User:ErickaSmith

Bio
Im Ericka Smith im doing my bachelors degree in Fashion Marketing. I moved from Montana, but ive pretty much lived everywhere, right now im living in student housing and its like the biggest rip off EVER!! i totally signed a 4 quarter lease too which is annoying, im like ranting about this randomly...so...ya thats all im gonna type! : )

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic knowing about and reconizing 10-20 brand names in the fashion industry. I really dont know how many im gonna do if its really diffcult ill do like 10 but if its easy ill do like 20. Just wait and see...


 * Research Component


 * week 1-compose list of brands im gonna research, like: prada, louis vuitton, fendi, d&g, ysl etc


 * week 2-4- get details about a few key designers, background info, career paths, fashion inspiration for slides. RESEARCH!!! the mirical of the internet and easybib.com. Also im going to go to some stores like Louis Vuitton and Chanel and Nordstrom to see some of the handbags etc on display and wish i could afford it.


 * week 5- PICTURES yay window shopping but over the internet!!! im gonna keep a running track of the prices of all the items in my powerpoint so well see what it comes out to. Im gonna say $30,000 just a guess off the top of my head.


 * week 6- put my powerpoint together, gonna be totally cute and girly be prepared for pink! haha


 * week 7- any last minute research to fill in any holes. i might have like a game to test if my goal is accomplished but i dont know maybe not.


 * week 8- done with project- (YAY!!!) proof read since i have issues with spelling and also practice my reading powerpoint so i can look like i totally know what im doing. Also, im going to time it, knowing me it will be way to long i may only do 10 or so brands because of the time restraint.

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
For my midterm project I choose the sculpture Bunyon's Chess by Mark di Suvero. I chose this piece of art because even at first glance I hated it. As I walked toward it I asked if it was actually even part of the park (jokingly). The piece at first glance essentially looks like three old logs and chain and some bars and wires holding in up. Through research I found out that the piece was commissioned by Virginia Wright in 1965. The piece was a gift to the Olympic Sculpture Park in 2006. Bunyon’s Chest is 22 feet high and is made of stainless steel and wood. It is supposed to be a lighthearted piece, referencing the legendary logger Paul Bunyon. After I realized what the purpose of the piece was, it made much more since to me. I would like to say that I now like the piece, but, should whether or not I like a piece of art be determined by the fact that I understand the meaning of it or that it is ecstatically pleasing? I still haven’t found an answer to that question. I will give anything a try once and while I appreciate the fact that some people like the sculpture it doesn’t change my opinion of it. I looked up some of the Mark di Suvero other work and I would love to say that I did happen to like them, but I didn’t. I have no objections to say that I may have horrible taste; sculptures are not exactly the first thing I think of when I think about art. There is a quote I ran across in my research that praises di Suvero so I guess it’s a good thing that I’m not an art critic. “His steel geometries connect earth and sky, space and time. Primordial elements, physics, music, poetry, and philosophical influences also find their way into the mix. di Suvero’s wizardry melds the monumental and the intimate, humanizing steel as though it were another form of writing by hand” (International Sculpture Center). A few of his other pieces are, The Double Tetrahedron from 2004 and Mother Peace from 1970. I wish I could convince my mind to like these pieces, but, while I appreciate their meaning to the artist and some people I still don’t like them.

Double Tetrahedron

Mother Peace

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"Sculpture.org." International Sculpture Center - Publisher of Sculpture Magazine. Web. 1 Aug. 2009. .