Kristin Becker's DTC Classes at WSU

Pattern: Matt Behnen

Posted on September 26, 2018 by matthewbehnen

The patterns and imagery used in this quilt are made up of stripes, thin and bold. The top third of the quilt is made up of two stripes, very wide, creating a plane. The bottom two thirds of the quilt are made up of many vertical stripes of different sizes and colors. When I look at this quilt, I see a bed, where the top third is the pillows of the bed and the bottom two thirds are the blanket of the bet. This type of imagery gives the look and feeling of being in bed when you use the quilt. This can make the user feel comfortable and cozy like when in their bed.

The quilt looks the way it does because it is the combination of strips of clothes and blocks of fabric. This quilt could have looked a lot different if Emma Lee Pettway Campbell did not have all the tops of the stripes be aligned.

I think some sources of inspiration for this quilt may have been the bed she slept on, where she wanted to re-create that image so she could take it with her. Another inspiration may have been to make it look not perfect with the stripes because it is made out of work clothes, and when your working, clothes will get torn and ripped. One different inspiration may have been a piano because the bottom stripes resemble keys on a piano.

I believe Emma lee Pettway Campbell made this quilt because it was a good way of giving the feeling of safety, and comfortableness that comes from being in bed, but can be taken with you wherever you are. I also think Emma made this quilt because it catches the eyes of people who look at it because of the contrasting colors and somewhat random placement of the fabric in the bottom two thirds.

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Pattern: Sanna Wright

Posted on September 26, 2018 by sannawright

In this quilt called “Strips” Ella Bendolph creates a pattern out of working clothes. The piece was created in 1955 and resides in the New Orleans Museum of Art. It is owned by the Souls Grown Deep Foundation (Ella Bendolph, Quilt, 1955). Photo by Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio.

From the Souls Grown Deep website, the quilt “Strips” grabs my attention. The quilt was created by artist Ella Bendolph in1955 using strips of old work clothes. In the Gee’s Bend community, practical items such as clothing are upcycled into quilts. This tradition has been passed down to artists like Ella Bendolph after financial hardship hit the community in Gee’s Bend.

I would describe the pattern in this quilt as having one element (clothing material) and many patterns (the stripes). The pattern is a repeating pattern with changing color and scale, but the orientation remaining consistent throughout the piece. It is very regular, but the stretchiness of the cloth makes each column a little different. Some of the piece of clothing that make up the pattern have dots or stripes.

It looks the way that it does do to the material that the pattern is made out of. The piece has a worn look, and a few stains, representing it’s previous existence as clothing. There is a large amount of stretch to each piece, and the stitching is uneven, giving it a disheveled chaotic look.

I believe the inspiration for this piece was the hard work of the workers wearing the cloth that this quilt was made out of. The artist likely made this quilt considering the tradition of her community. These quilts are a way not only to memorialize those who used to wear the clothing but to create something new and useful with sentimental value. The quilt is not only art, but a blanket to keep loved ones warm.

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Pattern: Hunter Kozol

Posted on September 26, 2018 by kozolmedia

This quilt, Blocks And Strips Work-Clothes Quilt by Andrea Willams, is mainly made up of strips. Different sized rectangles make up the structure of this quilt. Four small rectangles make the top strip, one large rectangle fills the center of the quilt, and many small rectangles make the rest of the quilt. These many smaller rectangles make a larger rectangle. The quilt is made from many shades of blue which are arranged by the darkness of the blue. The materials are from denim work clothes, but it’s hard to tell by the design. I think her inspiration was from watching labor workers in the yards and factories in Philadelphia. I think this quilt shows the diversity in the labor force. Each shade of denim visually represents something different.

