Werman Wireman

My fourth work in my concentration took on a less scientific form that my previous ones. I decided that as much as I had been learning from looking at the internal aspect of anatomy, that what really interested me was using anatomy and proportions to make forms and people was far more to my tastes. I always find myself drawing people, so this was a good direction for me to go in. Additionally, I really wanted to do something with wire, which is quite often something I'm too afraid to touch because I don't feel skilled at it. I started by making a sketch based on the "eight heads tall method" so that I would have a reference to work off of. I then started by making the head, and then the armature for the torso and arms. I built around this part my coiling more wire around to get the shape and add reinforcement, and then I added armatures for both of the legs and the feet. I finished off my adding shape with layers of coiled wire to match the shape of the sketch that I had made.

This project one of my favorites so far, not because of any outstanding beauty, but it got me to think about proportions on a more 3D level. I can make a somewhat-realistic (if not stylized) person on a 2D level, but had never tried very much to make a person that you can pick up and move around. Even though it isn't much to look at, it stayed loyal to the proportional sketch and is a good use of line and form in a way that I had never done before.

Another big success is my work with wire. I got better and better at making fish-hook connections strong and less wobbly as I went on, and the form barely even wiggled once it had been properly finished. I gained skill with wire and appreciation for proportional 3D form. Even though my previous projects had been more scientific, this one taught me much more about anatomy than all of the others. If I were to go back and fix things (which I am tempted to), I would make the legs slightly longer and the neck much shorter (both of these were an error of craftsmanship and the two biggest shortcomings proportionately).