Concentration #5

We were continuing with our concentration once again for this assignment. I decided to make a bantam rooster (actual size!). I struggled a lot with trying to think of an idea for this project, but was inspired by the projects we did freshmen year with the newspaper armatures. First, I sketched out the shape of the chicken and then found a reference image for the colors. I took newspaper and squished it into the shapes I needed, holding it together with masking tape. I made the tail feathers by making rolls of newspaper and then wrapping wire around them so they would curve like tail feathers. Then I cut wallpaper color sheets and started to glue them on. I didn't like the look of this and it was having a hard time sticking on, so I took the pieces off and then covered the entire chicken with tape. I decided to use magazines clippings for the coloring and then went through magazines and cut out the colors I needed, gluing them on after.

I used form in the body of the chicken; I shaped the pieces to be actual sized. I used balance in the coloring of it, I made sure there was a variation of color and made sure to follow the reference image's colorings. As I said in the above paragraph, I was going to use wallpaper color sheets for the feathers. I didn't like how it was coming out and I also realized I wouldn't have enough of the colors, so I switched my color material to magazine clips.

I liked the sculpture project we did last year, where I made more of a relief lion instead of a full 3D sculpture, so I wanted to try doing that for this chicken. I'm proudest of the different colors and the interesting words and patterns on the rooster; it's something you need to look closely at to see the detail. I struggled in making the feet strong enough to support the form, so I stuck wire in them, which helped a little. If I could change something, I would add a few more colors to the tail, maybe some blues or greens, just to break up the orange-red scale.