History of Collage & Photomontage: Christian Solovey

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Christian Solovey

Garrett Hilliker created this covert art for the Skizzy Mars single “Come Back” in 2014. (creategarett.xyz)

This artists name is Garett Hilliker, he is 19 years old and creates art for musical artists such as Halsey, Travis Scott, Skizzy Mars, Marc E Bassy and plenty more. I have been following him for a few years and with some conversing with him over social media, I have learned that he only uses a scanner for physical images as you can see with the one here; he took a polaroid and burned a hole in the center where a face was (both choices bringing a lot of texture to the image), scanned the image then added text (title of the song) in the space where the hole was burned. The orientation of the title and artist’s names being in the center shows Garrett thought of balance in this piece. Garrett’s work is a huge inspiration to me and I find it incredibly creative, using the the more old fashioned style of collaging and mixing it with today’s technology (adobe photoshop) to create album artwork. His choice in material and creative direction in this piece show a lot of emotion and a lot of personal connection to the piece. I personally stem from a artistic background of painting, specifically of individuals faces and making them look much different than one would normally appear, so I appreciate this piece very much.

Jiyen Lee from “Collage Art: The History of Collage Art and Collage Practice.

Jiyen Lee is a Korean artists that created the image to the left. It is not stated what type of technology that she uses to create this image but what she does incredible. This image and her other creations create a scene in which people seem to be walking for eternity, as if each layer is a different dimension and there is no beginning or end to where the individuals in her images are walking. The use of line in this image creates layers and the contrast between the closer layers being lighter and the further ones being darker creates a ominous feeling. Almost like a tunnel that you cannot see the end of.

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Texture- Emily Deichmann

Posted on September 13, 2018 by emilydeichmann

This is a photo of a drain I saw on campus. I was walking back to my house and took this photo. The texture of the drain is great I can tell what the crisscross lines feel like just from looking at the photo. There are many parallels on the drain. The leaves and dirt in between the holes give the photo even more texture. I like how the crisscross lines and the words are engraved into the metal rather than sticking out. This adds a more 3d effect which will be fun the work with. There are many different shapes and pieces in this photo.

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Texture: Grey Kumar

Posted on September 12, 2018 by greykumar

This photo was taken of my kitchen counter, and I have decided to use it for my texture project. Although this photo may look very simple, there are many small details within the photo that make up a variety of textures. First off, the counter top has a very smooth texture, yet it is decorated with many different size dots and lines. These little dots and random lines make the texture look like it could be rough and uneven, however the surface is very smooth and almost glossy. For my textual representation of this smooth counter top, I plan to use strings of words to create the lightly colored lines that appear in multiple places within this photo, and individual words that are much darker to represent the different size dots that are integrated with the lines.

The second texture in my photo is a napkin that was on top of the counter. The red color of the napkin contrasts well with the off-white color of the counter top, and the woven detail contrasts well with dots and lines placed randomly across this counter. I also found that the off-white piece of fabric that is attached to the napkin almost matched the color of the counter top, yet the woven pattern in so unlike the randomness of the counter, also creating a beautiful contrast. The napkin itself has many different patterns woven into it, which also help create the illusion of different shades of red. If one was to brush their hand gently across the napkin, it would feel much more rough than the counter top it sits on, due to the many different patterns and the use it has gone through.

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Texture – Juan Nolazco

Posted on September 11, 2018 by juannolazcoblog

The first photo is a close-up photo of a tree. I think this is a texture you could go to extensive lengths analyzing if you really took the time to because there are is so much going on that makes up this texture. You can tell that all the combination of cracks and bumps in this wood make for a rough and jagged feel. Since the texture of wood is familiar to most people, just by looking at this photo it is easy to imagine what it would feel like to run your hands over this texture. The way the sunlight hits the wood makes the crevices look dry, crumbly, and almost delicate. If you look closely enough between the cracks you also observe collections of dirt sticks and leaves that add to the wood’s dry and crusty texture.

