Jana Jasman: Assignment #3

Ryan LaBar

2009

Stoneware/Porcelain

What I found interesting by this piece that was created by Ryan LaBar was how complex and clean the ribbon-like sculpture looks. I like the many ways that the one shape was manipulated and created into one big piece. It looks really well done and put together. The mustard color yellow and white stripes that were used were appealing to me and look very nice together and I like that he didn't just use the one color. It makes it that much more interesting for me to look at. I like some of the negative space that was used also.

Hans Borgonjon

“Filigree Crown”

Porcelain

2009

I love how clean and simple this piece is. The white really pops out to me and reminds me of someone with obsessive compulsion disorder who is constantly cleaning and has those really white tile floors and walls in their house. I really like that clean look a lot. And the gold points at the top of the crown are a great contrast to the white. I think that makes the piece even better so that there is some color to make it more interesting and more appealing to look at for me. I just think that this piece was beautifully done.

This piece was also done by Hans Borgonjon and it is complete opposite from the clean and simple look of the crown. Its called "Black Dog". The texture isn’t as smooth and has a more rough quality to it. I really like the way the pieces were put together like a puzzle and the smokey color of the sculpture. I think that the size of the sculpture is nice because it makes the piece more appealing than just a small piece like the crown. I think it is because there isn’t any negative space like the crown has.

Brian Harper

This piece that was done by Brian Harper is very interesting and different from what I usually like. The size of the sculpture is huge and although I like smaller sculptures, I really like the size of it and it amazes me how clean and simple it looks but I know it couldn’t have been easy to make with all the twists that are in the piece. It appears to have some texture in it that I like, kind of reminds me of pipes that are rusting. It’s a very nice piece.