Assignment 5/2- Potential of scannography for art making as well to art teaching

Image by Richard Dawson. 

Source: https://www.scannography.org/artists/Dawson-Richard.html

Scanography as a medium to create art opens the world to so many possibilities. You can juxtapose different objects into the scanner, create layers upon layers and change them as quick as the next scan. Another really interesting feature that scanners have to create art is something I call “ripple effect” what that means is that you move the object from one side to the other and it becomes amorphous, wavy and has a watery feeling. ~~~~~~

As an artist myself, and mainly working with three dimensional mediums, I would use scanography as a more sculptural element. A scanner has the potential to create a volume between objects, and to give a unique depth to the image,  it feels tangible to anyone who sees it, and doesn’t feel flat whatsoever when scanning objects. By creating work with scanners, there is an element of dimensionality when trying to add several movements to the page, and then leaving some still. My sculptures have to do with duality and unreconciled souls; so it would be very interesting to create raw layers of images that can be either in the ripple effect, or other new discoveries when being spontaneous. I also want to use the 3D scanner and see how that can come to the play with non-digitized mediums. (Wood, metal, clay, paper mache, plastic) 

Scanography is a medium that  would love to test it out as an art teacher, it is a playful medium and easy to use and teach. You can create a story so easily. So it could have the potential of having a lesson about creating a crime scene, or in what ways could you do a self portrait with the use of several objects as well. Also learn to layer is another and mix colors with paper, it really creates a very close connection to the student and the scanner by the way you can let them explore the qualities of the scanner as a material exploration.