Tiffany's Perspective

Christopher Saucedo's Presentation

          Last week I attended a presentation held by my three-dimensional design professor, Christopher Saucedo. I was really excited to attend this event because I had never seen any of the work that he has created and I thought it would be cool to learn about his personal interests outside of the classroom. 
         The first project he did that stood out to me was his family portrait. I thought it was really interesting how he created each person as a mass and mimicked a photograph that they took together. I also enjoyed how he took the photograph four different times, but each time, a different family member was holding the clicker. If he wouldn't have pointed out this minor difference, I don't think I would have noticed. I also like how he hung the photograph behind his sculpture because without it, you wouldn't have understood the true meaning of it. He explained how if you actually compressed each of their bodies into their smallest forms, they would fit in the specific volumes that he created and I thought that was a really interesting fact about the piece. 
        Another part of his presentation that I really enjoyed was hearing about his experience with Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. Unfortunately both of his homes flooded during these storms and I thought it was really interesting how he was able to express the experiences he had through art. After being given Red Cross blankets, he showed us how he made each one unique. My favorite one that he did was where he took all of the red crosses, and made them look like there was blood on the blanket. I just really liked the idea of using the Red Cross blanket because already, the blanket has a lot of meaning, but he gave it even more meaning by adding various different things to them. 
         A final piece that I enjoyed hearing about was a platform that he made. After measuring the heights of a class of young students, Professor Saucedo created a platform so that each child appeared to be the same height when standing on it. Although this piece didn't have as much sentimental meaning to him as other pieces in his presentation, I just really liked the main idea of it and I thought it was a creative thing to do. 
         Overall, I am really happy that I attended his presentation because I was able to learn more about his life outside of class and learn about what inspires him as a sculptor.