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Title	little design
Artist	McElroy, Katie
Subject - LCSH	Art, Modern Ball State University--Students
Exhibition Date	2009
Artist Statement	How do we view paper? Most people would say disposable or trash. Many people do not even realize how much paper they use and waste every year, a staggering 700 pounds each. How do we view the dimensionality of paper? Most commonly it is only seen as a flat, two-dimensional sheet. These preconceptions and misconceptions intrigued me, and I felt a need to challenge them. For me, change in dimension is interesting, especially when working something inherently two-dimensional into a three-dimensional sculpture or object. For my creative project, I created a cycle by making sculptures out of flat paper, allowed the paper forms to inform enameled copper sculptures and wearable jewelry, and then translated those colorful, metal pieces into two-dimensional graphic designs printed on paper. After years of working in architecture, my artwork has broken free from past rigid structures and became fluid, moving, and organic. enjoyed further exploring these natural forms in paper and converting them into the medium of copper, which I have been learning about during my graduate career. I focused on advancing my knowledge of the electroformer and enameling to make colorful, copper artworks directly from paper sculptures, building up copper on the paper surface itself. Based on these copper sculptures, created graphic images in patterns that enhance the previous artworks, thus bringing the cycle to a close. I'm very thankful to have found a way to include many forms of art that I enjoy: sculptural, paper, electroformed, enameled, as well as graphic design. In addition to the finished cycles, artworks are displayed to show the extent of my experiments in electroforming and enameling. Through the finished cycles, viewers will be forced to look at advertisements they are bombarded with every day, and, in this different format, they will begin to comprehend the wasted paper, its influence over other media, and its potential to be something beautiful.
Subject - TGM	Art Sculpture Metalwork
Time Period	2000s (2000-2009) Twenty-first century, C. E.
Medium	Copper and patina
Series	2-3-2: Paper, Metal, Paper
Exhibition	Summer 2009 Thesis Exhibitions
Physical Dimensions	3 x 3 cm.
Media Type	Still image
Original Format	Art Color images
Digital Date	2009-12-29 (Loaded)
File Format	image/jpeg
Pixel Width	813
Pixel Height	648
Digitization Equipment	Nikon Coolpix 8700 Digital Camera
Digital Identifier	BSU-SAC-4059.jpg
Collection	Ball State University Student Art Collection
Collection URL	http://libx.bsu.edu/collection.php?CISOROOT=/BSUArtists
Copyright	Copyright 2009, Ball State University and the original artist. All rights reserved.

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