Essential Question

How can an artist best use Mexican folk art as an inspiration for their pieces?

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Blog 21: Independent Component

Literal:
(a) "I, Gohan Quiroz, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work."
(b) Esau Quiroz 
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(d) Portfolio for future art college
Interpretive:







All the art work that I made for my independent component represents my senior project. I picked art piece that are very popular in Mexico, for instance the Posada skeletons. Posada's art pieces are a part of Mexico's history as well as the true meaning of the day of the dead. In Mexico they use a lot of paper mache figures and a lot of those pieces require wire frames to make figures. 

Applied:
My independent component helped me answer on of my questions from my EQ because in Mexico, all their art pieces have history in them. For instance pinatas, they have been around for decades. They are made simply with wire and paper. When I decided to make the Skeleton with Monarch Wings I thought how pretty similar they are to pinatas. They both require you to make a figure with wire then apply all the paper and decorate. It was also very helpful because with this component I was able to somewhat master the Sermel paper mache technique that is used in Tonala, Mexico. I was able to learn from the mistakes in the beginning and correct them by making a better papier mache figure. 



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