Richard Sweeney

I recently watched the movie/musical Sweeney Todd and I instantly fell in love with the dark tragedy of it. For my last News Tip assignment I decided to do it on a guest lecturer, Richard Sweeney, that is an artist of design, photography, and sculptures. At first the last name attracted me because I had just watched this movie, but the only thing the two really have in common is the name and they're both from England. Sweeney Todd makes human pies while Richard Sweeney makes a different sort of art.

Some of his work includes origami with paper, and others are sculptures that he first crafts on the computer before he does so with his hands. This is an interesting concept to think that sculptors long ago could only sketch on paper and make their sculptures, but today an artist can plan everything out how he wants on a 3D computer graphic so they can perfect their work. 

As an artist, Sweeney also has a blog to document his work. I love that he has a blog because as we learn that blogging is important for future professions, Sweeney perfectly displays how a blog works to his advantage so he can showcase his works in many different ways. 

I'm writing this blog two days ahead of when his lecture is, so in a few days I'll update on what he discussed. If anyone wants to attend the lecture it will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 1 from 7-8 p.m. in room 107 in South Kedzie Hall.