Terrell-Christopher Carney 3D Art: Memento Assignment

Memento

Process Work

Final Work

Four Years

materials: wood, red ink, yellow ink

dimensions: 0.45"x 0.25"x 0.15"

Artist Statement

This piece was inspired by a memory of my high school graduation. I chose this memory because of the emotions that I felt during this event. My high school graduation was the end of my childhood, and the conclusion of twelve years of work throughout my education before college. I remember feeling immense joy and satisfaction during this instance; unfortunately, I have not felt this amount of positive emotions since graduating from high school. I recall my sister, me oldest sibling and the first of my immediate family to complete college, stating that my life as a young adult would be "downhill from there." While I initially dismissed this warning, I instinctively knew it to be true.

I utilized four pieces of wood to create this piece. I used various wood cutting and sanding tools in order to create a small "pillar of wood." Each individual segment represents a year in high school. Segments decrease in size in a vertical nature from the bottom to the top of the sculpture. This symbolizes the diminishing time between childhood and adulthood, which I acknowledged during high school. The red and yellow ink that were use to ass color to the sculpture represent the joy that I experienced during graduation, as well as the fear of my uncertain future that I had also possessed during this instance. I also utilized tools within the art building's wood shop in order to carve the year of my graduation, as well as symbols associated with my high school, into the sculpture.

Visual Research/Artist Inspirations