User:Kyle Russell

=Humanities I/The Commons=

Bio
Who ever really writes about themselves? I am just who you think I am: Me. With me, what you see is what you get, no lies, no hidden baggage. Art is pretty much my bread and water. Carving down the mountain, while riding to a piece of music you created can be summed up in one word: PRICELESS. I try to do my best in all my art wither it be freestyle snowboarding, or drawing up another tattoo idea. AND....Yes I have tattoos and piercings, and yes I drew them all myself. Being creative is just my fuel to the fire. I love making things and love being around people that spark those vibes and have me try new things. I run my life with one question in mind "If people's lives where books, would anyone want to read mine?" I'd like to think so.

Self-Assessment
=OLDER STUFF=

bio
Who ever really writes about themselves? I am just who you think I am: Me. With me, what you see is what you get, no lies, no hidden baggage. Art is pretty much my bread and water. Carving down the mountain, while riding to a piece of music you created can be summed up in one word: PRICELESS. I try to do my best in all my art wither it be freestyle snowboarding, or drawing up another tattoo idea. AND....Yes I have tattoos and piercings, and yes I drew them all myself. Being creative is just my fuel to the fire. I love making things and love being around people that spark those vibes and have me try new things. I run my life with one question in mind "If people's lives where books, would anyone want to read mine?" I'd like to think so.

midterm
'''Part one: Misology assignment'''

Not having a chance to actually explore my new surroundings in Seattle I was extremely pleased to visit the sculpture park for the very first time. Even from the distance while walking towards the park I was impressed by the different sizes of the sculptures in all their wonder. Once inside the park I was hard pressed to find a sculpture that I did not like, all of pieces of art seemed to be of a one of a kind quality; each having their own specialness about them. After walking around the park for about an hour, I managed to find a sculpture tucked up in a corner of the park that I originally did not see and was glad that I didn’t. The sculpture dubbed “Skyscape 1” created by Louise Nevelson was just clumsily put together, and in my opinion a piece of art that was not given much thought. Overall, this piece just disturbed me that it was among all these other pieces of art, and not really have any consistency in the composition.

After walking through the park I came back home to research further on the artist Louise Nevelson. On the first few websites I found about the sculpture park and the artist that have their work displayed there, I learned that each artist had a rather substantial role in the art community. Later on after doing an image search for Louise Nevelson’s art, I found to my surprise that she has very large collection of respectable art that made me second guess her sculpture in the park. After finding the her art work like the sculptures “Wedding” and “City on the High Mountain,” I began to like the finite details in the sculptures and how from a distance the pieces form into another piece of art. With this knowledge I figured I should take another look at her art in the sculpture park.

When I returned to the park I went back to this cluttered looking sculpture that was called “Skyscape 1” trying to find the value in it. To my surprise I looked at the art threw new eyes and noticed the actual “skyscape” in the art, rather then it just being random pieces of metal put together in an abstract manner. I guess the goes to show you cannot always judge a book, or in this case sculpture, by its cover.

final
Here is my outline for my final project.

Kyle Russell

By the end of this quarter, I want to: Learn how to make and fiberglass a longboard skateboard from scratch.

The research component of this goal is to: Read and research how to construct a longboard, types of wood used along with other materials. Also some background history on the world of longboards.

WEEK 2 research and creation of material list

WEEK 3 begin collecting materials

WEEK 4 research on how to build a wood press

WEEK 5 (midterm) construct wood press

WEEK 6 begin to press wood to get shape

WEEK 7 cut board into shape, sand, and fiberglass

WEEK 8 add final paint to board and parts