- I did some more writing on the homepage of my curation
website. It now has a much better explanation of what my website is, which helps to
introduce visitors to my curation. I think this was a big improvement from what my homepage was before and has really added to homepage.
-I have continued to do
research on functional art, so that I have many examples to pick my curation
elements from. I have started to really enjoy this part of the curation,
because I get to see so many inspiring works of art that I probably wouldn’t
have discovered if I had not been doing the intense research required for this
project.
-After evaluating the possible examples I have collected
recently, I added several new, “winning” elements to my curation. I now have 18
total elements posted, and have at least one element in each of the subpages of
my website.
-I have started to brainstorm ideas for what to write on the
subpages. I want to explain what makes the chosen elements significant, and how
they work together as a whole, but I still want the narration on my page to be
interesting to the average visitor.
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During
this week’s internet research, the most interesting example that I found (and
decided to use as one of my elements) was a set of beautiful salt and pepper
shakers. Two artists named Laura Blacona & Alberto Toscano of Raw Art are the ones who design and create these one of a kind salt and pepper shakers.These shakers were one of my favorite findings because it surprised
even me how beautiful an everyday object can be. I also like how each shaker is
decorated differently (with small, intricate patterns) making each one unique,
yet they all go together as well.
One
obstacle that I am currently dealing with while working on my curation is
finding examples of clothing that is unique and interesting enough to include
as elements on my page. I have found many possible examples already, but barely
any of them are what I would consider real “winners”, especially compared to
the other elements on my website. It is also hard to decide what should be
considered functional art when it comes to clothes and fashion. In order to
figure this out, I will have to continue to closely evaluate the originality of
the design as well as the craftsmanship of the item.
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The next three steps:
-I need to do more research on functional art for new
examples to pick my curation elements from. I will continue to compare and
evaluate the examples that I find before picking out my curation elements.
-I will add a few more elements to my curation webpage. I only need to add a few more elements but will probably add more than that if I find
more “winning” examples than that.
- I need to finally add some writing to the subpages of my
curation. I think that it will become more obvious what to write on these pages once I have a few more elements on my curation.
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