Carrington Boyd

 

  Hostile Air dry clay, silver wire, cedar wood 9.5" x 4.5" 3.5" Temporary Fix Air dry clay, coins, band-aids, plywood 8.5" x 5.75" x 2.5" These busts are meant to serve as a representation of homelessness and just two of the many struggles that those enduring homelessness face.  The first issue I wanted to highlight is the implementation of hostile architecture into public spaces for the sole purpose of inhibiting homeless individuals from being able to rest of sleep in them. Hostile architecture takes many forms, some of which look decorative to distract from their true purpose. Examples include arm rests through the middle of benches, slanted ledges or short walls, and spikes on flat, covered ground which I chose to depict in my first bust. The second issue I chose to represent is the struggle that homeless individuals face to establish a steady income or find work. Lacking a home address is a huge barrier when it comes to finding work, and most individ...

Texture Quilt Plastic, cotton fabric, paper, gauze, grip tape, cardboard, human hair, foil wrappers, facemask, wax coated paper, and thread 11"x 9" "After all, our palette of feelings through touch is more elaborate than just hot, cold, pain, and pressure. Many touch receptors combine to produce what we call a twinge. Consider all the varieties of pain, irritation, abrasion; all the textures of lick, pat, wipe, fondle, knead; all the prickling, bruising, tingling, brushing, scratching, banging, fumbling, kissing, nudging."  Natural History of the Senses , Ackerman, page 80     This piece was mostly inspired by the complexity that surrounds the sense of touch. While temperature and pressure levels influence our reception of certain objects that we interact with, there are much more subtle details we pick up on, as Ackerman explains.  I wanted to create a piece which puts the level of sensitivity that the sense of touch possesses on display.  The piece features se...

  Foiled Digital Collage 15"x 8" "Language is steeped in metaphors of touch...In fencing, saying  touché means that you have been touched by the foil and are conceding to your opponent, although, of course, we also say it when we think we have been foiled because someone's argumentative point is well made."   Natural History of the Senses , Ackerman, page 70-71   I was motivated to create this piece after reading this quote because it left a strong visual in my head.  Linguistics and the origin of words is an interesting concept to me and I wanted to pair the meaning of the word  touché with its origin of the word "touch".  I chose an image of crinkled foil not only because of the contrast it would have with the black background and drop shadow, but also because of the interesting visual texture it produces inspired by the sense of touch.  I tried several different methods while creating this piece.  I crumpled a piece of foil and cut out let...