Interim Mapping Blog Post

At the beginning of the project I wasn't really sure what direction I wanted to go in. It took a lot of experimenting with different mediums to finally figure out what I wanted to do. I thought I was going to move towards creating a piece that was an all-encompasing map of the world, but I wound up enjoying focusing on a specific country more. It offers a sense of freedom in how I want to represent my subject. For this project, I am carrying over a good deal of the elements from my last project. I am going to loosely trace France onto a large, painted block of wood that I will use as my base. On top of the base, I will use cut out pieces of wood in order to construct the country on top of my base. I'm excited about using my last project as a spring board for this one. Also, representing a subject that I like and have personal connections to is always fun. I can try to represent France in a way that I have never thought of before. Having worked on conceptual values such as of color, different textures and compositions in my last project will really help me move forward with putting my project together. Three questions I would ask my group are, "What sort of emotion are you trying to convey with this project?", "What specific mediums are you exploring/planning on using in this project?", and "How were you inspired to go in the direction you have with this project/are there any specific artists you are modeling your work after?".