BSA203, ProPrac, test #2, doll sculpture, 23 March, 2016

Found object doll sculpture, in-progresss.  I like the limited colour palette (the glasses need to be replaced with wire ones or made thinner and painted) and the crumpled brown paper.  The skirt should be lengthened and brought in to give the doll more height.  I'm still not in love with the hands.  They may need to be replaced with sculpted hands or a full arm out of femo clay.  The paper will be painted to look like it's been written on OR replaced with paper covered in images from the illustrated journal.  I don't know.  I need to wait on it until I create the story of the animation.  My intention is for it to bookend the piece but whether that is as the Tree, the Puppet Master, or the Author, I don't know.

Exploring the tree metaphor as a way of taking the story from booklet to animation

illustrated journal entries with trees in them (and seasons)
tongue stuck to pole (winter)
chocolate trap (autumn)
wormy apple (autumn)
bird in thicket (winter)
flaming tree (autumn)
tree bears good fruit (summer)

complimentary to trees
golden bubble (birds fly out of a tree?)
seed in hand (plants a tree?)
double face (trees grow heart-shaped fruit?)

formulating research questions guides and centers research pulls together threads to present unique argument

checklist:  Is the research...

• do others care about it?  Is it arguable?
• new spin on old idea or does it solve a problem?
• too broad or too narrow?
• researchable with given time frame and location?
• What info is needed?

Should not have yes or no answers, but be answered by research and project.

Unfocused?= what is the effect of the environment on global warming?

focused?= How is glacial melting affecting penguins in Antarctica?

Do not be afraid to change direction in response to what I'm learning.

Do mini self-evaluations along the way which can be summarized at the end.