journal excercise skeleton skin

Term definitions are taken directly from dictionary.com

Line - a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface

armature - a skeletal framework built as a support on which a clay, wax, or plaster figure is constructed.

plane - a flat or level surface

transparency - something transparent, esp. a picture, design, or the like on glass or some translucent substance, made visible by light shining through from behind.

tension - the act of stretching or straining

non-representational -not resembling or portraying any object in physical nature: a nonrepresentational painting.

unity - a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one.

repetition - the act of repeating; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.

interior/exterior - being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house. / outer; being on the outer side: the exterior surface; exterior decorations.

negative/ positive- empty space, space around an object or form. / those occupied by the main subjects of the work.

organic/ geometric - noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon. / resembling or employing the simple rectilinear or curvilinear lines or figures used in geometry.

texture -the visual and esp. tactile quality of a surface: rough texture.

curvilinear -consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.

concave/ convex - curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved / having a surface that is curved or rounded outward

opaque - not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.

balance - a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.

counter balance - a weight balancing another weight; an equal weight, power, or influence acting in opposition; counterpoise.

gravity - the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.

weight - the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.

horizontal axis -An imaginary line that passes through the center of an object and is parallel to the floor.

vertical axis - An imaginary line that passes through the center of an object and is perpendicular to the floor.

symmetry -the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point; regularity of form or arrangement in terms of like, reciprocal, or corresponding parts. Conveys two primary meanings. The first is an imprecise sense of harmonious or aesthetically pleasing proportionality and balance; such that it reflects beauty or perfection. The second meaning is a precise and well-defined concept of balance or "patterned self-similarity" - second definition from wikipedia

bilateral symmetry -a basic body plan in which the left and right sides of the organism or object can be divided into approximate mirror images of each other along the midline.

asymmetry - not identical on both sides of a central line; unsymmetrical; lacking symmetry

additive - something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties

kinetic - pertaining to motion.

representation -the act of representing.

Now that I have these definitions written out I can describe my skeleton/skin project

1. list the words that describe your project formally.
- symmetrical - because it is balanced and has a mirror image of itself from a horizontal axis
- balance - because it has equal visual weight on the horizontal axis
- horizontal axis - because it is distributed evenly on both sides parallel to the floor.
- gravity - since it is a hanging piece it has the concept of gravity, it floats
- translucent - the skin is made from latex that is mixed with acrylic pigment and so not entirely transparent but is still semi- see through
- nonrepresentational - because it doesn't directly represent any other object.
- tension - there is tension with the skin being pulled to fit the skeleton frame
- repetition - repetition of line and the circular frames that contain the skin, also there are two forms that make the one piece and they are identical
- unity - the two parts that make a whole sculpture
- geometric - the curvilinear lines are of a geometric nature because they are often repeated and are circular, the frame witch contains the circular frames is also geometric because it can easily be drawn on a plane and be equal in length and angle pertaining to line.