ELENI D. CHRISTOFORIDES

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE CANDIDATEUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

TWIN CITIESFALL 2014

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CONTENTS

Traveling SketchesPoetry

Comparisons Pencil Sketches Bird House Fish Mexico

CartoonsSelf Portrait

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Apartment BuildingRue Jean D’Arc. Lille, France.

Pencil and Pen8 1/2x11

Independent Sketching2013

Outdoor Gardens of Lille’s ConservatoryLille, France

Pencil 8 1/2x11

Independent Sketching2013

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A rainy day. A rainy day. Drip. Drip. Drop. Drop. Drip, Drop. Drippy, Drippy, Drop. Plop, Ploop.Puddle, lake, stream into an ocean

LARGE and

FREE

Caged by land mass and deep rooted, root-cave, rock formations.Blanket of cool, warm cleansingfilth on the outside.It’s a great opportunity to appreciate the moments in life,soon to be, andtaken away.An open day, clean slate, ticking time.Drip. Drop. Drip. A sweet life however it unfolds.Drop.Harness the preciouss opportunity with an eager attitude, Positive and Awake.Ready to live. Drip, Drop, Drop. All present.

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Model of a Japenese Garden

Sequence, rock, and rock with shell 6x4x2Independent work2013

Drawing of Still Life

Pencil and Charcoal34x24

Class assignment, LA 13012006

THIS COMPARISON IS ABOUT COMPOSITION OF STILL LIFE. THE HAND DRAW-ING OVERLAPS THE DIFFERENT GLASS MATERIAL LIKE A VENN DIAGRAM. ITS COM-POSITION SHOWS CONTRAST OF MATERIAL BY LINE WEIGHT AND LINE STYLE.

IN THE MODEL OF A JAPANESE GARDEN, THE SHINE AND COLOR OF THE SEQUENCE ADDS DIVERSITY TO THE COMPOSITION. THE MOD-EL OF A JAPANESE GARDEN SHOWS A SIMILAR LEVEL OF DIVERSITY TO THE DRAWING OF THE STILL LIFE WHILE COMPARING LESS OBJECTS.

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Reproduction of a drawing from Minneapolis Institute of Arts(Original Artist unknown)

Pencil drawing34x24Class assignment, LA 13012006

Tempestuous Emotions

Pastel8 1/2x11

Independent work2009

THESE TWO PIECES EVOKE A SIMILAR EMOTION FOR ME. THEIR COMPARISON TRIGGERS THOUGHTS OF LINE WIEGHT, COLOR, SHAPE, AND SIZE ARTICULATING A SIMILAR EMOTION DESPITE VERYING COMPOSITION.

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Dolly and Bicycle

Pencil34x24Assigned by Zoran Mojsilov2010

Series of Chair

Pencil8 1/2x11

Assigned by Zoran Mojsilov2010

I WAS INSTRUCTED BY ARTIST, ZORAN MOJSILOV, TO DRAW THE SAME OBJECT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY, MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DRAW THE OBJECT FROM EVERY POSSIBLE ANGLE.

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Two Bicycles

Pencil34x24Assigned by Zoran Mojsilov2010

Series of Chair

Pencil8 1/2x11

Assigned by Zoran Mojsilov2010

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LEARNING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE MADE ME AWARE OF MY LIKING TOWARDS MAKING THREE DIMENSION-AL OBJECTS AND THINKING THREE DIMENSIONALLY. I WANTED TO EXPLORE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF MAKING A BIRD HOUSE FROM MATERIALS I FOUND OUTSIDE, SIMILAR TO HOW BIRDS MAKE THEIR NESTS.

Bird House

Twigs, bark, wire and stringAll the building material found in Forbes Park, CO

8x6x10Independent Work

2012

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Wire Fish

28 ga wire and chicken wire3 1/2x1

Independnet work2013

School of Fish

Crayon8 1/2x11

Independent Work2013

Corps de Fish

28 ga wire and chicken wireSizing between 3 1/2x1 to 11/2x1/2

Independnet work2013

I CONCEPTUALIZED THIS FORM OF FISH AT THE DINNER TABLE ONE DAY. FINDING THE WEIGHT AND DELICATE SHAPE OF FISH BONES BEAUTIFUL, I SET OUT TO REPLICATE THE QUALITY OF LIGHTNESS AND LIMPNESS I SAW

CONVERSELY, LIVING FISH, WHO WEAR THEIR SKIN AND SWIM FREELY, EXHIBIT MUCH VITALITY. THE MOVEMENT AND COLOR OF SOME IS PLAYFUL.

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DEATH, REVOLUTION, AND CELEBRATION ARE CULTURAL THEMES THAT RESONAT-ED WITH ME WHILE STUDING ABROAD IN OAXACA, OAXACA MEXICO. THIS PIECE TAKES A PABLO PICASSO TRACING AND A PHOTOGRAPH OF LIILLIES TO EMULATE THE ATTITUDE OF MEXICAN CULTURE I EXPERIENCED WHILE STUDYING THERE.

Smoking Skeleton

Pablo Picasso ‘s “Skull and Ciggarette” with photograph of lillies

8 1/2x11Independent Work

2009

UNAMUniversidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Photographs of the campusStudy Abroad

2008

THESE MURALS ARE EXAMPLES OF IMAGREY I CAME ACROSS IN MEXICO THAT PROVOKE THOUGHTS OF DEATH, REVOLUTION AND CELEBRATION.

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Profile of a Woman

Pastel11x17Independent Work2013

Two Clowns

Pen5x4Independent Work2013

I NOTICE MY CREATIVITY GRAVITATES TOWARDS EXPRESS-ING EMOTIONS. CURRENTLY, MY COMMON MEDIA IS DRAW-ING. WHETHER IT IS LITERAL, THROUGH A FACIAL EXPRES-SION LIKE IN “TWO CLOWNS”, OR THROUGH COLOR AND LINES, LIKE IN “PROFILE OF A WOMAN”. AT THE GRADUATE LEVEL, I HOPE TO AQUIRE THE SKILL OF EVOKING EMOTION THROUGH MATERIAL, SPACIAL COMPOSITION, AND LIGHT.

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Self Portrait

Pen2x3

Independent Work2008

Self Portrait

Pen5x5

Independent Work2009

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