The next texture I found while walking on campus. It was a large piece of diamond plate steel that seemed to be covering a hole or crack. It appeared to have been there for quite some time as it has built up a lot of dirt not only over it but in every one of the lines welded in the steel. The dirt and small indents in the steel make it seem grainy and rugged, but not rough in the same way the wood is in the previous photo. If you were to run your hands over the steel, it would not be likely to cause pain like the wood texture could, yet they are both rough. The main reason that the texture isn’t a painful type of rough is because the steel itself would be smooth without the layer of dirt there is over it, which causes its grainy texture. The only bumps in the steel would be the pattern of lines that are intentionally put on it. The steel still has indents and imperfections in it that stop it from being perfectly smooth, but there are far less of these instances in the steel than in the wood texture.

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Texture:Rumnik Cheema

Posted on September 11, 2018 by rumnikcheema

May 18, 2018 Shot by myself

The first picture I have chosen was one I took in my study abroad trip to Italy of the Ocen towns Cinque Terre. I really love this picture for it portrays the colors and vibrancy of the area. In addition the photo is filed will many different textures. These incluse the leaves right in the front of the image showing detail as fair as even flower buds and as far as the waves that are drifting in to the ocean. In addition, the colors of the different building really provides a individual texture to the building. And last you have the cliff it self providing the most abstract texture from the natural rock formations.

Shot by Myself India December, 2017

The second photo I have is of a top of a Buddha statue that I . It really caught my attention when I saw the gold color gradient and the statue itself connect in a rugged way I had to snap it. This is the same reason I chose it has my second photo. The entire photo provides individual textures that all play with the lighting and color differently. The blurred flowered at he bottom have a vague but abruptness that add complements the simple texture of the statue.

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Texture: Miranda Frasier

Posted on September 11, 2018 by mirandafrasier94

Created baby Deavon Prichard

The first photo I have chosen to use is a mosaic picture made out of green, ocean blue, and navy blue broken up plates to create an image. The green is vibrant and has a glossy texture. The ocean blue has two different shades of light blue within the plate and is also glossy. Lastly, the darker blue plate is the glossiest with only one solid shade. The image created with all of the plates is a peace sign designed to look like an aliens hand using only four fingers. Around the peace sign is a blue and ocean blue swirl as the background since the colors are two very different blues it creates a nice dark and light contrast. Since the plates are broken they do not fit together perfectly with little space in-between them. To separate the plates there is fine black ground up sand to fill in the cracks.

The second photo that I chose was a sunset landscape photo that I took last year while I was driving back to Pullman. The picture is on the Palouse in a wheat field. Although, it’s in the wheat field the lighting makes the field look black. This sunset is almost similar to an ombre of multiple colors. At the very top of the picture there is a darker blue that transitions into a lighter blue, to a green-ish blue, to yellow, to orange and red. Within the whole sky there are various colors of clouds that have a very soft looking texture. Some of the clouds look a bit wispy whereas some are a bit fuller. There is huge contrast in this photo due to the brighter oranges and the darker blues as well as the bright colors and the wheat fields looking black.

Photo by Miranda Frasier

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Texture: Peyton Taffe

Posted on September 11, 2018 by peytontaffe

River in Yakima. Taken by Peyton Taffe.

Two weekends ago, my friends and I took a trip to my roomate’s cabin in Yakima. Her cabin is on the side of the river and this image displays some of the rapids in that river. There is a lot of contrast in the image between the different shades of blues that are present. The textures shown in this image are mostly smooth and patchy throughout the image

Seahorse at Shedd Aquarium. Taken by Peyton Taffe.

The next photo that I chose to use was from a trip I took over the summer to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Its a close up images of one of their seahorses. This seahorse is yellow and is high in contrast from the dark background. It also has a lot of rough textures on it in comparison to all of the smooth blobby textures in the background of the image.

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Kristin Becker's DTC Classes at WSU

Pattern: Matt Behnen

Pattern: Sanna Wright

Pattern: Hunter Kozol

History of Collage & Photomontage: Christian Solovey

Texture- Emily Deichmann

Texture: Grey Kumar

Texture – Juan Nolazco

Texture:Rumnik Cheema

Texture: Miranda Frasier

Texture: Peyton Taffe

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