User:Sarahsheets

Bio
Hello, I'm Sarah Sheets. I am a 21-year old student of Media Arts and Animation. I've lived in Seattle for 3 years now, and I love it.

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic

Designing and sewing a garment of some sort.


 * Research Component

Researching the history of the garment I decide to create; Researching patterns & design and sewing techniques.


 * week 1

Choose what sort of garment to make and begin designing it.


 * week 2

Continue designing garment and start research (check out books?).


 * week 3

Finalize design, take measurements, go to fabric store and create fabric swatch pages.


 * week 4

Choose pattern and fabric, purchase them. Lay out pattern on fabric, pin and cut out.


 * week 5

Finish cutting out. Begin construction. Start documenting process with photos.


 * week 6

Continue construction. 1st fitting. Continue documentation.


 * week 7

Continue construction. 2nd fitting. Begin finalizing (add closures, hem if needed, etc.) Continue documentation.


 * week 8

Finalize. Fix last-minute problems. Assemble photo album of documentation. Done!

Why Do I Like What I Like?
I decided to write my “Why do I like what I like” paper on the statue titled “Typewriter Eraser, Scale X”. It’s hard to miss seeing this piece as you first approach the Olympic Sculpture Park from the Art Institute, as it is quite large and brightly colored. The sculpture depicts a very large typewriter eraser and was constructed out of stainless steel and fiberglass in 1998-1999 by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Initially, there were two things that I really disliked about “Typewriter Eraser, Scale X”. Although I was initially impressed by the sheer size of the piece, I wasn’t very fond of what the sculpture depicted. It was only because of the title that I knew what this piece was supposed to be: a typewriter eraser (which I had never seen before in my life). Besides that, I was also not too enamored with the placement of the sculpture right next to the road. It made it feel like the piece wasn’t actually a part of the sculpture park at all. While I didn’t foresee changing my opinion on the placement of the statue, I did attempt to reexamine why I didn’t like the subject of the piece, which seems ridiculous given that I had never seen the object that they sculpture was based off of. Upon examining pictures of typewriter erasers, I began to see the piece in a new light. Typewriter erasers are made up of a rubber “wheel” attached to a brush. Just seeing a regular eraser out of the box, I realized how much illusion of movement had been incorporated into the sculpture. The sculpture makes it look as if the eraser is rolling down the hill, the bristles of the brush trailing out behind it in the wind. When I looked at the piece that way, like it was a typewriter eraser in motion, I not only began to appreciate the overall design that the artists had created, but I also began to, quite by accident, appreciate the placement of the piece as well. It seems almost as if the sculpture was trying to escape the park and roll down the street along with the cars, adding another layer to the illusion of movement. In the end, I found that I appreciated the piece not only for its size and attention to detail, but also for the illusion of movement that both the artists and the placement of the piece within the park helped to create.