Theme Park Sculpture

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Logger's Run

Foam board, cardboard, metallic gold paint, and acrylic paint (GOLDEN Colors Paint: Primary Cyan, Primary Yellow, Primary Magenta, Primary White, and Primary Black)

16 inches x 1.25 inches x 16 inches

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Detail One

Detail Two

Statement

The sculpture was inspired by the Logger's Run ride at Six Flags Great America in Illinois. I was inspired by memories of growing up in Wisconsin and visiting my aunt and uncle's log cabin. I intended to portray the Wisconsin Rapids, contrasted with the log cabin and the water-based Logger's Run ride. I wanted to ride track to be able to rise off the board and also contrast the rapids and land. 

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“Logger’s Run | Family Rise | Six Flags Great America”

Originally called the Log Flume Ride and one of the original rides in the Six Flags Park. 

https://www.sixflags.com/greatamerica/attractions/loggers-run

“Six Flags Great America | Physics Days Teacher Manual”

Teacher manual for field trips to view amusement parks. 

https://static.sixflags.com/website/files/SFGAM+Physics+Day+Teacher+Manual.pdf

Memento

Full, View One

Rosette

Wood, fabric, and gold paint

2.5 inches x 1.5 inches

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In Full

Statement

The memento reflects on a specific memory spent with my grandmother. She gifted me a gold ring for my high school graduation, which in itself, also reminded me of a pillowcase she made for me when I was four years old. I used fabric from the very same pillowcase that she made, and formed it into a rose, since that was her favorite flower. The gold circle and grooves in the wood represent the ring, and the time spent with her. The blue of the fabric also represents the blue of the ring box gifted to me.

In-Process, View One

Cardboard Sculpture

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The Flaherty Family TreeHouse

Duct tape, cardboard, exacto knife, scissors, acrylic paint (GOLDEN Colors Paint: Primary Cyan, Primary Yellow, Primary Magenta, and Primary Black)

16 inches x 28 inches

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Detail, View One

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In-Process, View One

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In-Process, View Three

On Longing Assignment

"The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale." - On Longing, Susan Stewart

Perceiving scale is found within the size of the jewelry box. This photo was taken recently, but the memory of receiving the jewelry is very special. 

"The souvenir speaks to a context of origin through a language of longing." - On Longing, Susan Stewart

The language of longing is found in a sense of longing for childhood, this was the first day of second grade. This picture was taken when I was seven years old. 

"The souvenir reduces the public, the monumental, and the three-dimensional into the miniature, that which can be enveloped by the body."  - On Longing, Susan Stewart

To reduce the monumental into miniature, the figures in the picture on the beach are not in the foreground and are instead farther away. This picture was taken when I was eight years old. 

"The souvenir is used most often to evoke a voluntary memory of childhood."  - On Longing, Susan Stewart

A voluntary memory of childhood includes my childhood dog, Buster. He is on our porch, at the same house I mentioned in the fifth picture below. This picture was taken when I was six years old. 

"The place of origin must remain unavailable, in order for desire to be generated."  - On Longing, Susan Stewart

The origin is unavailable, as it is my grandparents and I at my old childhood home that I no longer live in. A lot of my childhood memories are at that house, in our yard, and in my room. This picture was taken when I was five years old.