Assemblage Sculpture

The assignment of this project was to make a flying bird out of any kind of materials. I used a newspaper base, different color strips for the wings and body, ribbon for the head and string for the beak.

I did this project by cutting out pieces of the color strip in oval forms. I coated the whole body with these and attached them with a glue gun. However, for the end of the tail and edges of the wing, I cut out triangular shapes and glue them on. For the head, I wrapped ribbons the head and glued them securely on. I didn't really have an idea for the beak until I came up with string. I covered the newspaper base with glue and just wrapped the string around on the hot glue. After this, my bird was done.

I did this project because I wanted to learn more about sculpture. I had recently done a wire sculpture, but this was with different materials and involved different objects. This was a great second sculpture because I learned a lot from the first one and now a lot from the second one so when it's time to do more sculture, I will be more prepared and my final result will be better.