Explain your process from start to finish.
When I was first assigned this project I had a hard time coming up with an idea that was not cliché. When picking Scissors I tried to come up with what was an opposite to that object, in this case the opposites were sharp and soft. I decided to make the flowers out of crepe paper and tissue paper with wire insides, some of the flowers have twisted tissue paper centers while others have cotton centers. I then glued the flowers straight onto the scissors, and others I wrapped onto the scissors with the wire. Overall I feel the piece looks like how i intended, the flowers look decently realistic, and hide the scissors well. The scissors are also still functional because i didn't glue or tape the hinge part of the scissors together. Why did you pick the object you did and why did you convert it the way you did? What inspired you? I picked scissors because I wanted an object that wasn't typical. I also wanted to pick something that was a smaller size. After much deliberation I also concluded that dollar store scissors would be easier to find than an antique lamp or old appliance. I also decided to use scissors because the sharpness contradicts the soft crepe paper. I was inspired by the material I found and the concept of opposites. The artist Laura Moriarty created these geode/ rock sculptures from beeswax. She makes the sculptures by heating the beeswax and pouring it to resemble sedimentary rock or molten lava. Laura is a self taught sculptor since 1992, who was born in Beacon New York. I find Laura's work incredibly interesting, she plays with color and heat to resemble something found in nature. The material is also fascinating because she allows it to form and mold into random creations, rather than intensely meticulously forming patterns. Laura's use of material to reflect nature and her care free nature of her work really drew me too the pieces i found above. http://www.lauramoriarty.com/sculptural-paintings/1
Here are three textures represented in clay, they are cloud, rock and fur. The hardest part of doing the cloud texture was creating the light texture, i definitely think i could improve my cloud tile. My favorite tile is the rock tile but the hardest part of it was keeping it looking organic, without repeating patterns. The next tile is fur, this was one of my least favorite tiles because i feel it doesn't represent fur well, it needed more time and consideration about how fur lays.
|
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
June 2017
Categories |