Art & Art History ETDs

Publication Date

5-26-1965

Abstract

It is a truism in industrial design that the simplest machine which performs the function is the best. This is functionalism in the strictest sense and, within limitations, it can be applied to crafts design. Design contains a logic, however personal, and a sense of order. These aspects are achieved in execution partly through repetition and variation (or extensions of repetition and variation such as contrast, symmetry, balance, etc.) and partly through the materials used; together they work for unity. Elements which are distracting or irrational tend to confuse and detract from the feeling of unity. The obvious analogy is that these elements do not function in the design and, since I feel that an artist’s purpose is to provide a more intense, clarified and meaningful statement, factors which introduce a note of chaos or irrelevancy are defeating his aim. A pot or jewel may be highly complex in its forms and decoration but each element should support and work with the others, not only to give a unified design but also to provide an insight into the mind behind them.

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Arts

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

UNM Department of Art and Art History

First Committee Member (Chair)

Ralph Wayne Lewis

Second Committee Member

Van Deren Coke

Third Committee Member

Carl Erich Paak

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