Final Project

Final Project

Theme: Equestrian

This theme, "Equestrian" is the art of horseback riding: Keeping the horse between you and the ground. It is also a reference to people who work with horses. 

~Images~

This image is of a saddle. It is used in horse riding as a seat. Some people ride bareback sometimes, but often the saddle is placed on the horse's back, on top of the saddle pad. This piece of tack helps with balance (especially for beginner riders), and provides the comfort for trotting, cantering, galloping, and jumping. It also makes it easier on the horse's back for a rider who's still learning, because they may bounce around more than the horse prefers. 

This is a photo of my horse, Ziggy. I took a while to capture this photo that focuses on her eye. Whenever I look into a horse's eye, I feel a sense of freedom, and inspiration. No two horses have the same eyes; and each eye tells a story. In Ziggy's eye, you can see challenge, and determination. You can also see a softer side of her, one that is not quite as feisty and high-strung all the time. When I look into her eyes, I feel like we could make it through anything together. 

This photo was taken in a field by the barn. It is of my boot, and my horse, Raffey's hoof. This photo was meant to symbolize the friendship between people and their horses. 

These two images are of a stud muffin, a type of horse treat, apple treats, and two carrots. The stud muffin contains oats, molasses, sugar, grain, and little pieces of peppermints. I often use these treats as a peace offering, or a bribe when I have to catch my horse in her paddock. :) 

This is an image of the barn at High Point Equestrian Centre. The barn is where all the horse stay their stalls at night. It is also where the hay and grain and tack is stored. The barn is a symbol of the feeling of safety and comfort and warmth, especially for the horses. Horses tend to think that the safest place they can be is in their stalls. 

In this photo, two leather halters are hanging on a bridle hook. The name plates on it say, "Misty Magick Mountain", and "Raffey Cowabunga", the show names of Ziggy and Raffey. Halters are used to lead horses. They are placed carefully on the head, and a lead line is attached.    

In this photo, a riding helmet(Charles Owen Skull-Cap) is hanging on the railings of a paddock. I feel like the helmet represents a rider's dedication to the sport. 

This photo of an upside horse shoe represents luck, or so some people believe. It's also used at a kind of protection for the horse's hoof. Shoes are often put on eventing horses, for extra protection against harder surfaces, and for more grip. In a way, horses wear luck on their hooves, and bring us luck. 

I took this photo after I braided my horse, Raffey's, mane. We were going to a Horse Trials event(Dressage, Stadium Jumping, Cross Country) in Maple Ridge, and all the horses had to be braided for Dressage and Stadium jumping. I used white elastics on Raffey to make them more noticeable, and to make her look fancier. 

~Additional Images~

Brooke and Kirin

June 9 2013

Milner Downs

Legacy

June 9 2013 

Milner Downs 

Legacy

Raffey Cowabunga

Ziggy- Misty Magick Mountain

Urban Camouflage Project

Urban Camouflage

~Yvonne Bayer and Sabina Keric~

Yvonne Baler, born in Ulm, Germany, 1983, is a 30 year old Urban Camouflage designer and artist. She currently lives in Cologne, Germany. Yvonne has a degree is Communication and Design, and enjoys learning about culture and religions, graphic design, art work projects, and exhibition projects. 

Yvonne has won several awards in the art industry, such as at the contest at the 19th Karlsruhe Artists fair. Yvonne studied Communications and Design at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. She also had an internship at Hauser-Lacour, Eat/Sleep/Play, and Duodesign. At the moment, Yvonne is looking for some interesting freelance projects. 

Yvonne Bayer teamed up with Sabina Keric, another Urban Camouflage designer. Their work often involves suits made of items and objects that helps to blend into their background of items, such as in their bottle camouflage project. Sabina and Yvonne started Urban Camouflage in 2007, when they were in their exchange term at Konstfack, and they continued with their work in 2009 and 2010. Yvonne and Sabina chose to work on their project in big supermarkets, without permission. Such artistic activities are never seen, as this commercial space is rather empty and untouched. Most of the managers reacted humorously, but others were not so impressed, and Yvonne and Sabina ended up quitting that project sooner than they planned. 

Their costumes were often made of cheap and simple materials, such as bottles, bags, gloves and paper. The reactions of customers were all different. Some were interested, and tried to touch the costumes and get them to move. Others reacted with irritation, and stayed a distance away. There were also customers who just ignored Yvonne and Sabina, as if they did not want to be irritated by them. 

Yvonne and Sabina's work really inspired me because of their ability to make such interesting and creative projects out of simple, everyday objects. I liked how they saw things in such a different manner, at a completely different point of view than most people would. I felt their work was very brilliant and well thought out, and they clearly put a lot of effort into their projects. It inspired me to use such costumes, instead of painting clothes and faces, which would be a lot harder and less convenient. 

Information: 
http://www.yvonnebayer.de/ 

http://networkawesome.com/show/collection-urban-camouflage/

~Images~

In this project, Yvonne and Sabina made a costume out of gloves, and one of them lay down in the costume next to a pile of gloves in a supermarket. I chose this image because I liked how they were able to make a costume that was so realistic of something as simple as gloves, and how they set up the person in the costume to make it look like a bunch of gloves just fell on the floor. 

I chose this image of bottles because I liked how the costume made it look like bottles were falling off the shelf. I was impressed by how they were able to make a costume out of something as cheap, easy and also recyclable, as bottles, and how they made it shaped like they were spilling out of the top shelf. This photo was very creative and realistic. 

