Week14 Representaional, Abstraction, and symbolic

Representational:
This is a digital image of a piece of honeycomb filled with honey and some bees. This would be consider a realistic image because it is an actual picture, and pictures are the closes medium to capture reality.In terms of direct experience bees, honeycombs, and honey are part of our daily lives. Most people already have a preconceive idea of what a bee and honey looks like because we are exposed to them daily. Bees fly around us constantly and honey are sold in grocery markets, farmers market and other venues and attached to the bottles are images of bee. Actual honeycombs, on the other hand, can be limited to those who actually have had some exposure to them, such as a bee farmer or a consumer who purchases them at the farmers market. Although with the advance technology available,anyone can retrieved an image of honeycomb easily by searching through a search engine such as google.
Abstraction:
This is my sketch of a honeycomb ring that I want to create. While the bee is not technically in an abstract form, the honeycomb and the honey would be. Essentially I dissected the representational form of a honeycomb and honey to create this image. I wanted to retain the six sided polygon shape of the honeycomb so that it had some resemblance to an actual honeycomb and form it into a shape of a ring, a shape that is not typical of a honeycomb. To mimic the honey, I want to enamel (melting glass) into the indented polygon shapes so that it retains its bright yellow color. I want the ring to be easily recognized because I wanted it to be a concept and functional based abstraction.

Symbolic:
This is an image of honey and some bees. While the symbolism for bees are limited. The symbolism for honey is vast. Honey is symbolic in many religion. In Hindu and in Islamic religion honey symbolize health because honey as a food is very health and nutritious. In the Jewish religion, it signifies a New Year and is used before a big feast on Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year.While there is no simply or abstract icon that represents honey, the symbolic meanings are pass down from one tradition to the next, as seen in the religiously longevity. To know about the symbolism for honey has to be from previous knowledge or learned, such as I did when I researched the symbolic meaning for honey

Ex13. Ecomony and Intricacy

Economy:
This a chair made by Megan Auman. Her designs are simplistic, modern and incorporates floral patterns, typically just the outlines of the floral design. She employs economy by keeping her design simple. By repeating the same floral pattern, that are symmetrical in size, throughout her piece her pieces are understatements rather than exaggeration. The understatement is reflected by her color choice.She keeps her colors to a minimum. Her pieces usually consist of stainless steel that is powder coated in a singular color such as black, white or read. In addition, her designs are static and lacks movement in comparison to the the Thistle chair.

Intricacy:
The Thistle chair by Arthur Mackmurdo is the opposite of the first chair. The chair compose of intricate and elaborate details through out the chair's design. The cut-out on the backside of the chair are of representative of Thistle plants, consisting of several individual plants, with the flowers down to the leaves detailed in the design. The design is active with the plant movement exaggerated to represent real plant movement on a windy day. By using different materials such as wood for the legs,base and support for the metal backside, it creates a distinction from the ornate backing compared to the rest of the chair