First subjects

So I've been doing some reading about different artists and methods and what-not. I think a direction I'm going to go with the sculpture aspect of my project is to create variations of the objects I use. Take my first two subjects: cellular phones. These first few shots are just the phones and some details of the screws. The Samsung might give me some trouble since it has the little star/Allen key type screws. I think I have the right kind of screwdriver for it. Anyways, I want to take these a part, see whats inside them and turn them into something else, I'm thinking flowers for some reason. The function of communication came to mind when I saw these phones. Flowers are colorful and can communicate feelings through color and type when you ive them to someone, kind of like giving someone a call.

My basic idea/proposal

My main idea revolves around people and objects that they hold dear, either through the objects functionality or the perceived value the object has in the person's mind, a cherished childhood toy for example.
I have three aspects to the project: the creation of sculptures using discarded electronic devices, images of items when they were new and how they look now after years of ownership/neglect and combining two objects to create a new hybrid object.
I found some old cell phones and plan on taking them apart and seeing what I can do with them. I'll post some pics later this weekend, some before and during shots of the electro-surgery.

The beginning...

Hello, here is my first post concerning my art 180/198d project for the bfa show I need to have in order to graduate. I will be keeping track of my progress and planning for the ideas I have for my project through this blog. Right now I've been doing planning and research. Here is some info I posted on my main blog concerning the project I have in mind:

So the idea I have for my bfa show/project revolves around found art and trash art. I've put some stuff down on paper and the basics involve combining the two into three types of pieces (which I will clarify later).  I am hoping to get people to submit objects they own to me for part of my show and I hope to find things in garage sales and similar situations for the other aspects of what I plan. I'm doing research into various artists and trying to find someone who has done something similar that I can use a  starting off point.
Two artists so far are Jeff Koons and Man Ray. I've seen a few of their works and believe that I can use some of the stuff they have done as a basis for my project and how to expand on it. I'm going to hopefully get to school early tomorrow to meet with my adviser and get her thoughts on this.
Here's a link to the found art wiki page. It also has links to he artists I've named above as well as many other artists who have done found art.
Found art

So there is the basic plan, over the weekend I will post more about what I am going to try to accomplish for each of the three types of pieces and some pics of some of the objects I have found already.