3D art (junior year)

Initials

This is my 3D art project that is supposed to reflect us as people and to include our initials. This project has has two a's and it makes a heart. There's also a hidden sideways J in the side so that I included my entire name. (AJA) I chose to do a dutch styled deft designs because it describes my heritage and where I'm from.

Styrofoam Realistic Object

I choose to do a lemon which was pretty easy. I started out with a block of Styrofoam then tried to make the shape as best as I could. I used an exact knife to cut out the exposed fruit. Overall I really enjoyed this project because of fast I got it finished and it turned out very realistic.

Realistic animal

This is my 3D pig, which has massive ears. This project took a while to sculpt out the right shapes without seeing the model in front of me, unlike the lemon. I orginally was going to add red boots to the pig but I ran out of time. This project was the opposite of the lemon because it was about adding product to get the correct shape, instead of subtracting.

coil-formed bowl

This bowl took a long time to make. I started off with a circle as the base then progressively adding a layer of coils and blending them into the previous layer. I wanted something I knew I would like so I decided to do a dutch-styled blue and white bowl which matched my initials as seen in the project above. I sketched out a design and then craved it into the bowl when it was dry. I would have done it differently now without craving and more painting smaller details. Even though it did crack, I enjoyed this project and the usefulness of having a large serving bowl like this.

kiddie project

This project was supposed to be a lamp. I started off by drilling holes into a piece of wood, then connecting the holes with pieces of twine, not really with a set plan. I was going to make panels of tissue paper and then put fairy lights inside. However, I wouldn't find much use of this and I doubt I would keep it in my room. I think it would find its way towards a Hefty bag instead. When I was contemplating doing this, my friend mentioned that it looked like "one of those toys at the dentist." I couldn't agree more, so soon I found beads and poked holes through corks so that they could make their way around the twine. I plan on keeping this project so that someday my future kids can play with it and find just as enjoyment as I did creating it.

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