This image looks like a few Ikea bags are spilling out of the box. But it's really Yvonne and Sabina's urban camouflage work! I chose this photo because I thought it was really smart and the costume was very well put together. I liked how they were able to make it look like the bags were just spilling out because the box was over-piled. 

Urban Camouflage

Camo- 1

I took these photos of my black horse, Ziggy, and me, all dressed in black standing against a black garage. The garage had dirt on it, so I put a bit of dirt on Ziggy's black coat. This was taken at midnight at High Point Equestrian. My inspiration for this project was when Ziggy and I went for a ride in the dark, and my mum was calling for us and couldn't see us even though we were directly in front of her. Ziggy's black coat and my black jacket and pants blended into the darkness. 

Camo- 2

These Urban Camouflage photos are of a person wrapped in newspaper, standing in front of a newspapered wall, and holding my dog Tickles. What inspired this photo was the simpleness and cheapness of the materials I needed, and how convenient it was. I wrapped my mum and a table in newspaper, and covered the wall in the back completely with newspaper too, then I put Tickles on the table, and gave the leash to my mum to hold while I took the photo. This was taken in the basement of my house. 

Camo- 3

These three Urban Camouflage photos are of a person dressed completely in leopard print clothes, standing in front of a leopard print blanket. I put two fuzzy leopard print slippers under the leopard print coat to cover her black pants, then I wrapped her legs in two leopard print shirts. I also made her wear a leopard print hoodie. My inspiration for this photo was my obsession/ love for leopard print things. 

Dreams Of Flying

~Dreams Of Flying~

===6 Test Shots===

Human Pyramid

Flying Carpet

 Upside-down Tight-rope

Follow-up Dive

Suicide

 Skateboarders

=== 3 Final Shots===

Skateboarders

This "Dreams Of Flying" image is of two skateboarders, Yuta and Elvis, grinding on a metal bar. I used a tarp as the background, and a swimming noodle as the metal bar. To make this photo better, I would have straightened the tarp out more to prevent any creases, which was hard to do with the wind. I liked how their expressions both looked like they were having a really good time. 

Suicide

This image, called Suicide, is of Yuta jumping off a building into the night sky. My inspiration for this image was the feeling of freedom, and immortality, like anything was possible, and do-able. I used a sheet in the back to make it look more like the sky, and I used a little doll house for the building. I could have made less creases in the sheet to make it look more realistic, and I could have made the house a little more obvious rather than being tucked away in the corner. I liked how it looks a little magical, and really makes you look twice to determine what is happening in the photo. 

 Upside-down Tight Rope

This photo is of my three friends walking upside down on a tight rope. We used hockey sticks from the gym and joined them together to make it look like a rope line, and we moved Julie and Nicole's hair over their head to make it look like they were hanging upside down. I played with the background a bit to make it more intriguing and realistic. To make the photo better, I should have made Chris's hood hang down so it looks like he was upside down, and I could have found and actual rope for the tight rope instead of hockey sticks. 

~Jan von Holleben~

~Jan von Holleben~

Jan von Holleben was born in Cologne, in the year of 1977, and brought up in the Southern German countryside. When he was 13 years old, von Holleben followed in his father's footsteps as a photographer, experimenting with a camera and developing skills and his photographic visions with the help of friends and family, and later using metal work techniques in commercial settings. Jan von Holleben studied at the Pädagogische Hochschule in Freiburg, teaching and helping children with disabilities. After that, he moved to London, where he earned a degree in the Theory and History of Photography at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design. He soon became submerged within the London Photographic scene, where he worked as a picture editor, and art director, and also a photographic director. Jan von Holleben's work has been exhibited, and published widely throughout the world. Von Holleben preferably enjoyed working with his friends, family, pirates, fairies, dragons, and punks.

 Jan von Holleben once said: “I once ruled the worlds. Not just one, but many. I ruled them with mirrors and lenses. I ruled them with light and shadow and time. Sometimes I ruled with a trick of the eye. Through my camera, an entire cosmos took shape, and each world within it seemed to operate by a certain unfamiliar logic, like a sort of magical clockwork.”

Jan von Holleben

~images~

I chose this image because I could really see what he was trying to do with the dolphin and the boy. It was very simple, and artistically brilliant. I really liked that they made it look like the boy was swimming in water by making lines in  the sand behind his feet, but I would have taken the photo when the waves were around him for a more realistic background. 

I chose this image because it was very well thought out. It makes it look like the two boys are throwing a huge rock around, and it was very creative. To make it more realistic and proportionate, I would have taken the photo from directly above them, instead of at an angle, because from this point of view, the boy on the right's legs look slightly big for his body. 

I selected this image of two boys "swinging" on a vine because I felt that it was very creative, and brilliant. To make this photo more realistic, I would have spread the towels around the boys slightly to the back, to make it look as if the "wind" was blowing it back. I really liked the image because it was very innovative. The boy's facial expressions really made it look as if they were having fun swinging over a jungle on a vine. 

~Digital Assignment #3~

~Digital Assignment #3~     

This is my Digital Assignment. I took the photos on my phone and on my camera. Then I put the words (quotes, songs, and sayings) on a separate layer on Photoshop, and combined the layers of the words and the photos. Then I played with effects and colors under "Adjustments" in "Image".  

~Last Name Project~

~Last Name Project~

This is my Last Name Banner. I took pictures around the school of objects and shapes and then added them together in a collage to make my last name- Wong.

~ABC Project~

~ABC Project~

This is my ABC project. I took photos of objects, shapes and nature around the school that looked like letters of the alphabet, put them on the computer, edited the colors, and then added them all together in a collage on photoshop.