ASSIGNMENT 12: Artist's / Designer's Statement
You will engage with the presented design traditions & philosophies, examine various design quotes thoughtfully and analytically from a Christian perspective, and craft your own final artist’s statement/designer’s principle arising from your faith as it informs and shapes your personal philosophy of design. You can use first person ("I believe design should be simple / I like simplicity.") or third person ("Judith believes design should be simple / She likes simplicity.") to create your statement, but do not mix the two. The statement should be short and clear - between 50 – 200 words.
It should be presented as a creative object designed to reflect your personal aesthetic principles , in roughly A5 size. It could resemble a large business card or art postcard which you might hand out to prospective clients . . . but it does not need to be paper, or rectangular, or even flat. It can be 2-D or 3-D (but if three-dimensional, please keep in mind that it should not be too bulky or hard for your client to keep/store/access!) It must have your name in English. It should have your contact information (phone, email, website, etc. can be fake!) as well as your class name and student number. You do not need to include the rubric. Be creative, and use your own choice of fonts, but make sure the text of your statement, and your usual identification, are all clear and readable. Card, wood, metal, plastic, cookie dough, etc. are all acceptable, but please stay within the size requirements. Photograph it from various angles (at least back and front!) and submit to your Portfolio and the Student Gallery.
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Read some famous designers' key quotes, in both English and Korean, for inspiration here!
Read 8 excellent artist's statement texts and a check list for how to create your own, here!
Read 8 excellent artist's statement texts and a check list for how to create your own, here!
EXAMPLES:
Judith Alkema's Artist Statement - see it on her multimedia art website here, and below, next to one of her mixed-media 'dross' artworks. Love - Change My Heart: mixed media collage, 2015. Wood, paper, game tiles, beeswax, fabric, stone, foil, wire.
![Picture](/uploads/2/4/4/0/24405995/published/love-dross-artwork_3.jpg)
"Judith believes in recycling, repurposing, and reusing
the ordinary materials around her to create art.
Firstly, it's good for the environment.
Secondly, it encourages others to see
the potential for creativity everywhere.
And thirdly, she believes that her medium
(trash, waste, natural objects, leftovers, scraps)
should match her message:
despite the hardships we go through in life
and the scars we may bear,
people are never garbage,
but instead are precious, unique, pieces of art."