WEEK #4 -- Diana Herrera -- Textures in My Life

    When I see texture in my daily life, I get a sense of location in an aesthetic form. Texture is a way of light speaking about the object. It is about this light making a statement in partnership with the object. Light has a clear marriage with objects by giving them a voice when people are not directly looking at that object. As an artist, incorporating texture into my art mean showing a sense of space, location, and acknowledgement of the surroundings. 

     

    Texture plays an important role in my daily life. It helps establish were I am. I see textures on my walks around campus and inside my apartment depending on the time of day. In the exterior world, I acknowledge the presence of texture when sunlight shines through the beautiful trees casting silhouettes on the ground. Each silhouette is unique in their own way. It allows me to appreciate the forms of the entities. In my apartment, I appreciate texture when the sun beams through the silts of the blinds. I have learned to tell what time of day it is varying how the texture is casted in the room giving creates a sense of time in space and a sense of location.

 

    

I took this picture the morning the Irvine fire started. I hadn’t stopped to acknowledge what going on until I witnessed the alarmingly saturated silhouette on my wall. In the morning, I have a routine I stick to and don’t really acknowledge my surroundings because of it. Because the texture was bold that day, I noticed it immediately. When the texture of blinds hit that wall, I know it is 8am. By adding texture, the sunlight through my window gives a sharp impact and bolder statement. By experience these textures in real life, I am able to take this useful information onto a future project because now I know what sunlight through a window looks like in an apocalyptic morning.  As a designer, texture does that for me. It helps create bold statements and helps give a sense of time and space. They are also fun to play with by seeing how that can transform the space and take the spectator into a new world.  Texture is a reason why lighting design is such a beautiful art form for me. Texture is simply a different type of paintbrush in my bucket of tools. Just like a painter had different tools to create different textures on their canvas, I have gobos or objects to use on my own canvas.