past, but it was given to me, just so I had something to drive. With that car, I traded it in to get a 06 Honda Element and I believe it to be my first car because I'm responsible for it. It's in my name, I pay for it, and I have an incredible sense of pride for it. It was my dream car as a child and I made it happen as an adult. Finally is my Phi Delta Theta keychain. This means a lot to me because it makes me feel as if I'm apart of more than just myself. I'm a college student, a fraternity brother, a boyfriend, a best friend, a son, and an adult. These are all things that this keychain reminds me of when I look at it because I entered my fraternity in my first semester in college as all of these things were changing around me. I may not be as close with my fraternity as I once was. But they, along with my girlfriend and my parents all taught me how to be a better man. I may not have understood what these things meant to me before this assignment, but now I hold my keys with pride and understanding.