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ANONIMITY
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Thomas, Andrew D
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Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2016, MFA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
Abstract
The definition of ANONYMITY is the idea that a person be non-identifiable, unreachable or untraceable. My work is based on the human form and its abstraction in clay. When looking at the physical human form, I try and focus on certain areas of the body and then express them within the clay pieces. I look at clay as a skin that can be shaped and molded, and just like skin, it can hold memories and emotions over time. I am intrigued by how the light plays across the pieces, how it touches a certain area and the shadow it causes on another, and how it changes as the viewer moves around the piece. The focus of this show is on the form and therefore I have been working with a variety of naked clay bodies to create physical abstraction. Just like humanity the different shades of the clay will bring out the unique qualities within each piece but will also show the similarities between these pieces.
Committee
peter johnson (Committee Chair)
isabel farnsworth (Committee Member)
janice lessman-moss (Committee Member)
Pages
27 p.
Subject Headings
Art Criticism
Keywords
ceramic
;
sculpture
;
figure
;
naked clay
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clay
;
art
;
kent state
;
body
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abstract
;
vessel
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Thomas, A. D. (2016).
ANONIMITY
[Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461346794
APA Style (7th edition)
Thomas, Andrew.
ANONIMITY.
2016. Kent State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461346794.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Thomas, Andrew. "ANONIMITY." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461346794
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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ANONIMITY by Andrew D Thomas is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
This open access ETD is published by Kent State University and OhioLINK.