Animal Assemblage

The subject of this assemblage sculpture is a red fox, there is no real setting because the photos were taken in front of a white background, but you could imagine it outside in the woods somewhere. This sculpture was made by making a base to work off of with a lot of tape and balls of newspaper, then I spray painted the whole thing in orange, and finally I used the shredder scissors to make the fur texture from paint chips and construction paper, as well as some final details such as the nose and eyes. I chose to create this because part of the assignment was making an animal, so I looked up "Maine animals" on google and the fox came up as one of the options. The elements and principles that I used in this sculpture were shape, color, form, texture, movement, and pattern. This is composed fairly well with a strong structure and design.

The composition rule and technique that I used in this sculpture was formal balance because it is free standing without the help from any supports. My project evolved because originally I was going to use paint chips on the whole sculpture, however, the supply of orange paint chips was running low, so I just resorted to construction paper.

The meaning behind this project is that the fox is an animal that lives in Maine, so I was creating a sculpture to represent Maine animals. This project relates to my life because I live in Maine as do the red foxes. If I could make my artwork stronger, I would add more detail to the face area, and I would make the hot glue application more clean.