Allison Davis

I began this project wanting to work with my balsa wood sculptures since I enjoyed how geometric they are. My initial idea was to take photos of them and tesselate the shapes to develop a visually interesting pattern, but after creating a few different versions of the idea, it didn't look pretty and was a hot mess. So, I turned to my favorite piece of the semester, Reclaimed . I combined a photo of the piece with a photo of water and a quote from C.S. Lewis that I love. Playing off of the idea of animal creatures in his Chronicles of Narnia series, I added a little mouse resting on the boat with rain in the background as a whimsical illustration of the brave little mouse living out the quote.

Life in a Suitcase Cardboard, Fabric, Cotton Batting, Spray Glue, Acrylic, Glitter Glue, Paper, Felt, Altered Children's Toys, Altered Children's Clothes 13.5” x 5” x 19” This piece was inspired by the movie The Florida Project (2017). It consists of a cardboard suitcase filled with little girls clothes and eight objects each in some way significant to themes or imagery in the movie. Each object is housed in a piece of clothing, representing how Mooney, the main character, has to compartmentalize pieces of her life even as a child. Some objects are representational, like the felt marijuana leaves and a castle painted purple to resemble the motel Mooney lives in. Other objects are not as straightforward. There is a dollar store mermaid doll that looked similar to the toys Mooney plays with in the bathtub while her mother is in the other room trading sex for money. The doll visually resembles her mother, so I took the mermaid tail off and placed fake hundred dollar b

Reclaimed Cedarwood, Magnets, Fabric 6.75" x 2.5" x 1.25 My memory is about falling in love on a sailboat. I chose to create my to vaguely resemble a rowboat. The wood as a material is physically present in the memory, and the sturdiness of wood contrasts with the softness of the fabric in the center. The fabric is unattached and is not necessarily a permanent part of the wood. This contrast in texture and permanence reflects the difference in the characteristics of me and the man in my memory. Despite the vastly different materials, they feel similar to the touch. The fabric is soft and the wood was sanded to be smooth and as soft as I could make it. Finally, the magnets not only hold the two pieces together but, as cliche as it is, represent the magnetic attraction I felt to the sailor. In Process Background Research Lenga Clayton Lenga Clayton was one of the artists I used in my research packet and mood board. Mum - Oh How the Boat Drift

Lil’ Stinker the Horse Soap 3.25” x 1” x 2.5” 3.5” x 1”  x 3.25” In Process

Architect Balsa wood, Masking tape, Paper, Hot glue 5.5” x 12.5” x 8.25” This piece focuses on space, using cutouts to create an internal space, along with tape strands to define negative space in the piece. Child of an Engineer Balsa wood, Masking tape, Hot glue 5” x 7” x 6.5” This piece focuses on repetition seen through the use of triangles. I developed these two sculptures with the intent that they would be able to stand as individual pieces, but when combined, would form one cohesive sculpture. Individually the pieces are abstract representations of repetition and space, but when put together become reminiscent of an ultra-modern architectural structure. In Process To create the geometric paper elements of Architect , I first created sketches of the shapes I wanted and played around with the dimensions through trial and error. After measuring and drawing shapes out on printer paper, I taped the individual shapes together and folded them up to

Not Quite Made for Walking Masking tape 10.5” x 2.5” x 4.25” In Process