Assemblage Sculpture

When I was first introduced to this project  I liked the idea of creating a piece of art by assembling different parts together. I had never done paper mache before and thought that this was a great opportunity to try it out. I have also always liked foxes and I knew I would be able to bring out the color in this project. With all of this in mind, I knew it would be a fun project. I also loved using old poetry books and thought it was a nice touch to add pieces of writing. Through the process of creating this fox, I had a general idea of what it was going to look like and this guided the appearance of the animal.
At the start of this piece, I used lots of newsprint and tape to create the armature. I used hot glue to attach the head to the shoulders, and the tail to the body. I  then used an assortment of colored origami paper for my paper mache. I use water and glue and stuck the paper over the sculpture. 
With this project, I wanted to create something I would enjoy and have fun with. I chose a fox and began with making an armature made of newsprint and tape. This step was the hardest to complete because the dimensions and proportions had to be right. It was difficult but once I had a decent fox shape, I moved on to the paper mache. I had the most fun with this part of the process. I used a variety of origami paper to cover the surface of the animal. I chose a range of orange shades for the majority of the fox and made sure to have the darker and lighter orange in the right places. I covered the paws with detailed black origami paper. I found old poetry books in my house that were going to be donated/thrown out, and tore up a few pages to cover the white portions of the fox. I had fun with this because I liked the way the words added to the blank white. I also picked out parts of poems that stood out to me and placed them on the ears and chest. The eyes are also made up of upside-down cartoon heads. I was able to cover the fox with this paper by dipping it in water and glue and slowly enveloping the animal with color.