3 Artists who have broken the rules (part 2)

TIM PATCH

Tim patch is an Australian artist who uses his pecker to paint. He affectionately named himself  "Pricasso", a title that, surely, the talented and self-tortured cubist artist Picasso would approve of. He also uses his bum to paint the background since it was said that it would take too much time to use his other tool and it looks better. 

MILLIE BROWN

Millie Brown is a vomit painter who creates abstract work. Her work requires her to drink coloured milk and simply vomit on a white canvas. She broke the rules by being creative by drinking a coloured milk and regurgitating it onto a white canvas which turns out to be insanely beautiful although it was disgusting.

CHRIS TRUEMAN

Chris Trueman is one of the most creative artist who uses dead ants as a medium for his work titled "Self-Portrait With Gun" He uses approximately 200000 dead ants. This work was a labor of love because the artist hated killing ants but he had to complete it anyway.



The 3 artist have inspired me to work in an unusual way as well as creatively. I really love how Millie Brown expressed her abstract work. I hope that i can come out with something new and blog about the process and inspire people too. 

How to make a mind map

For this lesson, we were taught how to express our ideas using a mind map. Below are the steps that were taught last week.

Step 1: Create central idea

            The central idea represents the topic that you are going to explore

Step 2: Add branches to your map

           The main branches which flow from the central image are the key themes. By adding child

           branches, you can explore in greater depth for each theme.

Step 3:  Colour code your branches

             Colour coding allows you to categorize, highlight, analyze information and identify more

             more connections.

Step 4: Illustrate

            Images have the power to convey much more information than a word

                                                                                                         www.thinkbuzan.com

I've learned a lot during the process of producing mind maps. I thought that it would be a good idea if all four of us focus on the chosen sub topic and start writing down their ideas instead of blurting out all our ideas together. But i was wrong. During our presentation, one of my group member was lost. He was having a hard time presenting his ideas because we didn't really communicate with each other. I then realized that it wasn't a good idea. If we were to have another group work in the future, i'll make sure that there are no communication barriers that will hinder along the way.



group members:
hui ting-http://kewpiemaycry.blogspot.sg
dave-http;//mikhdave.blogspot.com
olivia: http://oliviastefanie.tumblr.com

3 Artists/ Designers who have broken the rules

Hananuma Masakichi

When this Japanese artist learned he was dying from tuberculosis, he decided he wanted to leave a parting gift to the woman he loved. He decided to make her a life-like statue of himself that ended up looking so real that it was so hard to tell the real Hananuma from the statue when they stood next to each other.

He made each body part separately using dark wood which was painted and lacquered to match his skin tone. He made a tiny individual hole for every pore in his body, then plucked out his own hair and inserted into the exact same position in the statue. He removed his own teeth, finger and toe nails which he also placed on the statue. For a final touch, he gave the statue his glasses and clothes.

He lived another 10 years and ironically died out of poverty despite his talent in 1985.

Edward Theodore Gein

Police suspected Gein to be involved in the disappearance of a store clerk, Bernice Worden, in Plainfield on November 16, 1957. Upon entering a shed on his property, they made their first horrific discovery of the night: Worden’s corpse. She had been decapitated, her headless body hung upside down by means of ropes at her wrists and a crossbar at her ankles. Most horribly, the body’s trunk was empty, the ribcage split and the body “dressed out” like that of a deer. These mutilations had been performed postmortem; she had been shot at close-range with a .22-caliber rifle.

Searching the house, authorities found:

• Human skulls mounted upon the cornerposts of his bed
• Human skin fashioned into a lampshade and used to upholster chair seats
• Human skullcaps, apparently in use as soup bowls
• A human heart (it is disputed where the heart was found; the deputies’ reports all claim that the heart was in a saucepan on the stove, with some crime scene photographers claiming it was in a paper bag)
• The head of Mary Hogan, a local tavern owner, found in a paper bag
• A ceiling light pull consisting of human lips
• A “mammary vest” crafted from the skin of a woman’s torso
• A belt made from several human nipples, among many other such grisly objects
• Socks made from human flesh

H.H Holmes

H.H Holmes renovated a three story hotel specifically to kill people. It included stairways to nowhere and a maze over 100 windowless rooms. He killed as many as 200 people in it. The skeletons of his victims were sold to medical schools.

Generating ideas

The day started off well. We were given 5 topics to brainstorm. My group members and I decided to brainstorm on 100 ways to kill a cockroach, 100 ways to squeeze a lemon and 100 ways to cross the road. I didn't expect all of us to be imaginative and creative. We came up with the most ridiculous ideas but it still made sense and some were hilariously offensive. All of us decided to draw a mind map instead of listing our ideas in point form. The flexibility of mind maps helped all of  us to think divergently and convergently. Also, mind maps boost productivity by allowing free flow of ideas. When brainstorming without drawing a mind map, our mind will start to wander and we will get distracted easily. Therefore we decided that mind mapping was a great way to add structure to brainstorming session and visualize ideas. For easy visualization, we also started illustrating our ideas.

We were having a hard time communicating with each other at first as we didn't really know each other that well. But after exchanging ideas we soon discovered that our ideas were almost similar to each other. We really had a great time laughing at our ideas as most of them were absurd. With different interests and backgrounds we were open to new ideas.


Group members;
dave-mikhdave.blospot.com
hui ting:http://kewpiemaycry.blogspot.sg/
olivia-oliviastefanie.tumblr.com

The Journey

My pulse raced with excitement when we were about to reach Punggol Point Park. I was welcomed by the feel of soft natural earth under my feet. The sun filtered through the clouds, signalling the end of the rain. A golden glow spread across the sky as the sun chased the dark clouds away. The pear sweet taste in the air was indeed a blessed joy. After admiring the beauty of such tranquil scenery, i walked past  those wagon-shaped cabins at Punggol Ranch catering to families, with each large enough to accommodate up to four people. The wagon transformed the whole place to a new cow boy town. Trees, rocks and wildflowers disguised a structure not meant for its surroundings.


Tranquil and contemplative, this place was a retreat from the insanity of the city. Distracted by the scenery again, i then came across a few horses. They showed pride by prancing with their ears straight forward, nostrils flaring, and head pointed downwards on arched neck as they were wringing its tail up. Their coat glows, reflecting the light. Their mane and tails are soft and not matted, lumpy, or coarse and there were some faint dapples on their hindquarters. The lingering scent of sweat coming from the horses smells like wood chips and hay. A faint sound of the waves was heard along with the wind through the trees. The laughter of boisterous young children caught my attention to the west of the jetty area. There were two huge elevated brown-rimmed barriers that looks interesting. Upon closer inspection, i was quite amazed to discover the two large ponds that were actually filled with tortoises and fishes. Birds were cutting through the air and soaring far above me.

Tress swayed to the gentle breeze and the air vibrates with the rhythmic pounding of the waves. I perched on top of the ship-inspired viewing deck above the jetty. The flat sea stretched in all directions with long breaking waves. The emptiness in my soul matches the spiritless sky and featureless waterscape around me as the salty breeze evoked memories.