Historic Architecture

 Structure #1

Building Inspiration A - The Lightner Museum

St Augustine Lightner Museum

1887

Completed in 1888, the magnificent Spanish Renaissance Revival building was designed by the prominent architecture firm of Carrère and Hastings.

Building Inspiration B - Memorial Presbyterian Church

Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church

1890

Henry Flagler built the church for his daughter, Jennie Louise Flagler, who died in 1889. He chose Carrère and Hastings, the same architects who built the Ponce de Leon Hotel. Its design is based on the Basilica of St. Mark in Venice, Italy.

For my first structure I wanted to make something grand and sturdy looking. I wanted it to look historic and something that would fit right in with saint Augustine. I used the big pillars and the court yard like structure inspired by the Lightner Museum and took the circular accents from the Memorial Presbyterian Church and how it has that big circular stain glass window it has. 

Structure #2

Building Inspiration A - Benedict The Moore Catholic Church 

St. Benedict The Moore Catholic Church

1911

Named for the patron saint of African-Americans, St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church was built and dedicated in 1911. This church serves the historic Lincolnville district.

Building Inspiration B - Catholic Basilica Church

Catholic Basilica Church

1797

 The Spanish, after Florida was returned to them in 1784, commissioned the structure to be built in the Spanish Mission style. The church was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1970. 

For my second structure I wanted to give the look of a small and approachable look to it as the two inspiration buildings I choose gave off that same energy. For the building I wanted it to look homey and boxy, like the Benedict The Moore church. The pointed roof served to give it that kind of feel as the building was a standard boxy shape. The little tower that went along side the main building was inspired by the one tower looking part of the Basilica Church. I think it gave it that extra bit of build the structure needed and was a nice add on to the look of the main building. 

Speaker Events

 

Speaker Event #1 - Austin Bell

Speaker Event #2 - Dr. Marty Dobrow

Experimental Sculpture Collection

 Final Sculptures 

Circle of Dreams

Wire, Hot Glue, Wood Glue, String, Pink and Purple Ink 

8'' W x 11'' H x 8'' L

Space Ray

Paper, Wire, Hot Glue, Mod podge Purple and Orange Ink

8'' W x 8'' L x 12'' H

Garden of Braids 

Masking Tape, Hot Glue, String, Wood Glue, Paper, Pink and Purple Ink 

8.5'' W x 8.5'' L x 11'' H

Sculpture #1

Sculpture #2

Sculpture #3

Work in Process 

Research 

https://berinsblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/

http://terrykreiter.blogspot.com/2017/11/balsa-wood-and-japanese-tissue-new.html

Reflection Statement

These three sculptures, Circle of Dreams, Space Ray, and Garden of Braids, all represent the theme of innocence. Circle of Dreams has a spacious and almost cozy look to it, well Space Ray looks almost toy-ish and playful, and to finish Garden of Braids has a almost childish and colorful feel to it. Well making the sculptures, I wanted them all to feel connected in some way so they felt more like a cohesive theme and less so a group of random ideas. For this purpose, they all have a very similar color palette, that being the purple and the pink. All sculptures though had one color to make them at least a little bit their own. Circle of Dreams had the beige of the string, Space Ray had the orange instead of the pink, and Garden of Braids had the yellowish color of the masking tape. I found the braids of masking tape to be quite time consuming, but overall I am happy they turned out.