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Description Work from my Bachelor of Fine Art thesis show

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This is one of my favorite pieces, just because I really had a vision and passion to complete it. Here I spelled out "Humor" in Binary code using ceramic toilet paper. I threw the toilet paper on the wheel as a closed off double cylinder. It took a while, and I don't think I would have finished it if it wasn't so close to my heart. It's not the best image, it's much better seen in person.

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In this line of work, using everyday objects as text, I wrote out concepts which I have struggled to grasp in binary code. I chose binary code because of its simple yet complex characteristics. In binary code, you either have a “1” or a “0”. It’s simply one or the other. However, when put together in a sequence they can represent characters which form words used for communication. Everything input into a computer has to be filtered through binary code. I compared this to the way people think. Everything I feel is brought into me through a language that I understand. The objects I choose may or may not make sense to everyone because it is the mental connection I make when I relate difficult concepts to my tangible, physical world. The viewer may be able to draw the same connections I do, or to their own ideas. These pieces also work as hieroglyphs in that sense, giving this body of work a bilingual quality that I enjoy.
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Comments: 274

TerraRhapsody In reply to ??? [2009-09-09 11:12:25 +0000 UTC]

no problem at all!

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PsychoPidgeon In reply to ??? [2009-07-13 08:14:58 +0000 UTC]

Oh jeeze, I thought they were real until reading the DD description. Also cleared up the "paper on the wheel" part. X]

Awesome work.

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DreamertK In reply to ??? [2009-07-13 07:56:02 +0000 UTC]

So I was staring at it the wrong way going "Where's the 0's and 1's??" But then after rereading your description a couple times and squinting, I finally get the "OH!"

Lol. Congratz on the DD.

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rebootmaster2001 In reply to DreamertK [2009-09-07 22:18:02 +0000 UTC]

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you, I didn't have internet access from June to August.

LOL I suppose it is hard to tell what's going on from this detail shot.

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DreamertK In reply to rebootmaster2001 [2009-09-08 00:06:26 +0000 UTC]

Thats ok. Sometimes someone gets a DD long after they leave the site.

I guess I just was looking at the big picture.

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Otacon144 In reply to ??? [2009-07-13 07:39:20 +0000 UTC]

It's clear you put a great deal of thought into this. I have great respect for that.

But DAMN. Ceramic toilet paper that looks like the real thing?

YOU'RE good.

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LoneHana In reply to ??? [2009-07-13 07:38:45 +0000 UTC]

Wow~ Awesome sculpture. I didn't believe it when I read that this was actually ceramic.

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WDWParksGal In reply to ??? [2009-07-13 07:24:16 +0000 UTC]

Truly amazing ~ when I first saw the thumb in the DD section I thought perhaps you wanted to make sure you weren't going to run out of toilet paper.... then I read the description and was floored to see the "rolls" were ceramic! The detail is truly fabulous. Congratulations on the DD and do hope your thesis went well

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rebootmaster2001 In reply to WDWParksGal [2009-09-07 22:16:52 +0000 UTC]

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you, I didn't have internet access from June to August.

Thanks! I'm glad you like it. My thesis went very well.

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WDWParksGal In reply to rebootmaster2001 [2009-09-08 04:05:05 +0000 UTC]

That is wonderful news! You're work is truly amazing

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JaceComix In reply to ??? [2009-07-13 07:23:42 +0000 UTC]

Wow, don't even want to imagine how long that took.
Very nice though
It's nice to look at, and I like the "humor" behind it.

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pica-ae In reply to ??? [2009-07-13 07:18:55 +0000 UTC]

once you read the description it's glorious

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Nya-ko [2009-07-13 07:15:23 +0000 UTC]

Incredibly clever. They look so real!

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Snow-TH In reply to ??? [2009-07-13 07:07:32 +0000 UTC]

O_o

I thought those were real when I saw the thumbnail... Until I read the artist's comments. Holy crap. O_o

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FlammableWolf [2009-07-13 07:03:42 +0000 UTC]

I was like "..eh?" until I saw that they were ceramic!

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superzimmy93 In reply to FlammableWolf [2009-07-13 17:16:56 +0000 UTC]

Me too! I was like, what?! Ceramic?

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verulka In reply to ??? [2009-07-09 09:07:56 +0000 UTC]

O that's fabulous! Wonderful idea! Congratulations!

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amorphious In reply to ??? [2009-07-08 17:22:20 +0000 UTC]

neat idea!

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rebootmaster2001 In reply to amorphious [2009-07-08 21:24:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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liquidether In reply to ??? [2009-05-31 02:32:33 +0000 UTC]

You THREW each one!?!?!?!!! Holy cow.....wow I love that you were so into your concept and process that you had the vision, energy, drive and patience to do this. Beautiful work

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rebootmaster2001 In reply to liquidether [2009-05-31 21:05:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! ^_^

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failefalcon In reply to ??? [2009-05-30 03:17:27 +0000 UTC]

I thought I saw the floofy print that's on real toilet paper in the picture of the whole thing! I love that you put that in. Everything in your 'Binary' show is so trompe l'oeil, it's great!

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rebootmaster2001 In reply to failefalcon [2009-05-31 21:05:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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