Kirsten Cox >>> Box

When I envisioned the box I would created I wanted to create a box that The purpose instead of just holding things. so my box will be a out-of-sight out-of-mind charging station for my phone. There are many of us that struggle with constantly having our phones in our hands and even when it's plugged in constantly checking it. Facebook the only way hide my phone visually but aesthetically not remind me my phone is in there, hopefully.

I chose this box by Joanna Howells for the style and structure, taller like I want and the unique corners she created.

Title: Chun 'Pillow' Box

Artist: Joanna Howells

Date: 2008

Technique: Thrown & Altered

Temperature: Cone 10

Glazing / Surface Treatment: gas reduction fired | glaze

Material: Stoneware

Object Type: Lidded Jar

Height: 12 | Width: 12 | Depth: 12

License: Attribution License

This jar inspired me for the texture that has been created and it's non uniform colors space. I also would like to create a similar bottom.

Title: Anagama jar

Artist: Richard Burkett

Date: 2004

Technique: Thrown

Temperature: Cone 12

Glazing / Surface Treatment: Woodfire

Material: Porcelain

Object Type: Lidded Jar

Height: 8 | Width: 7 | Depth: 7

License: Attribution-NoDerivs License

Ring box ideas

For this project I plan to construct a box for a set of gold silver and copper rings that I am in the process of creating. I was drawn to the idea of some kind of stacking box by the Three tier staking box created by Hayne Bayless.  Additionally the cylindrical forms of both  Joanna Howell's Floe and Snowfrack by Peter Biddulph appealed to me as an efficient shape and an intelligent method to build vertically.              The conceptual goal of the box is to cover and protect the rings of gold and silver while intentionally leaving the rings of copper exposed. The box itself is going to serve as a demonstration of the internal objects value. beyond just this i would like the compartments of the box to be of the correct sizing for each of the individual rings. So Im thinking along the lines of some kind of vertical stacking shape with handles on each level for easy access.

Skin bags, amirite?

Hey so I couldn't figure out how to rotate the picture so just turn your entire computer on it's side and then you'll get a sense of what I'm dealing with right now. I'm going to try to tie this piece into the painting I'm currently working on and explore just how gross and uncomfortable I can really get. I want to create movement with this piece that just makes people uncomfortable with putting things in it. 

 

I feel like I'm channeling my inner Jason Briggs but I'm kind of using this piece also as a study to hone my carving and my understanding of how the body works and how I can make it work to my taste.

Choices, Choices, Choices...

My idea is a simple box, but with buttonns/buzzers on top on some of the sides. I am inspired by the containment aspect of concepts. One of the most common themes I have been seeing lately in shows, video games, and other media is a focus on Mind Games or emotional blackmail. Jail/Prison is also a prominent theme in News and Fiction television right now as well.
So I took the "Prisoner's Dilemma" game/experiment and came up with this idea. This could be a device model where you press the buttons depending on the choice you wish to make. The bottom will come off to show you the rules of the game and the consequences and rewards of what combination of choices could mean.

 These boxes by Betsy Williams were also an inspiration because they are not very lavish or ornate, but still beautiful and meaningful, which I want to be with my piece.

 This Japanese piece gave me the inspriation to make a Buzzer/Button box system. It has a similar shape, but with the opposite concept and visual meanings. (Artist: Workshop of Nonomura Ninsei (Japanese, active ca. 1646–94)

 

My biggest draw and where my idea stems from is the Zero Escape Game Series by Kotaro Uchikoshi. These games use Prisoner's Dilemma, Schrodinger's cat (my original plan, but did not know how to not make it cheesy), Time Shifting, and other such ideals to try and show the dark side of human morality.  

seed pod:by Ying-Yueh Chaung 

Although this is not a box, I really like the way the floral form interacts with the spherical one.

Michelle Tobia uses multiple objects to create on piece and I really enjoy that element of the Drift1


Through thought and creative processes I came up with the idea of making a box with a flower on top (isn't everyone super surprised?!) and then making individual leaves that can be arraigned around said box. My reasoning for this project: YOLO

Centerpiece stuff

I am doing a piece based on my German last name Mohn, meaning poppy. I looked at German vases for inspiration for the form of my object. They tend to be cylindrical, sometimes possesing slight curves.
West German Vase
I like the silhouette of this vase as well as the surface treatment.
Rosenthal, Germany
This vase also has a nice silhouette that lends to the sense of fragility the piece has.

This is my original sketch of my idea, though it has evolved over the process of actually making the piece.

Center Piece-Negative Space

After looking at several images on the internet I knew that I wanted to experiment with different ways to incorporate negative space into bowl shapes while still having the same function as a bowl container. Unfortunately, this experimentation is quite time consuming and not reliable for having an end result. However, for my center piece I was inspired by the following images:


My original plan for my center piece did not work out due to broken pieces and time constraints, but I am still hoping to create a center piece that includes a play on negative space and organic/art nuveau designs.