Alisa C - Material Alchemy

Here's my "shadow box" (unfortunately unfinished - one's not painted), made of wood, cardboard, glue and tape. I was supposed to use this as my auto-portrait as well but feel like I can develop the idea into something more complex..

And this is another example I found on internet..

Material Alchemy- Christine C

My material alchemy experience was a lot of experimentation with adding and subtracting. I started out by creating a woman's body made of paper, held together by clear tape, and ended with a face carved in low relief and covered by beads. In between these I made a table out of wire and pink foam. I was very interested in the combination of contrasting materials.

[9] Mary F - Material Alchemy

I decided to play off the idea of using material as I went along to create something...anything. I let my mind run its course and my project turned out to be a stadium with a person playing piano.


I think I've found a passion for carving Styrofoam.

Dylan Fried: Turning Something Into Nothing

In my opinion, one of the most interesting things that this applies to is the creation of sound and music. That's why I originally based my project around the idea of a sound costume in which a physical object and kinetic action are turned into sound and possibly cohesive music.

The fact that this:

Can turn into this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9nG2KyEp2A

gone stumbling.

this is something that i stumbled upon around the internet. it's kind of like our paper homework assignment x 100002930. It displayed last year at the Museum of Art and Design. IDK i thought it was cool. mia*
www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/paper-art

8 - Trevor C. : Material Alchemy

 Pretty simple--it's a dreamcatcher made out of wire, twine, rope, leaves, and a few beads. 

[8] - RamyaM: "Goldilocks sat in the great big chair.

It was too hard. She sat in the middle size chair. It was too soft. She sat in the baby chair. It was just right -- but it broke when she sat on it."

She puts so much effort into sitting in all of these chairs. Putting effort into relaxing? It just doesn't seem right.

What if she could always sit in it?

  

What if she could actually always sit in it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IML-X6TBozk

Now she can.