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WHAT I LIVED FOR_RACHEL SUZANNE SMITH.pdf (1.94 MB)
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What I Lived for
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Smith, Rachel Suzanne
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1429805946
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2015, MFA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
Abstract
What I Lived for addresses themes of identity and the projection of identity. In this series, the imagery combined in each piece constructs a narrative regarding the wearer's connection with nature, or feelings of biophelia. It becomes evident that more important than the wearer's actual communion with the outdoors is the notion that others would associate the natural world with the wearer. While such identities we construct for ourselves may not hold up over extreme testing, through the completion of this thesis body of work it becomes clear that they are nonetheless critical for self awareness.
Committee
Kathleen Browne (Advisor)
Gianna Commito (Committee Member)
Isabel Farnsworth (Committee Member)
Sean Mercer (Committee Member)
Pages
36 p.
Subject Headings
Fine Arts
Keywords
art
;
jewelry
;
artist
;
jewelry artist
;
craft
;
biophelia
;
identity
;
projected identity
;
nature
;
authenticity
;
transcendentalism
;
Kant
;
Thoreau
;
ruff
;
necklace
;
feather boa
;
fur stole
;
adornment
;
body
;
installation
;
wildflowers
;
weeds
;
flowers
;
CAD
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Smith, R. S. (2015).
What I Lived for
[Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1429805946
APA Style (7th edition)
Smith, Rachel.
What I Lived for .
2015. Kent State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1429805946.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Smith, Rachel. "What I Lived for ." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1429805946
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by Kent State University and OhioLINK.