Anti-Quark
Natasha Oslinger
I was in Italy while creating this art piece, so, I decided to draw inspiration from the city to fuel the creativity behind my work. I took my sketchbook and pen out and let the city guide me. I walked through cafes, art museums, churches, playhouses, opera houses, rose gardens, and sat by the grand canal listening to street performers play. I spent all day walking around, yet, I didn’t get that spark of inspiration telling me what to do. I credit this to being distracted; in the presence of such beautiful art and music, I forgot everything. Because of this, I decided to focus my art on the things that intrigue me, and keeping with my concentration theme, made a collage. My three biggest interests include art, music, and science. So, for the background of my piece I used a recreation of Edvard Munch’s The Scream. Next, I decided to make the foreground by combining both music and science, so I started with the idea of string theory and sheet music. The minuscule tiny vibrating strings that make up the universe look like what I describe as wobbly circles. I used thin black wire to make five wobbly circles descending in size, then, placed each one inside of the other, as if someone took a line of sheet music, connected the ends, and vibrated each line. Once finished, I wasn’t happy with the way it looked, so, I decided to redesign my approach. I used my wire to make five more descending circles, but this time I kept them circular rather than wobbly. I tied them to string, then glued the string to the paper, hence creating a wire sheet music-esk atomic model of an atom. For the electrons, I used stickers shaped like music notes and stuck them on the sheet-music-electron-cloud with hot glue. To keep it scientifically accurate, the first ring got two music notes, the second one got four, and all the rest got eight. To continue with the theme of things that interest me, I chose to make the atom of one of my favorite elements, cobalt. Finally, I covered the corners and edges with brightly colored stickers because I wanted to add more color and depth to my work.
The biggest struggle I had during this project was shaping the wire. Although the wire was thin, it was difficult to get the ends to close and not come undone. I ended up solving this problem by twisting the ends together, then twisting the end to the side. My favorite part of this project was really focusing on the things I enjoy and trying to work ways for their incorporation into my art. While walking around the city it was easy to notice what I was attracted to and inspired by, so, figuring out what to base this art piece on came easily.
Natasha Oslinger
I was in Italy while creating this art piece, so, I decided to draw inspiration from the city to fuel the creativity behind my work. I took my sketchbook and pen out and let the city guide me. I walked through cafes, art museums, churches, playhouses, opera houses, rose gardens, and sat by the grand canal listening to street performers play. I spent all day walking around, yet, I didn’t get that spark of inspiration telling me what to do. I credit this to being distracted; in the presence of such beautiful art and music, I forgot everything. Because of this, I decided to focus my art on the things that intrigue me, and keeping with my concentration theme, made a collage. My three biggest interests include art, music, and science. So, for the background of my piece I used a recreation of Edvard Munch’s The Scream. Next, I decided to make the foreground by combining both music and science, so I started with the idea of string theory and sheet music. The minuscule tiny vibrating strings that make up the universe look like what I describe as wobbly circles. I used thin black wire to make five wobbly circles descending in size, then, placed each one inside of the other, as if someone took a line of sheet music, connected the ends, and vibrated each line. Once finished, I wasn’t happy with the way it looked, so, I decided to redesign my approach. I used my wire to make five more descending circles, but this time I kept them circular rather than wobbly. I tied them to string, then glued the string to the paper, hence creating a wire sheet music-esk atomic model of an atom. For the electrons, I used stickers shaped like music notes and stuck them on the sheet-music-electron-cloud with hot glue. To keep it scientifically accurate, the first ring got two music notes, the second one got four, and all the rest got eight. To continue with the theme of things that interest me, I chose to make the atom of one of my favorite elements, cobalt. Finally, I covered the corners and edges with brightly colored stickers because I wanted to add more color and depth to my work.
The biggest struggle I had during this project was shaping the wire. Although the wire was thin, it was difficult to get the ends to close and not come undone. I ended up solving this problem by twisting the ends together, then twisting the end to the side. My favorite part of this project was really focusing on the things I enjoy and trying to work ways for their incorporation into my art. While walking around the city it was easy to notice what I was attracted to and inspired by, so, figuring out what to base this art piece on came easily.