Abstract

"We often talk about “seeing through the eyes of a child,” but if we think back to how we saw the world when we were kids, it feels an awful lot like the way we “see” things now. As children, the stakes felt as high, the triumphs as monumental, and the fears certainly just as real. If anything, we remember the imaginings of our childhood being more potent — the veil between what we imagined and what was so much flimsier." (April Daniels Hussar, Janet Manley, and Anne Vorrasi, July 16, 2019.) While growing up, we are constantly learning new things and understanding new principles. Still, at the same time, we are also framed by all that knowledge. My work explores how to develop creative thinking as an artist, using childhood memories as a foundation. Viewing the surroundings through a child's perspective helps me break the world's cognition as an adult. When we were young, we were filled with all kinds of imagination, like imagining how wonderful the world was. When growing up, all our thinking is limited to a fixed frame, and all things have a prescribed saying. Having a "child-like" mind is vital to creative lives. Growing up does not necessarily mean abandoning the child's mindset but developing it as a tool for a brighter future. My work aims to ask people not to be afraid of their curiosity. Younger children learn the world through their senses, including touch, listening, taste, and smell. At a young age, kids tend to destroy things, take them apart, and build them back; that is how we learn about the world.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Metal sculpture--Themes, motives; Metal sculpture--Technique; Jewelry--Themes, motives; Jewelry--Technique; Memory in art; Curiosity

Publication Date

9-21-2023

Document Type

Thesis

Student Type

Graduate

Degree Name

Metals and Jewelry Design (MFA)

Department, Program, or Center

Art, School of

College

College of Art and Design

Advisor

John Aasp

Advisor/Committee Member

Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez

Advisor/Committee Member

Elizabeth Kronfield

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

Plan Codes

METAL-MFA

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