dc.contributor.advisor | Stanionis, Lin | |
dc.contributor.author | McGee, Jeffrey Robert | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-08-07T14:15:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-08-07T14:15:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-06-02 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10380 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5358 | |
dc.description.abstract | As a metalsmith, I use animals to represent an idea, an emotion, a specific person, or even to metaphorically describe friends, enemies, or relatives. Employing my knowledge of natural history and the fossil record, my creative process involves either a construction of elements from different creatures, or a reconfiguring of a specific species' anatomy. I chose to design a puppet suit engineered around a dancer's body for my MFA Thesis Exhibition because puppetry provides an established genre that sustains the formulation of a kinetic narrative, the reality of live motion produced by a sculptural structure. I see "Creak: The Last Living Terror Bird" as a natural marriage between my previous sculpted animal forms and my desire to create movement in real time. | |
dc.format.extent | 6 pages | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Design and decorative arts | |
dc.subject | Fine arts | |
dc.subject | Theater | |
dc.subject | Creak | |
dc.subject | Dance | |
dc.subject | Gallery | |
dc.subject | Metalsmith | |
dc.subject | Puppet | |
dc.title | Creak: The Last Living Terror Bird | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Westergard, Gina | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Burke, Matthew | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Havener, Jon | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Design | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 6857565 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |