Lucas Fesmire

8 posts

Specs and Constraints: Skateboard Deck

March 19, 2023

Post 8: Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints 2023

I will be creating a skateboard mold, press, and deck for my final project. The press and mold are used to create a skateboard deck. Specifications: 1. My number one specification is to have the veneer in my deck adhered together tightly. This is accomplished by creating a accurate mold. If the top and bottom…

Main Project Plans and Alternatives

March 12, 2023

Lucas Fesmire

Post 7: Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives 2023, Student Work

For my final project, I am planning to build a skateboard mold, press, and deck. I had originally planned to create a deck with a 70s vert-inspired aesthetic. Here I explored what the deck would look like if I went for a surf aesthetic and a minimalist aesthetic. The surf aesthetic deck would be on…

Main Project Plans: Skateboard Deck

March 6, 2023

Lucas Fesmire

Post 6: Main Project plans and inspirations 2023, Student Work

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For my final project, I plan on making my own skateboard deck using a homemade press and mold. I’ve loved skateboarding for many years now and have dreamt of making my own board since the first year I stepped on a deck. In middle school, I had created a small deck out of a 3/4″…

Admired Designer: Jay Nelson

February 28, 2023

Lucas Fesmire

Post 5: What designer do you admire? 2023

As the son of a general contractor, I grew up around woodworking, backyard projects, and the mentality that you can create anything if you set your mind to it. Early on, I became interested in making furniture and later became enthralled with automotive projects. Thus, the work of artist Jay Nelson caught my eye at…

Nat Geo Collage

February 20, 2023

Lucas Fesmire

Post 4: Upcycle Design Report 2023

After researching Dadaism for the Aesthetic Exploration post, I became inspired by one of the artists I found; Dash Snow. I really liked the way he arranged his collages and how some of the themes he created were easily identifiable. (1) The End of Living and the Beginning of Survival, Dash Snow, 2008. (2) Moran…

Upcycle Progress Report // Dadaism Collage Featuring Nat Geo

February 12, 2023

Lucas Fesmire

Post 3: Upcycle progress report 2023, Student Work

For my upcycle project, I plan to make two to three collages with themes of war, climate change, and the impact of Covid-19. I am using National Geographic magazines as the media for my collages. I’ve been combing through them and cutting out anything that I think might help to demonstrate each theme. I’ve been…

Upcycling Aesthetic // Dadaist Collage Featuring National Geographic

February 8, 2023

Lucas Fesmire

Post 2: What is your Upcycling project aesthetic and why? 2023

After researching Dadaism for the Aesthetic Exploration post, I became inspired by one of the artists I found; Dash Snow. I really liked the way he arranged his collages and how some of the themes he created were easily identifiable. I wanted to create a set of collages similar in style to Dash Snow. I…

Aesthetic Exploration // Dadaism

January 30, 2023

Lucas Fesmire

Post 1: Aesthetic Explorations 2023

Dadaism was an avant-garde art movement which came to fruition in Europe in the early 20th century. Beginning in 1920, artists who felt a strong opposition to the first World War began to resonate with a new counter culture art movement. In its roots, artists saw Dadaism as a protest of the colonialist and nationalist…